To solve this problem, Google has introduced a new model called Reformer, which understands the context of 1 million lines using just 16GB space. The company built this to solve problems of its old model Transformer — a neural network that compares words in a paragraph to each other to understand the relationship between them. Current models, support understanding of a few lines or paragraphs before and after the text in focus....

Something’s been hanging over my head like the sword of Damocles: and it’s called the Doogee S95 Pro. Sit, rest, and let me tell you the tale of my failure. Earlier in the year I was sent the Doogee S95 Pro — a rugged phone — to review. And, like a fool, I left it in the office during the first lockdown. When things finally loosened up and we were allowed back into our workspaces, that coincided with a deluge of new phones hitting the market....

First off, yes, it’s a generically named company releasing a product whose name is a mix of a random letters and numbers. But the NAD M10 (lol) is different. It wants to drag amplifiers into the future. I spent an hour playing with it in London and came away very impressed. Before we go on though, a note. I’ll put the amplifier’s specs at the base of the piece, so if you’re interested in pure numbers, you can find them down there....

The Galileo Project will use a network of telescopes and astronomical surveys to hunt for evidence of “extraterrestrial technological civilizations” (ETCs). AI will play a key role in the program. The team plans to develop algorithms that scan data from telescopes for alien artifacts. The group will also use existing and future astronomical surveys “to discover and monitor the properties of interstellar visitors to the solar system.” They say they’ve already received $1....

Hawaii’s state capital Honolulu is cutting back services on its Biki bike-share scheme after sustaining huge financial losses during the pandemic. In 2019, the program registered 1.4 million rides, but the pandemic has cut ridership figures in half. Of the 130 docking stations currently in operation, 40-50 are now facing closure. Bikeshare Hawaii Executive Director Todd Boulanger said that without financial help, the scheme is on the brink of going under within three to six months....

If you, like me, have a questionable taste in music and die inside a little every time you’re asked about your favorite music, you probably don’t want anyone seeing what you’re listening to on Spotify. The streaming platform, which has over 200 million subscribers, allows you to set music playlists to public and show what you’re listening to in real-time — but thank the Lord, because you can turn these features off and listen to 2008-phase Taylor Swift in peace....

Twitter launched its “Retweet with comment” feature in 2015. Since then, it’s been hard to track down all people who quoted the tweet. Thankfully, a tool called Quoted Replies will help you out. Here’s how you can use it: On the Twitter app or desktop site Open the Twitter app or site. Go to the Tweet to which you want to see quoted replies to. Mention @QuotedRepiles. The handle will reply to you with a link containing all quoted replies to that particular Tweet....

The script starts simply enough: A couple is at the end of dinner. Conversation winds down, the wine is almost finished. After a silence, the man says he wants to play a game. Enter artificial intelligence. Does AI dream of writing screenplays? UsingGPT-3, we developed a short film script called Date Night. Tired of off-kilter AI like Cleverbot, we wanted to use more robust tech in our work. In our experience, previous iterations of AI got sidetracked, were easily confused and had no meaningful memory....

Discussions of ‘AI rights’ or ‘robot rights’ have so far been dominated by questions of what ethical obligations we would have to an AI of humanlike or superior intelligence – such as the android Data from Star Trek or Dolores from Westworld. But to think this way is to start in the wrong place, and it could have grave moral consequences. Before we create an AI with humanlike sophistication deserving humanlike ethical consideration, we will very likely create an AI with less-than-human sophistication, deserving some less-than-human ethical consideration....

The Japanese automaker will invest $40 billion (¥5 trillion yen) in its EV segment, including a new lineup, battery production, and software development. 30 new EV models by 2030 Yep, you read that right. 30 new EVs by 2030. This is huge for Honda, especially as it’s currently only offering one electric vehicle — the Honda e — which itself is limited to the European market. The company is planning to launch EVs that are tailored for each market, and is aiming for a production volume of more than two million units per year....

The problem is unlikely to go away altogether, but what if emerging technologies such as blockchain and increased data sharing could make it harder for criminals to traffic victims and make it easier and quicker for authorities to save them? What’s the problem? Before we start looking at how technology can help solve the problem, it’s important to understand what human trafficking is and how criminals operate. The term refers to the trade of humans for the purpose of forced labour, commercial sexual exploitation, or sexual slavery....

When initially envisioned, email was built for connectivity. Network communication was in its early days, and merely creating a digital alternative for mailboxes was revolutionary and difficult enough. Today, however, it is naively easy to spoof an email and impersonate others. Last year, 70 percent of organizations reported they had become victims of advanced phishing attacks. There are 56 million phishing emails sent every day, and it takes 82 seconds on average for a phishing campaign to hook their first victim....

A team of researchers from the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Glasgow in Scotland has me concerned that we might not be the construction workers in that analogy. What you need to know One of the people working on the original atomic bomb project at Los Alamos, an Italian scientist named Enrico Fermi, came up with a mathematical solution explaining that if aliens really did exist we would have seen them by now....

However, this stellar business performance comes at a cost of user privacy and ceding control over its own ecosystem. According to a new report from The New York Times, Apple gave in to China’s multiple demands, including custom hardware for iCloud and app removals. The report noted that Tim Cook caved in to China’s demand of storing iCloud data of China-based customers in the country —Apple wanted to keep that data in the US....

Venus is a very strange place, totally uninhabitable, except perhaps in the clouds some 60 kilometers up where the recent discovery of phosphine may suggest floating microbial life. But the surface is totally inhospitable. However, Venus once likely had an Earth-like climate. According to recent climate modelling, for much of its history Venus had surface temperatures similar to present-day Earth. It likely also had oceans, rain, perhaps snow, maybe continents and plate tectonics, and even more speculatively, perhaps even surface life....

But how do I actually know that whale weighed 40 tonnes? After all, we can’t exactly capture an animal the size of a bus and simply put it on a scale. And swimming out into the ocean and putting a measuring tape around its body is not a very wise thing to do. For whale scientists, this is a big problem. The sheer size of these animals is fundamental to their success, as it allows them to store enough energy to undertake long-distance migrations to find food in scattered locations....

The audiences for the biggest titles are now enormous. Fortnite alone has around 78 million monthly players and professional tournaments draw in many millions of online spectators. League of Legends World Championship attracted over 100 million viewers in 2019 with a peak of 44 million. In comparison, the Wimbledon men’s final 2019 peaked at around 9 million viewers. It’s not just the size of the audience that’s different, it’s also their age....

I’ve been vegan for a few years now, but for most of my life, I would consume several pounds of meat a day. With established plant-based options like Impossible Foods, Beyond Meat, and newcomers like Juicy Marbles making headway into the meat market, I’ve found most of my cravings for meet met. Still, the idea of lab-grown beef, with all the flavor and convenience of dead-cow muscle and none of the dead cow, intrigues me....

In the Apple v Epic case, there were a lot of arguments related to the number of scams and duplicate apps on the App Store. The iPhone maker argued that its current set of mechanisms handle counterfeit apps well, while Epic said scam apps run rampant. Until now, if you knew about a counterfeit app, you can’t do anything about it. However, with iOS 15, Apple has introduced a way to report these apps....

Dubbed Chandrayaan-2, the lunar mission was originally scheduled for last Monday, but a technical snag resulted in it being aborted an hour before take-off. — ISRO (@isro) July 22, 2019 It’s the first Indian expedition to attempt a soft landing on the Moon’s south polar region with home-grown technology, and to explore the lunar terrain with home-grown technology. With this mission, India will be the fourth country ever to soft land on the lunar surface....