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Why Samples, Why Now?
By: Benjamin Glunz
Tags: Technology News, Technology, Construction, Design, Architecture

Many of you know me — either as an architect or as the CEO of Anguleris — and my focus on aligning building product manufacturers with the way architects work. You know that I love problem-solving, value creation, and the challenge of building something new from the ground up. (You also know that I bristle at the status quo and refuse to play by rules that don’t work — ask my school teachers.)

You’ve been along for the ride as we got our start making industry-leading BIM content. You witnessed as we built BIMsmith into the leading BIM content platform and then stood by our side as we launched Swatchbox in 2019. Again, most recently, we integrated BIM with specification writing through Masterspec.

This week, our team announced yet another groundbreaking tool for the AEC community. The launch of Swatchbox Pro brings the best building material brands together onto a single platform to give architects an easy way to source multiple product samples at the same time.

Building materials speak a language of their own that can’t be heard in a digital environment. Samples provide a physical connection to products and materials that we otherwise may only experience digitally or on the building site after it’s too late. It’s vital that in the ever-faster spinning flywheel of digital transformation, we as architects find ways to get away from the screen, touch the physical, and then translate it back to the project. That’s what we aimed to do with Swatchbox in 2019 and now what we’re taking to the next level with Swatchbox Pro.

I think back to my days as an intern and an associate where I’d spend hours if not days trying to wrangle all kinds of manufacturer reps and web forms just to get the samples I needed for the projects I was tasked with. I’d spend all that time only to be disappointed when a product never arrived. I now see the time of our young professionals, who have so much more to offer, getting wasted week after week, month after month. Swatchbox Pro is for you. We hope we can play a small part in delivering you inspiration.

I’ve never been more proud of my team and the surrounding tribe that helped make this all a reality. I am humbled and ecstatic all at the same time. To all of you, thank you from the bottom of my heart. I love this industry and the community that surrounds it. Swatchbox Pro is for you.

To those of you who don’t yet know my team and me, we hope you’ll reach out and join us as we continue on the journey of changing the construction industry, not for the sake of disruption, but for the sake of a better built environment.

Cheers,

Ben
iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max to Help Visually Challenged Users Find How Far They Are from Others
Tags: iPhone, Technology, Technology News, Apple, Tech

iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max to Help Visually Challenged Users Find How Far They Are from Others Markoljhon ·Nov 2, 2020

iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max are getting a new feature called “People Detection” that will allow visually challenged users to detect how far away they are from other people. The new feature is a part of a new iOS 14.2 beta release. It uses the LiDAR sensor and wide-angle camera of the latest iPhone models to precisely detect the distance between the users and their nearby people. Apple may include it as amongst the key accessibility-focussed changes in the public release of iOS 14.2 in the coming days.

Available in the Magnifier app, the People Detection feature works with a combination of augmented reality (AR) and machine learning to help visually challenged iPhone users to detect where humans and objects are around them. The addition was initially spotted in September. However, it’s now a part of the iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max through the iOS 14.2 “Release Candidate” version that reached both developers and public beta testers on Friday.

As reported by TechCrunch, the People Detection feature is an extension of the people occlusion capability of Apple’s ARKit that allows the AR system to occlude virtual content by a person identified by the camera feed.
Technology definition and history of technology
By: King Cobra
Tags: Technologies, Tech, History Of Technology, Technology News

“The definition of technology is knowledge put into practical use to solve problems.”

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History of technology

*Stone age:-

The development of simple tools from wood or rock and the know about fire, using fire cook food and create heat and light, were technological developments which allowed people to accomplish tasks more easily and quickly. less work more out put.

*bronze age:-

The evolving ability of man to work with metal gave the ability to form stronger tools, and the introduction of the wheel allowed people greater ability to travel and communicate.

*iron age:-

The ability to work with harder metals than copper and tin, to smelt iron, and to be able to remove iron from ore allowed for rapid increases in weapons making, brought the development of tools that benefit civilization and gave greater ability to perform tasks, such as manufacturing and transportation.

*computer and internet:-

The ability to perform basic thinking processes much faster enables business, science and commerce to proceed much more efficiently.

An example of technology is the Internet which has made up-to-date information available to anyone with access in a matter of moments and provides real time information about events around the world.

An example of technology was during the Stone Age when the first knife or shovel was made from a piece of stone or obsidian.

An example of technology is the products that were invented during the space program, which have allowed engineers and other scientists to use variations of these products and materials in manufacturing.

An example of technology is ultra sound, MRI, CAT scans and other forms of nuclear imaging, which allow doctors to see inside the human body using a blending of medical technology, nuclear technology and computer technology.

