You can buy a metro ticket with your face – but at what cost?

You can buy a metro ticket with your face – but at what cost? Moscow metro pilots facial recognition ticketing Facial recognition tech is a global trend Moscow Metro is not the first transport department to deploy facial recognition tech to reduce bottlenecks at the turnstiles.Korea is in the middle of pilots, andGeorgia already uses facial recognition tech at metro stations. Its fans praise the hands-free aspect, especially for the elderly and people holding children....

3 min · 588 words · Tyler Weiss

You can love AI-generated art, even if it isn’t technically ‘creative’

You can love AI-generated art, even if it isn’t technically ‘creative’ It depends on the presentation Art is subjective What discussions about AI and creativity often overlook is the fact that creativity is not an absolute quality that can be defined, measured and reproduced objectively. When we describe an object – for instance, a child’s drawing – as being creative, we project our own assumptions about culture onto it. Indeed, art never exists in isolation....

4 min · 743 words · Tina Watts

You can now download Windows 11 for testing — here’s what’s new

You can now download Windows 11 for testing — here’s what’s new You can now test that shiny new design Story byNapier Lopez Napier Lopez is a writer based in New York City. He’s interested in all things tech, science, and photography related, and likes to yo-yo in(show all)Napier Lopez is a writer based in New York City. He’s interested in all things tech, science, and photography related, and likes to yo-yo in his free time....

1 min · 144 words · Amanda Rosales

You can now download Windows 11 for testing — here’s what’s new

You can now download Windows 11 for testing — here’s what’s new You can now test that shiny new design Story byNapier Lopez Napier Lopez is a writer based in New York City. He’s interested in all things tech, science, and photography related, and likes to yo-yo in(show all)Napier Lopez is a writer based in New York City. He’s interested in all things tech, science, and photography related, and likes to yo-yo in his free time....

1 min · 144 words · Erika Harvey

You can now explore the Universe virtually — spanning 13.8 billion years in time

You can now explore the Universe virtually — spanning 13.8 billion years in time Uchuu gives everyone a chance to explore the Cosmos like never before Uchuu! Gesundheit! Uchuu (宇宙) — which translates from Japanese as “outer space” is both the largest, as well as most realistic, simulation of thelarge-scale Universeever produced. Within a framework encompassing 9.63 billion light years per side, this virtual universe contains 2.1 trillion particles. Each side of this cube-shaped model stretches three-quarters of the distance fromEarthto the most-distant galaxies....

4 min · 643 words · Stephanie Shepherd
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