We have a deal on the Sinji Smart WiFi Camera. This device captures 1280p video, with app-controlled access including app-controlled zoom. It can also save recordings to your SD card. Check out the deal listing for even more features. The Sinji Smart WiFi Camera is $45 through us.
Apple Releases iOS 12 Public Beta 4 for iPhone and iPad
Apple released iOS 12 Developer Beta 5 for the iPhone and iPad on Monday, and now iOS 12 Public Beta 4 is available.
What Shared Board Members Mean for Corporations
Of the top 50 companies in the S&P 500, 78% are directly connected via one or more board members.
Apple Pay Dominance, NFC in HomePod - TMO Daily Observations 2018-07-31
Dave Hamilton and Andrew Orr join Jeff Gamet to look at Apple Pay’s projected dominance in contactless payments, plus Andrew explains why he’d like to see NFC in Apple’s HomePod.
Logitech Buying Popular Microphone Maker Blue
Logitech is expanding its foothold in the audio market again by purchasing microphone and audio gear maker Blue in a US$117 million deal.
iOS 12 Developer Beta 5 Confirms HomePod Speaker Phone Feature
iOS 12 developer beta 5 confirms HomePod will get iPhone speaker phone support for making and answering calls this fall.
Apple Hosting Q3 2018 Earnings Conference Call Today
Apple’s third fiscal quarter earnings conference call is set to start after the market closes this afternoon, July 31st.
APFS, Shutdown, Messages, and Notifications – Mac Geek Gab Podcast 720
Every time your two favorite geeks get together, something interesting happens: everyone learns at least five (5!) new things. This week’s topics include two very specific features of APFS (a pro and a con), noise-canceling headphones for travel, a solution to drives not appearing on your Desktop, some Cool Stuff Found, and much, much more. Press play or download and enjoy!
AI Mania. Can We Keep Up?
New payment systems abound. Artificial Intelligence mania continues. AIs interrogating other AIs and probing their minds. AIs doing cancer diagnosis. And mostly right but sometimes wrong. Facial recognition bites back. Can we keep up? It’s all in Particle Debris page 2.
Watch This Robot Hand Learn How to Manipulate a Block
Check out this video from OpenAI of a robot hand learning how to manipulate a block. This an incredibly difficult task, and the level of difficulty is one of the many reasons Apple needs humans assembling iPhones. OpenAI used machine learning and virtual simulations for the robot to spend 100 years of trial and error to learn what you’ll see in the video (TechnologyReview has more details). Those virtual lessons were then used by the real-world robot hand, and it’s pretty darned cool. Check it out.
