Also: How to use split-screen on iPad (and why you should) First, LiDAR helps the camera take sharper photos, especially in dark conditions. Second, the scanner taps into AR, or augmented reality, to combine the real world and the virtual world. With AR, your phone or tablet can act as a virtual tape measure, show you how new furniture would look in your home, scan and recreate 3D models, and place you into AR games....
Now, an app called Natural seeks to go beyond what agents such as Siri and Alexa can achieve in terms of transactions while remaining wed to the smartphone’s – or any connected device’s – touchscreen. A request using Natural’s “generative interface” begins similarly enough to those of other voice agents, with a verbal or typed command such as, “Order some Chinese food” or “Book me a flight to San Francisco....
(A screenshot from an American video) They’d like you to move by the vast possibilities the future holds. No, not flights on time, plenty of staff and instant customer service. Instead, they’d like you to be moved by how wonderful travel will be in the future. Some undetermined time in the future, that is. Why Delta is promising it may have free wifi that actually works. Sometime soon. Meanwhile, American Airlines tried to make a vast impact last week by announcing it’s investing in 20 wonderful new planes....
You’ve managed to avoid the sort of customer service and PR nightmare that has bedeviled one of your biggest rivals. Things are going well. You’re telling CBNC that things are going great. Also: Flighty is a must-have iOS app for air travel Then along come your employees to tell you that you may be full of wind. Then along come those employees expressing themselves in public about your alleged windfulness....
This seems the troubling conclusion as American’s pilots continue the battering of their own management. In public. Yes, even on social media. The pilots’ union, the Allied Pilots Association, has consistently been adorning Twitter and YouTube with messages that suggest you may not want to fly American Airlines this summer. Surely a misinterpretation, you might think. But what would you make of the pilots musing recently: “Traveling with American Airlines?...
This year, most of the predictions were not about particular technologies, like Hadoop, Kafka or Spark. And they weren’t even about tech genre issues like the battle between data warehouses and data lakes. Instead, this year’s predictions (for next year) focused on broader business or even societal issues, many of which stem from the world’s collective experience of the Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic and the changes it has imposed. Technology’s in there, of course; for example, there was a lot of discussion of artificial intelligence (AI), low code/no code platforms and architectural approaches to analytics, like Data Fabric and Data Mesh....
Government officials told the newspaper that the 75-year old was being held in Brians 2 prison in Sant Esteve de Sesrovires when guards found him dead and were unable to resuscitate him. El Dario confirmed the announcement. “The judicial procession has traveled to the prison and is investigating the causes of death. Everything indicates that it could be a death by suicide,” the statement said, according to El Dario. While the initial notice from the regional Catalan government did not name McAfee, a source within the Catalan government confirmed it was him to the Associated Press....
The forthcoming meeting, reported by Bloomberg, concerns America’s resilience to major cyber attacks on critical infrastructure, which Biden has told Russian president Vladimir Putin should be “off limits”. In July, Biden said he believed that if US engaged in a “real shooting war” it would be in response to a major cyber attack. US government agencies and critical infrastructure providers have faced numerous ransomware and espionage attacks during the pandemic, including the SolarWinds software supply chain espionage attack, and ransomware attacks against Colonial Pipeline, Kaseya, and meat packer JBS....
And data loss is one of the worst kinds of issues to be facing. Must read: iOS 13: Security and privacy settings you need to tweak and check Here’s the deal. Apple’s new Reminders app for iOS 13, iPadOS, and macOS 10.15 Catalina isn’t compatible with earlier versions of iOS and macOS. Problem is, the current release version of macOS is the earlier version, so while you can upgrade your iPhones and iPads to use the new Reminders, your Mac will be left out of the equation....
I’m guilty of spending way too much time obsessing over the latest smartphone trends, looking for features that are going to shape and change the way many of us live in the near future. The problem with this line of thinking is that there’s an entire segment of users left out. Users who don’t care about having the best technology, but simply want a phone that’s going to give them a way to communicate with jobs, loved ones and friends for the next few years, without costing a fortune....