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NewsOrb360 News And Films Production Private Limited
Tags: Technology, Technology News, Planets, Geopolitics, News

NewsOrb360 News And Films Production Private Limited

CLOSEST DWARF PLANET TO EARTH FOUND TO BE GEOLOGICALLY ACTIVE

Source: NewsOrb360.Com

Named after the Roman Goddess of the harvest, the icy dwarf planet Ceres has been found to be geologically active after close examination of NASA’s Dawn spacecraft’s final findings before its death. Ceres, despite being less than 1/3 of the size of our Moon, apparently has ice volcanoes and remnants of an ancient ocean, potentially even harbouring liquid water.

The craft’s findings suggest that Ceres has salty liquid water seeping out on its surface, as well as a diverse landscape of hills and mounds that formed when the ice melted as a result of an asteroid impact 20 million years ago, and subsequently refroze to form the landscape, while also leaving a 91 km-wide crater known as Occator on the surface. These findings also support the existence of something known as ‘cryovolcanoes’ on the dwarf-planet, erupting with ice-cold salty mud or slush instead of the molten lava we are used to on Earth. Dawn even spotted hints of an eruption of brine within the past few decades.

“We’ve provided strong evidence that Ceres is geologically active in the present, [or] at least in the very recent past,” said Dawn’s principal investigator Carol Raymond, the manager of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Small Bodies Program in Pasadena, California. “And there’s some tantalizing evidence that it could be ongoing.” This also means that the dwarf planet has, at some point, had all the building blocks for organic life at some point: liquid water, energy and carbon-based organic molecules, theoretically making the planet inhabitable for at least some time after the asteroid collision.

The presence of brine pockets (as detected by Dawn) also seemingly point to the past existence of a planet-spanning ocean. This is possible despite the frigid temperatures, as dissolved salt can keep water in a liquid state even at sub-zero temperatures. Fortunately, Ceres is located relatively close to Earth, orbiting the Sun as part of the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, making it an ideal target for future research.
Classic Facebook is going away soon
By: Tanmay Patange
Tags: Technology, Technology News, Social Media, Tech, Facebook

(Image: Techtsp.com)

According to Techtsp, Facebook is offering a new prompt saying that the classic Facebook design is going away next month, encouraging users to switch to the ‘new Facebook.com.’ In May, Facebook made the new optional desktop design available for everyone. And now, Facebook intends to make it the default desktop design. As a result, users have no choice but to switch to a new desktop design sometime next month.

Also Read | Google Chrome making it easier to edit offline files and documents

“We’ve made improvements to the new Facebook.com and we’re excited for everyone to experience the new look. Before we make the classic Facebook unavailable in September, we hope that you’ll let us know how we can continue to make Facebook better for everyone.”

Also Read | Google Chrome 86 finally brings Native Windows 10 sharing behind flag

The new Facebook design supports dark mode update and promises faster and more streamlined navigation to help users discover videos, games, and Groups more easily.
NIIT Ghana Donates 500 Pieces Of Face Masks To The Head Potters (Kayayei) Association of Ghana.
By: Niit Openlabs Ghana
Tags: Csr, Education, Covid 19 Crisis, Technology News, Niit Ghana

Mrs. Joana Abbiw, Center Manager of NIIT Tema branch said, “We all know that Kayayei people are living in a poor condition with minimal income. Mostly, they are unaware of things happening outside the market, Hence it is our responsibility to create awareness among them and support them with necessary materials to safeguard their life.”

She also appreciated the founder of the association for rendering us the needed support in reaching out to the community. Ms. Joana Abbiw and Mr. Asadullah presented the masks to the founder of the association, Mr. Mohammed I. Salifu, and a couple of delegates of the porters at their office in Agbogbloshie Accra. Mr. Salifu was thankful to the NIIT group for their kind gesture and said it will go a long way to help the porters who are for the most part of their lives exposed to all manner of diseases including the COVID-19 in their day to day activities.

Two weeks ago, the NIIT Kumasi branch donated to the people of the Atonsu community, Kumasi in the Ashanti Region to aid in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Mr. Omnath Tiwary, the Center Manager for NIIT Kumasi Branch urged the school children to make use of the online platforms and learn wisely. He also appreciated the initiatives of the government in conducting virtual classes for the SHS students through a dedicated TV Channel.
Retro computers reveal three decades of technological evolution
By: Young Stoney
Tags: Technews, Retro Computers, Technology, Technology News, Rare Pc

In a new photography book, the home computer revolution of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s is told through nostalgic industrial-design images

Clockwise from bottom left: Commodore’s PET 2001; Apple’s original Macintosh computer; the Intertec Superbrain; the Sinclair ZX80; Apple’s iMac G3

All images by John Short and courtesy of Thames & Hudson

THESE images of retro personal computers are a throwback to their humble beginnings, revealing the technological evolution of the devices over their first 25 years.

Taken by photographer John Short, these nostalgic shots feature in Home Computers: 100 icons that defined a digital generation, a new book by writer Alex Wiltshire. The computing compendium includes more than 400 images that capture details of past machines and prototypes, along with the ideas and influences behind them.

