Month: April 2020
Balmuda’s $329 steam-based toaster finally arrives in the US
Just how much do you value your toast in the morning? Enough that you’d pay top dollar to have a near-ideal texture every time? You now have a chance to prove your commitment. Japanese brand Balmuda has released its fabled The Toaster in the US, maki… Source
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This tiny touchscreen Windows laptop is surprisingly cheap
Convertible laptops tend to carry a significant premium over more traditional models. But this new laptop bucks that trend; the Nanote is set to land in Japan at only 19,800 yen (that’s about US$185/£150/AU$285). The device’s unique selling points are its 360 degree hinge and miniscule 7-inch touch screen display…
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We Need An “Army” Of Contact Tracers To Safely Reopen The Country. We Might Get Apps Instead.
BuzzFeed News; Getty Images BuzzFeed News has reporters across five continents bringing you trustworthy stories about the impact of the coronavirus. To help keep this news free, become a member and sign up for our newsletter, Outbreak Today On the phone inside her San Francisco apartment, Lucía Abascal gently informed…
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British Museum makes over half of its collection viewable online
You can’t visit museums in person during pandemic lockdowns, but you might not have to for one of the most prestigious institutions. The British Museum has made (via Motherboard) images of more than half its collection (4.5 million objects) available… Source
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Uber AI plays any Atari 2600 game with ‘superhuman’ skill
DeepMind isn’t the only one with an Atari-savvy AI. A team of Uber AI researchers has developed a set of algorithms, Go-Explore, that reportedly beats any Atari 2600 game with “superhuman” scores, including ones where AI previously had trouble bestin… Source
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Workers Have Made More Than 7,300 Health Complaints About The Coronavirus
The journalists at BuzzFeed News are proud to bring you trustworthy and relevant reporting about the coronavirus. To help keep this news free, become a member and sign up for our newsletter, Outbreak Today. Health care, the US Postal Service, and supermarkets are the top industries for worker complaints of…
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