Day: October 22, 2019

Smart speakers’ frequent under-the-radar updates are usually convenient, but they’re creating a lot of headaches for some Google device owners. Google has confirmed that it’s fixing a problem with firmware updates that have bricked Home and Home Mini speakers. from https://www.engadget.com/2019/10/22/google-home-firmware-update-bricks-devices/https://o.aolcdn.com/images/dims?quality=85&image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fo.aolcdn.com%2Fimages%2Fdims%3Fcrop%3D1600%252C1067%252C0%252C0%26quality%3D85%26format%3Djpg%26resize%3D1600%252C1067%26image_uri%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fs.yimg.com%252Fos%252Fcreatr-uploaded-images%252F2019-10%252Fc3428830-f510-11e9-be5d-14e2554bfe2b%26client%3Da1acac3e1b3290917d92%26signature%3D9c598e7f15bd2d3320407ae7ecbd2de082f52bb3&client=amp-blogside-v2&signature=c7039b78db0fc5117c856a934f78da7cf7a2650f

Apple isn’t cutting corners with its TV+ version of Isaac Asimov’s Foundation. The tech giant has cast its first two stars for the show, choosing Chernobyl’s Jared Harris (above) to play math genius Hari Seldon and Halt and Catch Fire’s Lee Pace as the Emperor of the Galaxy, Brother Day. from https://www.engadget.com/2019/10/22/apple-casts-asimov-foundation-lead-actors/https://o.aolcdn.com/images/dims?quality=85&image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fo.aolcdn.com%2Fimages%2Fdims%3Fcrop%3D3000%252C2001%252C0%252C0%26quality%3D85%26format%3Djpg%26resize%3D1600%252C1067%26image_uri%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fs.yimg.com%252Fos%252Fcreatr-images%252F2019-10%252Fe2db69f0-f506-11e9-b67f-84f7372739bd%26client%3Da1acac3e1b3290917d92%26signature%3Dd8b7b0d7bef947e6ad69e46168ad8e60fd374c11&client=amp-blogside-v2&signature=e506a1d16317579e2b9811ff37bba692de99aa4b

Foxconn never does anything in Wisconsin without first announcing, canceling, and then announcing it again. So right on schedule, the company has refiled plans to build a network operations center (NOC) in the shape of a giant glass dome. from https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/22/20927190/foxconn-glass-dome-wisconsin-plans-refiled-network-operations-center-datahttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/65526766/5dae0c2786bb7.image.0.jpg

OmniVision is the new holder of the Guinness World Record for the smallest commercially available image sensor. The tiny device (pictured above in a camera module next to a grain of pepper) measures just half a millimetre squared, and will have a significant impact on the medical imaging landscape. from https://www.engadget.com/2019/10/22/omnivision-wins-guinness-world-record-for-its-tiny-medical-image/https://o.aolcdn.com/images/dims?quality=85&image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fo.aolcdn.com%2Fimages%2Fdims%3Fcrop%3D1278%252C730%252C0%252C0%26quality%3D85%26format%3Djpg%26resize%3D1600%252C914%26image_uri%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fs.yimg.com%252Fos%252Fcreatr-uploaded-images%252F2019-10%252F99cf84d0-f4b6-11e9-9bf3-c57a04228196%26client%3Da1acac3e1b3290917d92%26signature%3D7e7584f6f6281b4c3e7ecf846fac1cfe9c879223&client=amp-blogside-v2&signature=bf1a60242fc6f7573450af999c6a4aaaf6b44266

The number of millionaires has risen by 1.1 million in 2018, bringing the total amount to 46.8 million. That’s more than twice the number of Bitcoins that can ever be mined. According to Credit Suisse Group AG’s latest global wealth report, 1.1 new millionaires were made last year alone. from https://beincrypto.com/there-is-now-less-half-a-bitcoin-for-each-millionaire/http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

We’re so reliant on our smartphones that it’s probably fair to say they’ve become an extension of ourselves, so the fact that scientists have now developed an artificial “skin” for our devices — that has the ability to make them ticklish — is not a huge surprise. from https://www.engadget.com/2019/10/22/artificial-skin-makes-your-phone-ticklish/https://o.aolcdn.com/images/dims?quality=85&image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fo.aolcdn.com%2Fimages%2Fdims%3Fcrop%3D1368%252C912%252C0%252C0%26quality%3D85%26format%3Djpg%26resize%3D1600%252C1067%26image_uri%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fs.yimg.com%252Fos%252Fcreatr-uploaded-images%252F2019-10%252Fa8afdd70-f4b0-11e9-9fde-c2986c547946%26client%3Da1acac3e1b3290917d92%26signature%3D67c40bce254774bb00e4b7ca478ea99455d41167&client=amp-blogside-v2&signature=9e510fd4522360a18796ddc434d1a9a46f6c5e11

Decades before the Salem witch trials, two women were accused of witchcraft in New Hampshire. Jane Walford and Eunice Cole stood trial in the same year, within just a few miles of each other, but their lives ended quite differently. from https://www.nhpr.org/post/you-asked-we-answered-who-are-real-witches-nh-part-1http://img.youtube.com/vi/2EK20H7y_TQ/0.jpg

Last fall, Adobe announced that “real Photoshop” would be coming to the iPad sometime this year. from https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/21/20925912/adobe-illustrator-apple-ipad-photoshop-app-launch-feature-release-datehttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/65521040/akrales_181101_3064_0171.0.jpg