Personal computers began appearing in people’s homes in 1975, and many different models soon emerged, including Commodore’s PET 2001 in 1977

The Sinclair ZX80 was one of the first affordable computers available in the UK, costing just £99.95 when it was launched in 1980 — the equivalent of around £430 today. Apple’s original Macintosh computer was released in 1984 and was the first mass-market model to feature a graphical user interface, built-in screen and mouse. The range has gone on to become the brand’s most popular and successful computers.

Apple’s iMac G3, the most modern of this selection, was sold from 1998 to 2003 and was known for its bright and colourful plastic casing. #newscientist
IoT Blockchain Market Report | Creating “International Standards” by ZTE and China Unicom
By: Masato Kato
Tags: Technical Analysis, Blockchain Technology, China Trends, IoT, Technology News

The ITU-T (International Telecommunication Union) research committee “SG20 (Study Group 20)” was established in 2015.

It researches IoT (Inetrnet of Things) and SC&C (Smart Cities and Communities) and is working on standardization work. “ITU-T SG20” enhances interoperability of each project by establishing international standards.

In addition, it promotes efforts aimed at improving the efficiency of urban infrastructure such as transportation systems and water networks by developing IoT technology through collaboration.

Countries in the world such as North America, Europe, and Africa, as well as Asian countries such as China and South Korea, participate in the “ITU-T SG20” meeting.

They are also working to develop the IoT market as a whole by sharing the use cases of each IoT application.

・About IoT blockchain project by ZTE and China Unicom

In July of this year, at the plenary session of “ITU-T SG20”, the “IoT blockchain project” was announced, which ZTE and China Unicom will jointly develop.

・Suppl.59 (Outline of blockchain that supports the Internet of Things)

・ITU-T Y.4561 (standard for blockchain data management)

・ITU-T Y. 4560 (standard for blockchain data exchange and sharing)

This project has been discussed and modified in the ITU-T FG DPM and “ITU-T SG20” over more than two years.

The approval of the three projects after deliberation at the ITU-T SG20 plenary session is considered to be an important milestone for China to join the “international standard” in the IoT blockchain market.

In China, companies are already making active efforts in the IoT blockchain market, and international standards such as “ITU-T SG20” will receive a great deal of attention in the future.

・References

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WHAT IS TECHNOLOGY || IMPACTS ON OUR WORLD.
By: Laiba Seemab Ahmed
Tags: Science, Science Communication, Technology, Bill Gates, Technology News

Technology is the sum of techniques, skills, methods, and processes used in the production of goods or services or in the accomplishment of objectives, such as scientific investigation.The best definition of technology is the study and transformation of techniques, tools, and machines created by humans. Technology allows humans to study and evolve the physical elements that are present in their lives.

The term “technology” rose to prominence in the 20th century in connection with the Technological revolution.In 1937, the American sociologist Read Bain wrote that Technology includes all tools, machines, utensils, weapons, instruments, housing, clothing, communicating and transporting devices and the skills by which we produce and use them.

There are many components of information Technology but the first three components of technology systems — hardware, software, and data.Hardware(This is the physical technology that works with information).Software(The hardware needs to know what to do, and that is the role of software).Data(process of facts and figures, called data).

Knowledge, Process, Science, Engineering, Skills, Tools….. etc are also the components of Technology.In my point of view,Knowledge is the main component of Technology.Without knowledge,we cannot do something.

Technology plays an important role in society today. It has positive and negative effects onthe world and it impacts daily lives.Technology affects the way individuals communicate, learn, and think. It helps society and determines how people interact with each other on a daily basis.

Now days, many ICT gadgets are used in our life and they facilitate with mobility thus used anywhere and anytime. These gadgets operate for Information, Speed, and Communication and reduce the physical and mental human work load. By that principles, modern day gadgets truly helped mankind in daily life.We find that while some of these impacts are beneficial, like improvements in education, health, innovations, government service delivery, and participatory democracy; others are pervasively detrimental to the society as a whole,dissemination of offensive images by foreign and local media.

Islam is supportive of scientific research that brings benefit to humankind. Many Muslims appreciate technology and respect the role that science plays in its creation. As a result, he says there is a great deal of Islamic pseudoscience attempting to reconcile this respect with other respected religious beliefs.

Technology has changed the way people live their everyday lives. It’s present in almost everything you do, from how you communicate to how you perform your day-to-day tasks. Thanks to technology, it’s now easier to go to work or perform household chores.

I also make a website in which i publish about technology and science bloges.Link is https://teebom.blogspot.com

If you are intrested in technology and science news, then visits to our website.Also follow me for more latest information about technology, science and other articals.
Poco X3 launched in India with 6,000mAh battery, know price and specification
By: Rowhit Sharma
Tags: Technews, Tech News Today, Technology News, Pocox3, Smartphones

Poco X3 launched in India with 6,000mAh battery, know price and specification

The Poco X3 has a starting price of Rs 16,999 and is offered in two color options - Cobalt Blue and Shadow Gray. The phone will be sold via Flipkart on September 29 from 12 noon.

