9 most random new emoji and how to use them
A whole new slate of emoji are here, and some of them are so random.Today (March 15) 100 new emoji became available with Apple's latest iOS 15.4 update, but that number is a little misleading considering a quarter of those are skin tone variations of.....»»
Amazon, Lee Child Pirate Site Lawsuit Encounters Creaking Ukrainian Legal System
In 2020, Amazon teamed up with publisher Penguin Random House and authors including Lee Child and John Grisham to sue several pirate eBook sites operating out of Ukraine. After a cash-strapped local court reported that it had no stamps and envelopes.....»»
Fossil Won’t Upgrade Older Watches to New Wear Platform (Updated)
In a bit of breaking news on this random Saturday, Fossil confirmed a couple of big items on our Wear OS future checklist. The first we just shared with you, and that’s news of the Fossil Gen 6 arriving this year running the new Wear platform a.....»»
Odds of stem cell transplant restoring fertility are as random as a coin toss -- until now
The chances of restoring fertility through sperm stem cell transplant are as random as a coin toss. But a team of scientists developed a new strategy that serves as a 'weighted coin' that can favorably rig the odds to achieve outcomes where fertility.....»»
FAST is promising in interplanetary scintillation observation
The radio signal from a distant compact radio source is scattered by the density inhomogeneities of the solar wind, and consequently a random diffraction pattern is observed on the Earth......»»
5 random Alexa commands you probably didn’t know exist
Here are 5 random Alexa commands you probably didn't know exist. The post 5 random Alexa commands you probably didn’t know exist appeared first on TabTimes. If you own an Amazon Echo, Dot or Tap, you’re probably already aware of th.....»»
New Android 12 emojis sport quirky, light-hearted design
Android 12 will ship with a revamp of tried-and-true emoji classics, and in fact, some will see a regression to previous versions found on older Android versions, much to the delight of die-hard fans. Joining Unicode's effort to expand emoji options.....»»
Delivering "serendipity": Seemingly random product discovery, aided by technology
Researchers from University of Sydney, University of Florida, and Rutgers University published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that examines the role of serendipity in customer satisfaction and how marketers can provide it......»»
How to Generate Random Integers in Java
This Java example code shows you how to generate random streams of integer values. Check out the code......»»
800 new emoji coming to Microsoft Teams, including a skin tone picker
Microsoft is giving you more ways to express yourself in Microsoft Teams with a new expanded emoji picker that's in public preview......»»
Figure raises $7.5M to help startup employees better understand their compensation
The topic of compensation has historically been a delicate one that has left many people — especially startup employees — wondering just what drives what can feel like random decisions around pay and equity. Last June, software engineers.....»»
Random close packing or jamming of spheres in a container
Scientists at the theoretical institutes, Chinese Academy of Science and Cybermedia Center at Osaka University performed extensive computer simulations to generate and examine random packing of spheres. They show that the "jamming" transition, in whi.....»»
This month"s cumulative update for Windows 10 is a must if you"re seeing random high CPU usage
Windows 10 is now installed on over 1.3 billion devices, after adding 300 million monthly active users over the last 12 months. As with any operating system that's so widely used, Microsoft is constantly working to add more functionality and improve.....»»
EU-based digital assets platform Finoa inks $22M Series A funding led by Balderton Capital
Institutions need to keep their crypto assets somewhere. And they aren’t going to keep it on some random, or consumer-grade crypto operation. This requires more sophisticated technology. Furthermore, being in the EU is going to be a key barrier to.....»»
Plan CO2: Making A Public Display
When I saw the big emoji (old school - smiley) on Carter Nelson’s RGB Matrix Portal Room CO2 Monitor project on Adafruit, I knew he was on to something. I wished that I would begin seeing more such displays in places like restaurants and shops, n.....»»
The world wants more emoji diversity, new Adobe study finds
An overwhelming majority of people around the globe want emojis to be more inclusive and culturally distinct so they can show how they feel, according to a new Adobe study......»»
Milk Tea Alliance: Twitter creates emoji for pro-democracy activists
The Milk Tea Alliance unites pro-democracy protesters in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand and Myanmar......»»
The Emoji Story: You should never have this much fun learning about Unicode
"800M people could use a period emoji right now. How many people are talking about broccoli?" The trailer for The Emoji Story. It's a shame that 2017's The Emoji Movie exists—though, by all means, get that money, Patrick Stewart (in the.....»»
Supreme Court’s pro-Facebook ruling could unleash “flood” of robocalls
Robocall systems aren't "autodialers" if they don't generate random numbers. Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) A Supreme Court ruling today in favor of Facebook limits the reach of a 1991 US law that bans certain kinds of robocall.....»»
Supreme Court helps robocallers by narrowing definition of “autodialer”
Robocall systems aren't "autodialers" if they don't generate random numbers. Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) A Supreme Court ruling today in favor of Facebook limits the reach of a 1991 US law that bans certain kinds of robocall.....»»
Ancient coins may solve mystery of murderous 1600s pirate
A handful of coins unearthed from a pick-your-own-fruit orchard in rural Rhode Island and other random corners of New England may help solve one of the planet's oldest cold cases......»»