Designing with accessibility in mind: a conversation
At TechCrunch Sessions: Justice, we examined the importance of ensuring products are designed to be accessible from the beginning. And how building the expertise of disabled technologists and advocates and into the DNA of your company from the start.....»»
Metasurfaces designed by a bidirectional deep neural network for generating quantitative field distributions
Benefiting from superior capability in manipulating wavefront of electromagnetic waves, metasurfaces have provided a flexible platform for designing ultracompact and high-performance devices with unusual functionalities. Despite various advances in t.....»»
Video: European Union"s ban on tattoo ink: breaking down the chemistry
A ban by the European Union on a number of pigments used in tattoo inks has sparked a conversation around their composition and safety......»»
The best gaming monitors for 2023
Need a screen upgrade for the latest games? These are the best gaming monitors available today, for all sorts of budgets and with different features in mind......»»
How is AI changing the way we write and create?
Since late last year, artificial intelligence platforms like ChatGPT have become a growing topic of conversation on college campuses, with students using the technology for everything from class assignments to essays......»»
tvOS 16.4 & iOS 16.4 have a new safety feature to protect epileptics
A new accessibility option in tvOS 16.4 called Dim Flashing Lights will automatically detect flashing or strobing lights in a video, and dim the display to reduce their potential impact. Here's how to turn it on.Apple released the latest tvOS 16.4 on.....»»
iOS 16.4 and macOS Ventura 13.3 fix more than 30 security exploits
Apple on Monday released iOS 16.4 and other software updates to the public. While they come with multiple new features, such as new emoji, notifications for web apps, and accessibility improvements, today’s updates also bring security patches. Mor.....»»
Apple rolls out iOS 16.4 and macOS Ventura 13.3 with new emoji and features
They offer small quality-of-life tweaks and important accessibility features. Enlarge / The 2021, 24-inch iMac with Apple's M1. (credit: Samuel Axon) Apple released new updates for most of its software platforms today, i.....»»
Huawei touts progress replacing chip design software led by US
Huawei Technologies Co. has developed software tools capable of designing chips as advanced as 14 nanometers, advancing efforts to help Chinese companies sidestep US sanctions and replace American technology......»»
What do the elements sound like?
In chemistry, we have He, Fe and Ca—but what about do, re and mi? Hauntingly beautiful melodies aren't the first things that come to mind when looking at the periodic table of the elements. However, using a technique called data sonification, a rec.....»»
How Coldplay worked with fans to make ‘Music of the Spheres’ world tour app more accessible
As it continues its massively-successful Music of the Spheres World Tour across South America, Europe, and the United States, Coldplay has updated its companion tour app with major accessibility improvements. The band, together with its partners at.....»»
Researchers introduce new optimal recommendations for fungicide resistance management
Fungicide application, while helpful in controlling plant diseases, has complicated limitations that may cost growers both peace of mind and quantity of yield. Plant pathogens which would otherwise be killed off by fungicides can evolve to avenge the.....»»
Study: Mapping people"s knowledge of bees may aid in pollinator conservation
U.S. college students' knowledge of bees focuses primarily on honey bees and pollination services, according to Penn State researchers, who said findings from their recent study could help in designing campaigns to generate support for protecting thr.....»»
Eels have fascinated us for ages—now we need to stop eating them, says researcher
Few animals have sparked humanity's curiosity as much as the eel (Anguilla anguilla). Until a recent past, this slimy, slippery, snake-shaped, incredibly agile fish inhabited virtually every body of water in Europe and Northern Africa, often in mind-.....»»
ChatGPT bug leaked users" conversation histories
Social media users had shared images of chat histories with AI conversations they said were not theirs......»»
Adobe Firefly brings text-to-image AI to the masses, with artist ethics in mind
Adobe is bringing AI-generated imagery to its creative applications, starting with Adobe Express......»»
Online Event: Join Us for a Chat About Makers and Ham Radio
Please join us next Wednesday March 23 at 7pm ET / 4pm PT for an online conversation about "Makers and Hams." We will talk about the joys of making and amateur radio, how both attract enthusiasts and the commonalities of their communities. The post.....»»
How coffee plantations limit birds" diets
Cast your mind back to the spring of 2020, when grocery store shelves sat bare of essential items and ingredients. For birds who live in the forests of Central America, replacement of forest land with coffee plantations essentially "clears out the sh.....»»
iPhone vs Android: Two different photography and machine learning approaches
A controversy with Samsung's phone cameras has renewed the conversation surrounding computational photography, and highlights the difference between it, and Apple's approach in iOS.Apple's computational photography aims for realismIt isn't a big secr.....»»
A method for chemically tailoring layered nanomaterials
A new process that lets scientists chemically cut apart and stitch together nanoscopic layers of two-dimensional materials—like a tailor altering a suit—could be just the tool for designing the technology of a sustainable energy future. Researche.....»»
Jack Wolfe on The Magic Flute and Shadow and Bone season 2
In a conversation with Digital Trends, rising actor Jack Wolfe talks about The Magic Flute, as well as portraying Wylan Hendricks in Shadow and Bone season 2......»»