Poco X3 has been launched today through a virtual event in India. As the name suggests, the phone is an upgrade to the existing Poco X2, which was launched in India in February this year. It is a slightly tweaked (changed) variant of the Poco X3 NFC, which was introduced in European markets earlier this month. The Indian version of the Poco X3 comes in three RAM and storage configurations and two color options. It will be sold via Flipkart.

Poco X3 price in India, availability

The base 6GB RAM + 64GB storage model of Poco X3 is priced at Rs 16,999 and the 6GB RAM + 128GB storage variant costs 18,499. Its top-end variant comes with 8 GB RAM and 128 GB storage, priced at Rs 19,999. The phone is offered in two color options - Cobalt Blue and Shadow Gray. It will be sold via Flipkart on September 29 from 12 noon.

Poco X3 specifications

Dual-SIM (Nano) Poco X3 runs on MIUI for Poco 12 based on Android 10. The phone has a 6.67-inch full-HD + (1,080x2,340 pixels) display, which offers a 240Hz touch sampling rate and HDR10 support with a 120Hz refresh rate. It comes with Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection. The Poco X3 comes equipped with an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G chipset, Adreno 618 GPU and LPDDR4X RAM up to 8 GB.

For photos and videos, the Poco X3 gets a quad rear camera setup, with a 64-megapixel Sony IMX 682 primary sensor with f / 1.73 lens, a 13-megapixel sensor with a 119-degree wide-angle f / 2.2 lens, There is a 2-megapixel depth sensor with f / 2.4 lens and finally, a 2-megapixel macro shooter with f / 2.4 aperture. In the front you get a 20-megapixel sensor with F / 2.2 aperture, which is set in a hole-punch cutout.

The Poco X3 offers up to 128 GB of UFS 2.1 onboard storage, which supports microSD card (up to 256 GB). Connectivity options include Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 4G, GPS / A-GPS, 3.5mm headphone jack, and a USB Type-C port for charging. The Poco X3 comes with a massive 6,000mAh battery, which supports 33W fast charging. It has an accelerometer, gyroscope, ambient light sensor and proximity sensor. There is also a side-mounted fingerprint scanner and the phone also has IP53 water and dust resistance certification. The dimensions of the Poco X3 are 165.3x76.8x9.4mm and weigh 215 grams.

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How long will Samsung support Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+? — TheContentGenie
Tags: Galaxy S9, Samsung, Technology News, Galaxy S9 Plus

Samsung previously promised to provide only two major OS upgrades for its Android smartphones. It meant that two years was as long as the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ were supported. It came with Android 8.0 out of the box and has since received its Android 9.0 and Android 10 updates.

It is sad but true that the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ will not receive another significant Android OS upgrade.

However, Samsung can bring additional features to the devices through its new One UI updates, which is a software overlay. Samsung launched One UI in 2018 for its users using Android Pie and higher. Samsung already launched an upgraded One UI in August this year and will surely do so in the coming months.

No Android upgrades for Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+.

Samsung announced last month that it’s going to support select devices for three Android OS upgrades. The eligible devices don’t include Galaxy S models released before the Galaxy S10. All previous models are not suitable.

So this leaves the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ out of luck. It did take everyone by surprise when it announced that One UI 2.1 would be released for these handsets. Samsung eventually released One UI 2.1 for the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ three months ago. The new update brought features like Music Share, Quick Share, Single Take, the new camera zoom interface, and more.

One UI is Samsung’s custom skin, and it’s not beholden to Android. Even though these devices won’t get another significant Android OS upgrade, Samsung is free to release another One UI update if it deems fit. The company might be thinking about that.

Samsung revealed the list of devices that will receive One UI 2.5 last month, including both of these handsets. Remember, this iteration of One UI was introduced with the Galaxy Note 20 series. It will be awe-inspiring if Samsung releases the update for the 2018 flagships. The company hasn’t confirmed precisely when it’s going to send out this update.

As for how long the Galaxy S9 be supported, new Android upgrades are out of the question, and One UI 2.5 might be the last update of its kind for these devices. Samsung will continue to provide security updates for another year. The Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ are currently on the monthly cycle for security updates. They will eventually be demoted to the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ quarterly cycle before software support completely dries up.
Nvidia likely to lay down intel and amd
By: Yash Kameshwar
Tags: Nvidia, Processors, Technology News, Technology, Graphics

Nvidia to lav down Intel and AMD , and why this image ? as we all know what arm is arm (Acorn RISC Machine) is a company which produces RISC architecture based processor , now you may ask what is RISC it is reduced instruction set computer in this kinds of processors there are less number of transistors and are highly optimized set of instruction , now let me tell you one thing your phone’s processors are made by ARM that is the reason you are never much discriminated in playing any high graphics game on mobile phone but in pc you must have high end nvidia or the amd graphic card to render those graphics as they are made of CISC architecture (many of you may not have understood much now wait ill be making a separate post for this ) .

