Published inHackerNoon.com·May 29, 2018How to deal with your own social awkwardness at eventsA friend who is joining me in New York this year asked me for a few tips on how to connect with other people. I gave him three, and now I’m sharing them with you too. First, let me explain why I’m the perfect candidate to advise you. People are…3 min read3 min read
Published inHackerNoon.com·May 2, 2018AI to recontruct partially-erased images with mindblowing accuracyNvidia this week unveiled its newest AI breakthrough in the form of a mind-blowing computer vision technique that can ‘inpaint’ parts of an image that have been deleted or modified. If you’re thinking Photoshop already does this, think again. This is something you have to see to believe. Nvidia’s…Machine Learning3 min readMachine Learning3 min read
Published inHackerNoon.com·Apr 18, 2018A Flick is 1/705600000th of a SecondIn order to make it easier for film, VR and other visual content creators to work with individual frames on screen, Facebook has created a new unit with which to measure time, that divides more neatly than standard units like seconds. The unit is called a Flick, and it’s equivalent…The Next Web Partnership2 min readThe Next Web Partnership2 min read
Published inHackerNoon.com·Apr 5, 2018SDKs Could be the Trojan Horse for Millions of IPhonesJohn Donne once said, “no man is an island.” If he lived in the 21st century, he might have said the same thing about software. …Security5 min readSecurity5 min read
Published inHackerNoon.com·Apr 2, 2018IBM Watson: AI’s Signature AmbassadorWhen I heard the 60th annual Grammy Awards show was going to feature artificial intelligence, I immediately thought “this is a marketing ploy.” But then I found out IBM’s Watson was the AI in question. Watson, you see, doesn’t have a problem rolling up its non-existent sleeves and doing some…Artificial Intelligence4 min readArtificial Intelligence4 min read
Published inHackerNoon.com·Mar 28, 2018The Greatest Mind of Our Generation Just May Hack the HangoverTech has a drinking problem. Nowhere is that more apparent than during the holiday season. Across the world, hard-working and hard-partying startups are throwing their employees lavish parties, with moats of free alcohol for the taking. And over the past few years, a myriad of startups have emerged with products…Alcohol6 min readAlcohol6 min read
Published inHackerNoon.com·Mar 22, 2018Microsoft’s Building on the Blockchain to Manage Digital IdentitiesMicrosoft is out to prove blockchain naysayers wrong. In an effort to show the potential of the technology beyond its applications in cryptocurrency, the Redmond giant has announced plans to use blockchain tech as the foundation for storing and processing digital identity data. Following a collaboration with the Decentralized Identity…Blockchain4 min readBlockchain4 min read
Published inHackerNoon.com·Mar 14, 2018Technology is Agnostic. The People Who Make it Aren’t.Although we at TNW love new tech, we’re also a bunch of cynics that view it with a certain scepticism (I mean we’d be lousy journalists if we didn’t). …Tech6 min readTech6 min read
Published inHackerNoon.com·Mar 9, 2018The Symphony of Blockchains Will Mesmerize YouTell them the tears in your eyes are from witnessing the beauty of Bitcoin as art, not because the dip below 10K has you curled into a corner crying. Symphony of Blockchains is a mesmerizing live 3D visualization and audio experience that’s not just gorgeous, but also incredibly informative. …Blockchain2 min readBlockchain2 min read
Published inHackerNoon.com·Mar 9, 2018Satoshi Nakamoto is One of the 50 Richest People in the WorldWhen it reached a high of $19,771 yesterday, Bitcoin made the creator of the cryptocurrency the 44th richest person on the planet — if you go by Forbes’ list, noted Quartz. The problem? Even after eight years since it was launched, we still don’t know who that is. Over the…Bitcoin2 min readBitcoin2 min read
