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Apple reportedly revealed the devices it expects to replace the iPhone during a secret employee meeting in October. Apple's looking to replace the iPhone "in roughly a decade," according to a new report in The Information.

Apple reportedly revealed the devices it expects to replace the iPhone during a secret employee meeting in October

But what comes after the iPhone? Some version of smart glasses, the first pair of which could arrive as soon as 2022, the report said. A "sleeker" pair is scheduled to arrive in 2023 — and Apple's senior managers see the headsets replacing the iPhone "in roughly a decade," it said. Neither product has been announced by Apple, but the two headsets were reportedly detailed to a packed room of employees in a secret October meeting at Apple's headquarters in Cupertino, California.

According to people who attended the meeting cited in The Information's report, Apple detailed the two devices as such: Previous reports about Apple's smart-glasses project have pointed to a release as soon as 2020. Apple has not officially unveiled any new AR hardware projects, and the company is known to shelve projects at various stages of development. Magic Leap. What Is Quantum Computing? The Next Era of Computational Evolution, Explained. When you first stumble across the term “quantum computer,” you might pass it off as some far-flung science fiction concept rather than a serious current news item.

What Is Quantum Computing? The Next Era of Computational Evolution, Explained

Future - Will we ever control the world with our minds? Science-fiction can sometimes be a good guide to the future.

Future - Will we ever control the world with our minds?

In the film Upgrade (2018) Grey Trace, the main character, is shot in the neck. His wife is shot dead. Quanta Magazine. Quantum computers will never fully replace “classical” ones like the device you’re reading this article on.

Quanta Magazine

They won’t run web browsers, help with your taxes, or stream the latest video from Netflix. What they will do — what’s long been hoped for, at least — will be to offer a fundamentally different way of performing certain calculations. They’ll be able to solve problems that would take a fast classical computer billions of years to perform. They’ll enable the simulation of complex quantum systems such as biological molecules, or offer a way to factor incredibly large numbers, thereby breaking long-standing forms of encryption.

The threshold where quantum computers cross from being interesting research projects to doing things that no classical computer can do is called “quantum supremacy.” Oculus Quest is the iPod of VR, and you should try it. Clean up your cyber-hygiene – 6 changes to make in the new year. Data breaches, widespread malware attacks and microtargeted personalized advertising were lowlights of digital life in 2018.

Clean up your cyber-hygiene – 6 changes to make in the new year

As technologies change, so does the advice security experts give for how to best stay safe. These Are The Technologies That Will Change Our Lives In The Next 10 Years. These Are The Technologies That Will Change Our Lives In The Next 10 Years. AI Weekly: This machine learning report is required reading. The internet is evolving: HTTP will no longer use TCP. Www.forbes. 15 Myths That Can Ruin Your Mobile UX. Mobile usage is steadily rising.

15 Myths That Can Ruin Your Mobile UX

The number of mobile phone users in the world will pass the five billion mark by 2019, and more than ever, people are engaging with their phones in crucial moments. The average U.S. user spends five hours per day on mobile, and the vast majority of that time is spent on apps and websites—making mobile an extremely valuable medium for app developers. What makes a good app and what makes a bad app? The difference often comes down to the quality of its user experience, which is why product teams spend countless hours perfecting their mobile UX.

But like many disciplines, mobile design suffers from misconceptions and myths that can prevent designers from creating efficient products. Unrealengine. Jan 3, 2018 Unreal Engine 4 Mastery: Create Multiplayer Games with C++ in New Course from Udemy By Daniel Kayser Unleash the power of C++ and Blueprint to develop Multiplayer Games with AI...

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Jan 1, 2018 Getting Started with Unreal Multiplayer in C++ The Case for Responsible Innovation. Is technological innovation good or bad?

The Case for Responsible Innovation

Seems like a silly question on the surface. But we have questions: Can self-driving cars ever be safe? How dangerous is Alexa? Will artificial intelligence take my job? Take it from the insiders: Silicon Valley is eating your soul. Technology, Media & Telecommunications, Annual report. Ltd — More Info about Nocturnal. Neural networks and deep learning. The human visual system is one of the wonders of the world.