BTW moving to our main topic of today is that why will nvidia lay other as they both comprise of same instructions of CISC , let me tell you it was till now but yesterday Nvidia just knock the doors of ARM and announced that they will be buying ARM as whole for $40 billion with this we can also expect to see Nvidia to debut in mobiles which can drastically change the world of rendering and gaming and any one from home can render high end graphical pictures videos easily .

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New foldable phone to compete Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2, 40% cheaper
By: Rowhit Sharma
Tags: Technews, Technology, Technology News, Samsung Galaxy Fold 2, Tech

New foldable phone to compete Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2, 40% cheaper

The quad camera setup has been used in the phone, which has a 64MP primary camera. Apart from this, 3 more sensors of 16MP + 8MP + 32MP have been provided in the phone.

Royole, the world's first foldable smartphone maker, has launched its new foldable phone Royole FlexPai 2. This phone is a successor of FlexPai launched in the year 2018. This company was established in 2012. This is the second foldable phone of the company, which the company launched at an event today.

Price and availability

This phone has been launched for 9988 yuan i.e. around 1,08,305 rupees. This phone is about 40 percent cheaper than the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2. Talk about the availability of this phone, then this phone is now available for pre-booking in China.

Specifications of Royole FlexPai 2

Many improvements have been made to this phone compared to its predecessor. This phone uses the 3rd generation Cicada Wing Flexible OLED display which comes with stepless 3S hinge. This phone can be folded with zero gap. After folding the phone completely, the company has reduced the thickness of the phone by 40%.

This phone comes with a 7.8-inch unfolded display, which is the largest foldable smartphone display yet. Whose resolution is 1920 x 1,440 pixels. After folding, the primary display of the phone is 5.5 inches and the secondary display is 5.4 inches. This phone comes with Snapdragon 865 chipset which comes with 8GB / 12GB RAM and 256GB / 512GB internal storage. The phone comes with dual SIM card slot and dual 5G connectivity mode. The phone runs on Android 10 operating system.

The camera

The quad camera setup has been used in the phone, which has a 64MP primary camera. Apart from this, 3 more sensors of 16MP + 8MP + 32MP have been provided in the phone. This phone can be purchased in Sunrise Gold, Midnight Black and Cosmic Gray color options. This phone has a battery of 4,450mAh.

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Google Stadia and Nvidia GeForce Now to Come to iOS Through Safari
By: Andrew Maust
Tags: Gaming, Technology, Technology News, Game Development, iOS

On Thursday November 19th Google and Nvidia both revealed that their own cloud game streaming services will begin supporting iOS devices but not in the way you may suspect.

Previously Apple has made it very clear that they don't want any game streaming services available through the App Store. But in a recent revision Apple made to their App Store Guidelines, they opened up a window for cloud based streaming app to list games on the App Store as individual apps. Even with those revisions developers still aren’t happy. To bypass these rules however these companies have decided to take a new route. Safari Web Apps, Both Nvidia and Google have confirmed plans to release a web app to allow iOS users to be able to play their favorite games on their iOS devices from the cloud.

Google Stadia

Google hasn’t really said too much about how or when they plan to bring Stadia to iOS but they did tweet mid-day Thursday confirming their plans to do so.

What they did note in the article from Polygon, is that the roll out will begin “several weeks from now”

Nvidia GeForce Now

In a press release from Nvidia early Thursday, Nvidia announced that starting today a beta for streaming with GeForce Now on iOS devices will begin. Nvidia says “[The GeForce Now iOS Beta will allow] more than 5 million GeForce NOW members can now access the latest experience by launching Safari from iPhone or iPad”. According to the press release members can test out the iOS beta by simply going to play.geforcenow.com, but Nvidia also says that anyone can sign up and people can take advantage of the free version of the service “to test the waters”

With Nvidia GeForce Now being tested on iOS devices, Nvidia also announced that Fortnite will soon be available on the service which in turn will also bring the return of Fortnite to iOS devices after Apple removed Fortnite from the App Store after Epic Games wouldn’t comply with Apples In-app purchase policy.
Beloved Silicon Valley institution Buck’s of Woodside goes up for auction — as an NFT
By: Sara Hayden
Tags: Technews, Nft, Technology News, Silicon Valley, Investment

On a Monday morning, Jamis MacNiven—equal parts restaurateur, entertainer and teller of (sometimes) tall tales—stood beneath an enormous, leathery anaconda hide that runs the length of the dining room inside his Silicon Valley restaurant, Buck’s of Woodside. There, in a cowboy hat and a bright red, short-sleeved button down shirt, MacNiven addressed a packed dining room filled with entrepreneurship students who’d just rolled in on a bus from a San Mateo university founded by third-generation venture capitalist Tim Draper.

