Charles

Imagine being a young Canadian data scientist, believing you were hired to discover techniques to battle extremist ideologies. Then you discover what can be used to counter conspiracy theories and racial tensions can also be used to generate them. …

Is this him? If so, way too young. http://portfolio.cooper.stevenson.name/

Interesting perspective. Electrics only take 11,000 parts, ICE 33,000. https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3032455/inventor-james-dyson-shows-electric-cars-are-too-easy-make-thats

Mind blowing. Io is about the same size as our moon, which is to say about the width of the United States. https://www.businessinsider.com/jupiter-moon-io-on-earth-and-north-america-2014-12

Apparently the Echo Show is selling. I wonder what people are using it for? Do they watch the news in the kitchen and glance over when something interesting happens?

This is a train wreck of epic proportions. I can’t look away. Nevermind lease versus buy, what about obscene excesses? https://www.businessinsider.com/weworks-nightmare-ipo

Quite the headline: https://slate.com/technology/2019/09/amazon-echo-products-frames-ring-creepiness.html

The disturbing thing from this ArsTechnica article is the breach occurred in May but the company didn’t detect it until a few weeks …

By the way, you got my attention for OnePlus phones and MKBHD just reviewed the 7T. The prices are creeping up some but it looks like a good phone. https://youtu.be/XRiUNPf-_-4

Great write-up but to be honest I can’t imagine using a phone like this. I can imagine using the Samsung foldable, which is shipping in the U.S. now and getting surprisingly good reviews. https://youtu.be/-5BsYYtyENw I agree with MKBHD, these …

My guess is the success of each will track the installed base of the two platforms.

The willingness to embrace the science on climate change does appear to be generational, though. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-we-at-a-climate-change-turning-point-obamas-epa-chief-thinks-so/

IBM has a 53 qubit computer live in their cloud that you can start using this afternoon. 🤯 https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/09/20/ibms-new-53-qubit-quantum-mainframe-is-live-in-the-cloud/

The Economist used the stripes for its cover. https://twitter.com/theeconomist/status/1174631748371668993?s=21

it is insane. https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/18/20872777/we-work-adam-neumann-tequila-weed-ipo-eternal-life

Facebook announced a clip-on camera for your TV that essentially turns it into Apple’s FaceTime, except using Facebook Messenger or WhatsApp to connect. It zooms & pans to follow people. The advantage over using a phone is the big screen and not …

In other news... https://www.physiciansweekly.com/scientists-release-sterile-mosquitoes/

Techcrunch tested the 11 & 11 Pro in Disneyland and said the 11 Pro is the best of the night cameras: https://techcrunch.com/2019/09/17/iphone-11-pro-disney-after-dark/

Sorry, I was referring to the leaks about the Pixel 4 and astrophotography. It sounds impossible but this guy seems to show that he can actually get good photos of stars by hacking the leaked feature onto his Pixel 3XL. …

But Fusion Mode.

Motion blur, fusion mode, astropotography mode. So many questions. If only there was a tech journalist in the house to unpack it all. 😉

Do you think WeWork is a product of a sustained boom? It feels like they’re in the when-it-works stage.

Not to take us too far off topic here, but we have one that goes 6,599 mph. It would get Margot to Naples very fast, but not very comfortably. This is a very short video but even if you don't blink, you will miss it. Even in slo …

The stories about the iPhone 11 seem to have one thing in common: yawns. The sentiment seems to be wait for 2020. Then maybe we get 5G and a new form …

For people who missed it like me, here are the highlights. https://youtu.be/rjf39TP7rK4