Neural networks and deep learning

Consider the following sequence of handwritten digits: Most people effortlessly recognize those digits as 504192. That ease is deceptive. In each hemisphere of our brain, humans have a primary visual cortex, also known as V1, containing 140 million neurons, with tens of billions of connections between them. And yet human vision involves not just V1, but an entire series of visual cortices - V2, V3, V4, and V5 - doing progressively more complex image processing. The difficulty of visual pattern recognition becomes apparent if you attempt to write a computer program to recognize digits like those above. Neural networks approach the problem in a different way. And then develop a system which can learn from those training examples. In this chapter we'll write a computer program implementing a neural network that learns to recognize handwritten digits. Former Facebook executive says society will COLLAPSE within 30 years as robots put half of humans out of work.

A former Facebook executive has quit his job and now lives as a recluse in the wilderness - because he is convinced that machines will take over the world.

Former Facebook executive says society will COLLAPSE within 30 years as robots put half of humans out of work

Antonio Garcia Martinez worked as a project manager for the social media giant in Silicon Valley but became terrified by the relentless march of technology. Facebook Getty - Contributor He reckons that machines will have taken half of humanity's jobs within 30 years, sparking revolt and armed conflict. How Ideology Is Like Pokemon Go. Released in July 2016, Pokémon Go is a location-based, augmented-reality game for mobile devices, typically played on mobile phones; players use the device’s GPS and camera to capture, battle, and train virtual creatures (“Pokémon”) who appear on the screen as if they were in the same real-world location as the player: As players travel the real world, their avatar moves along the game’s map.

Different Pokémon species reside in different areas—for example, water-type Pokémon are generally found near water. When a player encounters a Pokémon, AR (Augmented Reality) mode uses the camera and gyroscope on the player’s mobile device to display an image of a Pokémon as though it were in the real world. The first step in this direction of technology imitating ideology was taken a couple of years ago by Pranav Mistry, a member of the Fluid Interfaces Group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab, who developed a wearable “gestural interface” called “SixthSense.” References. David Beebe on LinkedIn: "How to Grow Your YouTube… Former Facebook executive says society will COLLAPSE within 30 years as robots put half of humans out of work. Responsive UI - Layout - Google design guidelines. Envisioning Horizons Composite. Michellzappa.com. Marshall McLuhan: A media guru reconsidered. This essay dedicated to Marshall McLuhan (1911 – 1980) was first published in 2011 to mark the 100th anniversary of his birth.

It is both a critique and a celebration of McLuhan’s insightful thinking. Nintendo's first smartphone app, Miitomo, to launch in March. Nintendo's first smartphone title, Miitomo, will launch in the UK and the U.S. in March this year. The app will be available on iOS and Android smart devices, and will debut alongside Nintendo's new My Nintendo rewards scheme. Video in 2016: Top Five Trends. Machine Learning for Musicians and Artists. Technology Is Destroying Our Inner Lives. Two years ago, I started using the Kindle app on my iPad to read those big heavy biographies and novels that I had been lugging around the world.

Autos - Ten things the driverless generation will never experience. Massive Attack's New App Generates Unique Remixes Based on Your Environment. Bristolian music pioneers Massive Attack were formed at the dawn of the digital age. A thought-provoking experiment showed what happens when children don’t have the internet for a whole day. Internet of things on horizon for Unitec student. Last updated 08:03, January 26 2016 Unitec cyber security student Brooke Davey has got some insight into the Internet of Things. A world where your milk can talk with your smart phone is not far away. Screen Technology Highlights from CES 2016. The Las Vegas consumer electronics show has recently wrapped up for 2016, with many exciting new technologies featured. Following recent trends, screen resolutions and sizes have increased, while diameters have decreased. Right Now, the Internet Of Things Is Like The Internet Of The 1990s.

Unless you think of technology as a geeky hobby unto itself, giving an Internet connection to everyday objects might seem like a waste of energy. Who needs really needs an online toaster, anyway? Mass-produced, printable solar cells enter market and could change everything. Iran's blogfather: Facebook, Instagram and Twitter are killing the web. Late in 2014, I was abruptly pardoned and freed from Evin prison in northern Tehran. Inventor Of World Wide Web: Just Say No To Facebook's Free Basics.

The Web We Lost - Anil Dash. The Shape of VR to Come: 5 predictions about VR filmmaking in 2016. Why VR “Storytelling” does not currently work. And can it ever work? Futurism - Building the future together. Business + design.