MacNiven had joked that he was going to “scream the history of Buck’s” to his breakfast audience, an often-invoked spiel that he says is “all just fun. I tell truths and lies in equal amounts.”

His latest announcement — delivered beneath that sprawling serpent skin with a sign that boasts it was stripped from a snake in the Amazon that had attacked a child — also existed somewhere in between fact and fiction: MacNiven was putting Buck’s up for auction.

Jamis MacNiven shares the history of Buck’s of Woodside with an audience of entrepreneurship students from Draper University, on Monday, August 2, 2021. The restaurant has played an essential role in Silicon Valley history as a meeting place where deals were made and ideas hatched for startups that went on to become household names. (Photo by Sara Hayden)

No, not the actual, physical restaurant at 3062 Woodside Road that’s seen the birth of many a tech company over the years, but its digital doppelgänger, via non-fungible token. “We’ve recently launched an NFT,” MacNiven declared. Some of the students responded with a laugh, but it was true—Buck’s was indeed listed on the OpenSea marketplace as “the world’s first 3D immersive NFT.”

By the time the auction closes August 19, whoever places the winning bid for Buck’s NFT will own access to the one and only complete digital re-creation of the restaurant. These days, with something akin to a digital deed on a blockchain database, you can own digital assets like a tweet or an animation. So why not a replica of a near-legendary Silicon Valley institution?

As a place to meet and greet, wheel and deal, Buck’s is a big deal. Indeed, the NFT brochure states that since Buck’s opened its doors at the start of the 90s, “An invitation to ‘Breakfast at Buck’s’ would go on to become an official step in the high-tech startup funding process.” The practice has even been the subject of a Harvard University study.

The breakfast gathering that morning marked entrepreneur Giulianna Crivello’s first visit to Buck’s, a pilgrimage that was coinciding with a new fund she was launching, supported by Tim Draper. “It feels historical,” she says, “the inner child in me is screaming.”

But when you remove these interactions, and bring Buck’s back solely in pixels, does it hold the same kind of draw?

MacNiven seems to be betting that when treated like a digital museum filled with tech artifacts and lore, preserved at a specific moment in time, Buck’s still has plenty of appeal.
Why some reporters are harder to work with than others
By: Aaron Zamost
Tags: Media Criticism, Technology News, Communications Strategy, Work, Reporting

Why some reporters are harder to work with than others

You know the feeling well. An inquiry lands in the press@ inbox and your heart sinks. You haven’t opened the email yet but you know it’s going to suck. Maybe you’ve worked with this reporter before, maybe you haven’t. Maybe you don’t even know who they are! It doesn’t matter. You sigh.

Why do some press inquiries elicit this reaction? What is it about certain reporters that make them so hard to work with?

Running into a difficult reporter may seem like a random occurrence, but it’s relatively predictable. We can use the Reporter Difficulty-Importance Curve to illustrate the relationship between a reporter’s “importance” and how hard it is to work with them.

This was harder to create than I am willing to admit

We measure importance by considering the likely reputational impact to a subject of a reporter publishing a story in their respective outlet. The more likely a reporter can significantly shift the course of a public narrative — positively or negatively — the more “important” they are. Both the reporter’s reputation and their publication’s reputation contribute to their importance.

A reporter’s importance correlates with how hard they are to work with. The more important a reporter, the more likely they are to be difficult. Of course, the less important a reporter, the more likely they are to be difficult too. It’s a confusing rule and an odd distribution, but that’s what makes the graph so fun to draw. (My communications teammates have seen me whiteboard this graph for years.)

The Reporter Difficulty-Importance Curve places media into three groups. Before you can know how to work with any given reporter, you first have to figure out who you’re dealing with.
New Helium App Features: Remote Assert, Search, & More 📱!
By: Coco Tang
Tags: Technology News, Technology, Crypto, Tech, Blockchain

Spring has sprung and the Helium App has three great new features we’re excited to tell you about!

Remote Assert

Our first feature is Remote Assert! Highly requested by Hosts, Owners, and those with remote Hotspot deployments, Remote Assert removes the need to pair with the physical Hotspot. Instead, pairing can be initiated by the Hotspot Owner any time, anywhere.

All you need to do is update the app to version 3.1.0, find your Hotspot, press Settings, then Update Location, and drop the pin for its new location. The cost to assert is the same as before.

Bundled in with the new Remote Assert feature is the ability to add a Hotspot’s TX/ RX antenna gain (in dBi) and Height (in meters, above ground level) information to the blockchain.

Why is this beneficial? By supplying these additional details, the Helium Network can better understand Hotspot placement and antenna upgrades.

Note that this information won’t be used immediately by Proof-of-Coverage, but the network intends on using this in the near future.

