Jul 17
U.S. Shatters Single-Day Coronavirus Record With More Than 77,000 New Infections
Posted in: Today's ChiliSome states are running out of places to store bodies as the U.S. reported its highest daily death toll in over a month.
Jul 17
“They failed, and the virus came to New York, and Americans died because of government failure. Period,” said Cuomo.
Jul 17
Logitech has introduced its new Folio Touch, a flexible folio keyboard case with a built-in keyboard for use with the first and second-generation iPad Pro 11-inch model. The folio cover features a kickstand-like stabilizer to hold up the tablet, as well as a trackpad that utilizes the latest and greatest iPadOS feature. The case is a cheaper alternative to Apple’s … Continue reading
Jul 17
You know that dust-covered Kinect you have tucked away with a menagerie of other electronics and chords? Well, you can go on ignoring it.
Jul 17
The worst hack in Twitter’s history may have started on a forum known for trafficking in black market social media accounts. In the days before the hack, a user on message board OGUsers offered to “provide direct access to accounts for between $2,000…
Jul 17
Want to teach white children to be anti-racist? This is a good place to start.
Jul 17
‘Rules Don’t Apply To Us’: Ex-Ethics Chief Blasts Real Message Of Ivanka’s Goya Stunt
Posted in: Today's Chili“Lawlessness is not just tolerated in the Trump administration; it’s virtually required,” writes Walter Shaub.
Jul 17
Communication comes in all forms. These days the written language is pretty much how we communicate with each other, but back in the day, people used images to communicate with each other. One of the more prolific methods that most might know of would be in the form of the Egyptian’s use of hieroglyphics.
Like with most languages, unless you speak the language, you wouldn’t understand what was being written. Google has Google Translate for that, and now the company has since launched a new tool called Fabricius that has the ability to decode hieroglyphics by using machine learning.
According to Google, “So far, experts had to dig manually through books upon books to translate and decipher the ancient language–a process that has remained virtually unchanged for over a century. Fabricius includes the first digital tool – that is also being released as open source to support further developments in the study of ancient languages – that decodes Egyptian hieroglyphs built on machine learning.”
The app will come with a couple of modes, such as the Learn mode that will give you a brief introduction on hieroglyphics, and there will also be a Play mode that will let users create their own messages using hieroglyphics, which Google notes isn’t necessarily accurate, but could be a fun way to send messages to friends. If you’re interested in checking it out, head on over to Google’s website for the details.
Google Has A New App That Can Decode Hieroglyphics
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Jul 17
One of the main criticisms about the iPhones is its battery life. Apple has tried to improve on this through software and hardware, although from time to time, updates made to iOS seem to affect battery life in a negative way. The good news is that it looks like with iOS 14, Apple could actually end up improving battery life.
This is according to a video by iAppleBytes, in which they take the iOS 14 beta for a spin and put it through some benchmarks where they found that it improved battery life on devices like the 2020 iPhone SE by as much as 30 minutes, and the same results were also found when tested using the iPhone 11.
This is actually rather interesting because beta software is mostly about squashing bugs and getting feedback. This means that more often than not, it is a less than ideal piece of software and is generally not recommended to be used as a daily driver. In fact, iAppleBytes notes that he does not typically run battery tests on beta software, but he thought it would be useful to compare it against future versions.
While things could change from the beta to the full release of iOS 14, these improvements are a good thing, especially if the rumors about the iPhone 12’s battery size are true where they could launch with smaller batteries than its predecessors.
iOS 14 Benchmarks Hint At Battery Improvements
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