A new feature puts proof front and center that a campaign has a functional prototype.
A new feature puts proof front and center that a campaign has a functional prototype.
“There’s absolutely no question that the health of the Kickstarter platform is founded on trust and transparency,” says CEO Yancey Strickler.
The star of Imperium and director Daniel Ragussis discuss “How To Make Friends and Terrorize People.”
The star of Imperium and director Daniel Ragussis discuss “How To Make Friends and Terrorize People.”
Several actors have donned the squiggly tattoos and shorn scalps of neo-Nazis in order to play against type at a key career moment. (Think Ryan Gosling in 2001’s The Believer, rather than Patrick Stewart in last spring’s Green Room.) Daniel Radcliffe is not one of them.
Women in Machine Learning has been a vital network for a sorely underrepresented group of computer scientists for the past 10 years.
Women in Machine Learning has been a vital network for a sorely underrepresented group of computer scientists for the past 10 years.
The idea was born in a hotel room.
Smarter technology could make farms more efficient and food tastier, though environmentalists argue none of it is guilt-free.
Smarter technology could make farms more efficient and food tastier, though environmentalists argue none of it is guilt-free.
During the 20th century, advances in fertilizers, irrigation, and mechanized farming technology helped make it possible to feed a dramatically growing world population.
Thanks to advances in AI, smartphones are revolutionizing care for the visually impaired, providing everything from diagnoses to “sight.”
Thanks to advances in AI, smartphones are revolutionizing care for the visually impaired, providing everything from diagnoses to “sight.”
“Seven hundred years after glasses were invented there are still 2.5 billion people in the world with poor vision and no access to vision correction,” says Hong Kong philanthropist James Chen. Chairman of his family’s Nigeria-based manufacturing company, Wahum Group, Chen is funding a contest called the Clearly Vision Prize that will award a total of $250,000 to projects that improve eyesight, especially in poor countries. Thirty-six semifinalists were announced this week (the five winners will be awarded September 15). Among the contenders: 3D printed eyeglass frames, drones that deliver medical supplies, and several smartphone-based technologies. Some of the smartphones help nonexperts test vision, and one uses artificial intelligence to “see” for blind people.
The Olympics brought a moment of equality to women in sports, but don’t expect it to last.
The Olympics brought a moment of equality to women in sports, but don’t expect it to last.
During the 2016 Olympics, the U.S. enjoyed a brief, imperfect glimpse of a rare phenomenon in sports: gender equality.
An interview isn’t always the best place to learn what it’s really like to work in a new office, but there are ways to find out.
An interview isn’t always the best place to learn what it’s really like to work in a new office, but there are ways to find out.
Jocelyn Greenky really hates fluorescent lights, so when she started a new job years ago, she showed up with a floor lamp a few weeks in and dragged it over to her desk.
“It did not go over well,” she says. That’s how Greenky discovered that every office has its own culture—and as a result, how sometimes even the smallest acts can look like a rebellion.
As popular as Instagram and Twitter, musical.ly is the biggest app you may never have heard of. And it’s not just for lip-synching teens.
As popular as Instagram and Twitter, musical.ly is the biggest app you may never have heard of. And it’s not just for lip-synching teens.
If you have a teenager, have been near a teen lately, or are just young at heart, chances are you’ve heard of musical.ly. The almost 2-year-old app that encourages users to lip-sync to 15-second clips of songs has exploded in popularity, especially among millennials. Every day, users upload more than 10 million videos to the platform, which has held firm in the App Store’s top 40 since last summer, right beside the likes of Snapchat and YouTube.
As artists and record labels clamor over YouTube payouts, some iare skeptical that Google’s subscription service can change the equation.
As artists and record labels clamor over YouTube payouts, some iare skeptical that Google’s subscription service can change the equation.
Since the freewheeling, Napster days of digital music, artists and labels have been forced to accept some very hard realities about their industry. From peer-to-peer piracy to the life-preserver Apple tossed out to record companies in the form of iTunes, to the rise and dominance of streaming services, upheaval has been a mainstay of music’s relationship with computers. But the Silicon Valley side of the equation has had to swallow a difficult truth as well, and one that’s inimical to a tech industry built on advertising: In music—as with other kinds of creative and professional pursuits online—paying subscribers are a far more sustainable source of revenue than free users who look at ads (which, in any case, they are increasingly trying to block).
Get started, get organized, get rid of jerks, and much, much more.
Get started, get organized, get rid of jerks, and much, much more.
From its not so humble beginnings as a non-prank released on April Fool’s Day in 2004 to its billion-plus users today, Google’s illustrious email offering has proven indispensable for most of us.
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