Search

Ever wanted to quickly lookup which Hotspots are in a city or see the earnings of a Hotspot on the fly, without leaving the app? Now you can!

With the new Search functionality in the App, not only can you search by Hotspot name on the Network, you can also search by name of the Hotspots you own! If you are a Patron with many Hotspots to your name, this will be the feature for you.

Try it out yourself!

Start typing any Hotspot name and it will filter down and suggest possible Hotspots. Tap on them and hit the Flag icon to Follow them (more on that later).

You can also “fly to” any city on the Network to see if there are Hotspots deployed.

Follow a Hotspot

Our next (very exciting) feature also benefits Hosts, Owners, and curious spectators. Follow a Hotspot allows anyone to favorite, or follow, a Hotspot on the Network.

We’ve often heard Hosts request the ability to view their Hotspot’s mining and activity on their own personal Helium App so they know exactly how their Hotspot is doing, be alerted when it goes offline, or simply update the Wi-Fi once they receive the Hotspot (Bluetooth Pairing required).

Notice that it’ll say “Owned By…” with the Flag icon 🏳️. When you’re following a Hotspot, the flag will turn purple and will be added to the Followed Hotspots filter on the Hotspot page.

As a Host, you can pair with a Followed Hotspot to update Wi-Fi and even run Diagnostics (Bluetooth pairing required).

For security reasons, users won’t be able to Transfer Hotspot or Update Location if they do not own it.

Feedback and Contributions Welcomed!

And that’s it for our huge features update for the Helium App! We hope this improves the user experience for all types of Network users and we look forward to your feedback.

For feature requests, bug reporting, or even trying your hand at contributing to code, please visit our Github page.
Google is briefly moving back Chrome’s SameSite cookie prerequisites
By: Creative Bits
Tags: Coronavirus, Chrome, Technology News, Browsers, Google

Google Chrome (9to5Google)

With the dispatch of Chrome 80 in February, Google started bit by bit revealing an update that changes how outsider treats take a shot at sites, called “SameSite.” Today, it reported that it is incidentally moving back to this SameSite prerequisites considering the COVID-19 episode.

The SameSite arrangement was an adjustment in how Chrome treats. Previously, Chrome acknowledged more treats of course, including from outsiders. SameSite flipped that default. At a significant level, that basically implies that except if an outsider treat unequivocally was set by a site proprietor as being alright, Chrome would square it. This move was expected to ensure client security by restricting which treats can work in an outsider setting, which would as far as anyone knows control outsider information assortment.

Be that as it may, debilitating outsider treats can make a few destinations break — particularly in the event that they were utilizing outsider treats as a component of their login frameworks. Many significant destinations were at that point refreshed to represent SameSite, however Google says it needs to “guarantee steadiness for sites offering basic types of assistance including banking, online goods, taxpayer driven organizations and social insurance.” Presumably that implies a few locales in those classifications weren’t refreshed.

As locales have needed to manage the entanglements brought about by the COVID-19 episode, all things considered, many haven’t had the opportunity or the assets to adjust to the update and aren’t probably going to have the option to give regard for it sooner rather than later.

Since social separating measures have incredibly expanded dependence on online administrations, disturbances like this could cause various issues, particularly when it’s identified with human services assets.

This isn’t the main Chrome update influenced by the flare-up. In March, Google declared it was briefly delaying adding new highlights to Chrome and Chrome OS and concentrating on refreshes identified with security. Google said this was because of changes to its own work routines. Be that as it may, Google has since continued advancement for Chrome and Chrome OS, but on a balanced timetable.
How to delete all posts from a Facebook page
Tags: Science, Technology, Technology News, Tech, Facebook

In the year 2017, I opened an online news portal naming bayannonees.com with cofounder Dr. Saad. Due to my sickness, the news portal was shut down for 2 years. In 2020 both we decided to open the news portal bayannonees.com again. While we were maintaining our news portal we had our Facebook page and we shared all the news there. We made a mistake that we did not renew our hosting. For this, we lost our previous news. As we shared the news to our Facebook pages so the link still remained on our Facebook page. The number of news link is huge and the news links do not exist now. So I have to delete them all. If I delete one after another then the task is horrible. Thanks to Facebook to keep an option where I can select 25 news at a time and delete them.

To do this first go to your page. In the top bar, you will Publishing Tools. Click on it.

Delete Facebook all posts from a page

See the screenshot. In the left bar, you will see another option saying Published Posts. Click on it. As shown in the screenshot you will see there are 25 posts showing in one page. In the box, just top of the posts sees a box with Text Posts. Tick mark on the box. All posts will be selected.