VPN provider Atlas estimates that Safari now has just over one billion users, accounting for about 19% of all internet users. Google Chrome remains the clear leader with an estimated 3.4 billion users, but both Safari and Chrome users far outnumber their nearest rivals. Chromium-based Microsoft Edge has just under 213 million users, while Mozilla Firefox has 178 million users, and Samsung Internet has 149 million users. “The statistics are based on the GlobalStats browser market share percentage, which was then converted into numbers using the Internet World Stats internet user metric to retrieve the exact numbers,” Atlas VPN clarified....
Come the launch of iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, iPhone and iPad users will get this exact choice. Must read: Apple should fix this privacy issue, not try to keep it quiet The page listing the features for both iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 outlines the change. Here is the relevant bit from the iOS 15 page: The iPadOS 15 page contains similar language. Of course, there are questions around this....
In June, tech analyst Gartner surveyed 128 CFOs and CEOs to find out which investments they plan on cutting first in the face of rising inflation, talent shortages and supply constraints. Of the 128 CEOs and CFOs surveyed, 41% identified mergers and acquisitions (M&A) as the most likely to be cut first. Investments for improved sustainability and reduced environmental impact was a close second with 39% of respondent votes. SEE: Inflation and your business: What happens next and how to navigate the storm The choice to cut M&A can be linked to the rising interest rates that significantly increase the cost of financing such deals, according to vice president of research at Gartner, Randeep Rathindran....
The news outlet said the marketplace will give people the chance to buy digital versions of work from current and former AP photojournalists, including photos that won Pulitzer Prizes. The proceeds will go back to the AP’s news organizations, and the marketplace will officially open with its first NFTs on January 31. Dwayne Desaulniers, AP director of blockchain and data licensing, said that with Xooa’s technology, they will be able to offer tokenized pieces “to a fast-growing global audience of photography NFT collectors....
Few people will want to carry the ZenBook Pro Duo 15 OLED very far, as it weighs 2.34kg (5.16lbs) and measures 35.98cm wide by 24.92cm deep by 2.15cm thick (14.17in. x 9.81in. x 0.85in.). That means it will need a big bag and strong shoulders. The power supply is chunky and will add further weight – and it may well be needed, given this laptop’s disappointing battery life (see below)....
Audio-Technica has been making record players since 1962 and is known for its entry-level turntables designed to introduce new listeners to the world of vinyl. Its latest record player is the AT-LPW50BT-RW, which uses Bluetooth 5.2 to stream your favorite albums to speakers or even wireless headphones. In addition, it has a built-in phono preamp that delivers an excellent listening experience, no matter how you choose to play audio. This turntable model debuted at the end of August, so it’s entirely new for the Audio-Technica lineup....
“Young people know better than anyone about the good, the bad and the plain ugly that exists in the online world,” Prime Minister Scott Morrison said. “They are the first generation of Australians to grow up living simultaneously in both the real and digital worlds, and they are always at the forefront of new technologies. “This is something that so many parents, and indeed decision makers, don’t always understand, because we haven’t lived this experience like they have....
The yet-to-be-unveiled Bill seeks to compel social media platforms into collecting the personal details of current and new users, and allow the Federal Court to access the identity of “trolls to victims” to allow defamation cases to be launched. Under the legislation, the proposed laws would also make it mandatory for social media platforms to have a standardised complaints system that allows defamatory remarks to be removed and trolls identified with their consent....
The company said that it discovered a “cybersecurity attack which resulted in unauthorized and unlawful access to its information system” on August 23. Also: T-Mobile hack: Everything you need to know The statement said the company is “deeply sorry for the worry and inconvenience that this malicious incident has caused.” Bangkok Airways did not respond to requests for comment from ZDNet about how many customers were involved in the breach or what timeframe the data came from, but in its statement the company said an investigation revealed that the names, nationalities, genders, phone numbers, emails, addresses, contact information, passport information, historical travel information, partial credit card information and special meal information for passengers of the airline had been accessed....
The company said the move was a result of ongoing disputes with Hydro Tasmania, and an unsuccessful sale. CEO Malcolm Eccles said administration was the “best way to effect change while protecting all stakeholders”. “Regrettably, against the backdrop of many issues and having exhausted options, Basslink needed to take proactive action to put Basslink in the best possible position to navigate forward through these challenges,” he said. “We know this is a challenging time for our small team and their wellbeing will continue to be at the front of our minds throughout the voluntary administration process....
