[ad_1] Apple has always prided itself on its culture, rather than its personnel. Tim Cook once said that Steve Jobs’ greatest contribution to the company was its culture and work to nurture new talent within it. But Apple also lionized Ive as an embodiment of its design skill, as evidenced by his regular (much-parodied) appearances […]
Category: Design
Famed Apple designer Jony Ive is leaving to start his own firm
[ad_1] In an interview with the Financial Times, Jony Ive announced that after more than two decades of making Apple products look and feel the way they do, he’s leaving the company. His new venture is called LoveFrom, and it will have Apple as its first client. His role with Apple has shifted slightly over […]
Silksong’ is a faster, more elegant sequel
[ad_1] While its creators recently told fans they wanted it to match “the quality and scale of Hollow Knight” before announcing a release date, this week, I got to spend over 20 minutes playing through two different areas of the game, and it feels like it must be pretty close. Please? In the sequel, you […]
Facebook, Google and others come together to set benchmarks for AI
[ad_1] The benchmarks, named MLPerf Inference v0.5, center around three common machine learning tasks: image classification, object detection and machine translation. Given the different processing abilities of different devices, there are separate benchmarks for AI across various platforms, such as smartphones, servers and chips. As well as providing best practice guidance for companies in the […]
Airbnb Luxe offers castles, villas and islands for $1,000 per night
[ad_1] Each home listed must pass a rigorous evaluation, which considers more than 300 criteria, so you can expect to find elevated design standards, rare and unique features, chef-grade appliances and at least one bathroom per bedroom. You’ll also get a dedicated trip designer, who’s on hand to make sure your “bespoke experiences” are “truly […]
BMW hints at the future of electric motorcycles with the Vision DC Roadster
[ad_1] Unveiled at BMW’s NextGen event in Munich, Germany the Vision DC Roadster concept takes the iconic design of the company’s two-cylinder boxer engine and puts a battery inside. The result is a naked bike that while very much a concept design, still looks the part of a BMW bike. BMW has taken the protruding […]
Scientists make a lifelike robotic fish using multipurpose ‘blood’
[ad_1] While typical robots carry bulky single-purpose parts to provide power, such as a battery or gears, the newly-developed lionfish has a unique circulatory system that provides both power and propulsion. The “blood” pumped around the system comprises an electrolyte solution that acts as both hydraulic fluid and energy storage. The result? A more lifelike […]
Apple’s Voice Control is important for accessibility, and you
[ad_1] Rather than save Mackay a few mouse clicks, the new version of macOS spared him from having to use a switch controlled by his tongue to interact with a machine. That’s the beauty of the update’s Voice Control system: With the right combination of commands, you can control a Mac, iPhone or iPad with […]
Adobe’s upcoming iPad painting app is called Adobe Fresco
[ad_1] “Adobe scientists have studied the chemistry of common real-world pigments like cobalt and ochre. They’ve looked at the physics of how watercolors are absorbed into thick, cotton-based paper. And they’ve examined the ways that a thick slash of oil paint dries to add dimension to a painting,” wrote Scott Belsky, Creative Cloud executive vice […]
Facebook researchers are building virtual spaces to improve AI and AR
[ad_1] Facebook Reality Labs (which up until last year was Oculus Research) created a new open platform for embodied AI research called AI Habitat, along with a dataset of photorealistic sample spaces it’s calling Replica. Both Habitat and Replica are now available for researchers to download on Github. With these tools, researchers can train AI […]