Delete Facebook all posts from a page

At the right side of the search box, you will see a drop-down box with saying Actions. Click on it. Select delete. All posts will be deleted.
Ninja News! : A Weekly Roundup of Cybersecurity News and Updates
By: Privacy Ninja
Tags: Privacy Ninja, Cybersecurity, Technology News, Cybercrime, Data Protection

A brewing conflict between tech giants

China is in the hot seat as US and allies, including the European Union, the United Kingdom, and NATO, officially blame it for this year’s widespread Microsoft Exchange hacking campaign.

To keep you in the loop, these early 2021 cyberattacks targeted over a quarter of a million Microsoft Exchange servers, belonging to tens of thousands of organizations worldwide.

On a related note, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) indicted four members of the Chinese state-sponsored hacking group known as APT40 last Monday. This is with regard to APT40’s hacking of various companies, universities, and government entities in the US and worldwide between 2011 and 2018.

Could this be tied up to China’s move to develop cyberattacks capable of disrupting US pipeline operations? Hmm..

Just 2 days ago, Wednesday, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a joint advisory that Chinese state-sponsored attackers have breached 13 US oil and natural gas (ONG) pipeline companies way back 2011–2013.

This is developing news so be sure to check out our next week’s release!

Finally, we give you a quick overview of the new malwares in the cyber landscape to keep tab on.

MosaicLoader and XLoader, has joined the game

Bitdefender researchers have confirmed a novel malware posing as a cracked software via search engine advertising. MosaicLoader is a malware downloader designed by its creators to deploy more second-stage payloads on infected systems.

A more niche-specific malware which is known to steal information from Windows systems, was also reported this week to have been modified. The “new and improved” malware can now target macOS. This is definitely the upgrade we never want!

The revamped malware is dubbed as XLoader. Sounds like a console right?

That’s a wrap for this week’s happenings on cybersecurity. Never miss important updates on data breaches, new data protection policies, and other techno trends by following Privacy Ninja!
What is pegasus and how to find pegasus in your mobile full detail
By: Rg Tech News
Tags: Technology Trends, Technews, Technology News, Technology, Tech

What is pegasus and how to find pegasus in your mobile full detail RG TECH NEWS Jul 23·2 min read

What is pegasus and how to find pegasus in your mobile full detail

Android hacking

You must have heard about Pegasus. This is a software that can sneak into your phone and leak all the details.

This software has been made by the Israeli company NSO Group. All politicians and journalists are also being spied with the help of this software.

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If you also want to know whether it is spying on you then read this post completely.Researchers from Amnesty International have released a tool. This will help you to find out whether your phone is affected by Pegasus or not.

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Researchers from Amnesty International have published a tool. Anyone can find out whether their phone is infected with dangerous Pegasus spyware or not.The name of this tool is Mobile Verification Toolkit (MVT). This tool was designed by Amnesty’s researcher. It is being said about the Mobile Verification Toolkit that it can be found that your phone is infected with Pegasus spyware or not.

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This toolkit works on the Command Line Interface (CLI). This simply means that a common user will feel a lot of difficulty in using this tool. It is being said about the Mobile Verification Toolkit that it can be found out whether your phone has been infected with Pegasus spyware or not.

Mobile Verification Toolkit for iPhone can read any indicator of backup and compromise. The tool for Android devices checks the backup of SMS or text sent from the domain of NSO Group. Apart from this, it also checks all the apps on the device. So that it can be known that the compromise has not happened.

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Artificial Intelligence: Week #29 | 2021
By: Sage Elliott
Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Ai News, Technology News, AI, Machine Learning

Artificial Intelligence: Week #29 | 2021

This week in AI & Machine Learning: AlphaFold protein structures, model-free reinforcement learning, Vision AI in Demanding Environments, AI helping firefighters, organ transportation, and more! Sage Elliott Jul 23·3 min read

Author’s Note:

Next week I’ll be teaching Intro to Computer Vision: Building Object Detection Models and Datasets on July 29th at 10:00am PDT. It’ll be a fun fast-paced workshop covering computer vision applications, data annotation, and training an object detection model with python!

Top AI Highlights this Week :

Google’s DeepMind just released a massive AlphaFold database containing a prediction of nearly all possible protein structures for human cells and 20 other “key organisms” to help accelerate scientific research!

DrQ-v2 is a model-free reinforcement learning algorithm for visual continuous control that uses data augmentation to learn directly from pixels.

the first model-free agent that solves humanoid from pixels

Check out the github (also contains more fun visuals)or read the research paper: Mastering Visual Continuous Control: Improved Data-Augmented Reinforcement Learning

We’re excited to announce our partnership with CP Technologies to bring autonomous and edge-deployed vision AI solutions for rugged hardware and Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS).

More AI & Machine Learning Stories:

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🐘 About the Author & Plainsight:

Sage Elliott is a Developer Evangelist at Plainsight & passionate about making AI more approachable. Connect with Sage on Twitter or LinkedIn.

Plainsight provides custom enterprise AI solutions, end-to-end machine learning lifecycle management, and fast data annotation for computer vision. Join the conversation on Slack.

See you next week!