https://newatlas.com/wearables/google-ultrasound-heart-rate-anc-headphones/ I was never into the mindfulness thing. When my friends were all downloading apps and listening to soothing voices telling them to count their breaths, I just took a deep breath and got on with it. Sure, my biometrics weren’t as green as theirs, as my appraisal noted but… But now I’ve no choice. … [Read more…]
https://www.ft.com/content/bcce0a15-9e16-4f6d-ac45-9a69700cbc8f He enjoyed reading the applications. Amid the countless ones full of generic phrases parroting praise of the university’s “world leading position” there were gems. Applicants who’d been brave and creative in their statement. Contrary ones where they’d taken on industry clichés or sacred cows. Speculative ones where they’d imagined a complex future. Or just … [Read more…]
https://www.ft.com/content/07669dbf-a2b5-4472-943f-6ee1ba5a8336 We’re colleagues, not friends. But we have a strong relationship of course. Working together day in day out for so long, you get to know each other and have a sort of closeness. So when your partner is under attack, heh it’s an attack on us both. There’s an element of selfishness of course. … [Read more…]
https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-use-chatgpt-dalle-3-create-images/ They were biased of course. All parents are. They told tales of when she’d responded to the holograms over her crib. “You could see that she was creative,” they said. “We knew we had to nurture that.” And they did. Investment they called it. No expense spared. The took out subscriptions to the best … [Read more…]
https://gizmodo.com/google-maps-uses-ai-find-where-people-are-having-fun-1850966626 She dreaded this moment. It was a farewell party so politically she’d had to go but now everyone was talking about “where to go next”. Someone pulled up the map and across the town the wearables fed their biometrics in. The heat map shimmered. Her heart sank, particularly when someone synchronised the sound. Her … [Read more…]
https://gizmodo.com/leica-m11-p-content-credentials-anti-ai-1850963601 The hotel lobby, or more correctly the bar, was where they spent their time. It was no safer than their rooms but its opulence offered some comfort. The hacks grouped on the sofas when they came back from following a story. There was always a feeling of relief when someone walked in who’d not … [Read more…]
https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/25/roblox-palestine-protest/ We keep a second chat window open of course. The main window has the chants and songs but the second one is in many ways the most important. During training and planning sessions we advise people to keep it open all the time, no matter on the size of the screen. Knowing where the … [Read more…]
https://the-media-leader.com/education-needed-8-things-we-learned-at-the-future-of-gaming/ Don’t get me wrong, I’m proud of where we’ve got to with this. We’re leading the way with our division. We were in early, got the best talent in and pioneered helping our clients with this new space. What the team in “the Arcade” have done is remarkable but we need to get them … [Read more…]
https://thenextweb.com/news/working-85-capacity-pros-and-cons I’ve just got my programme for the year. No, not that programme, I’ve obviously had that partner since I joined. No my work programme. It’s all scientifically planned apparently. My coach has assured me it’s designed to get me to the next level. Today’s intervals day. Short bursts of intense at 250 w-watts followed … [Read more…]
https://adage.com/article/agency-news/wpp-employee-arrested-offices-raided-chinese-police/2523751 So excited: first day. Dream job. When I arrived at the new campus and walked up to the reception desk… I almost forgot all my student debt. I must say the on-boarding programme was not as dull as I feared. The guide’s programming was remarkable. The jokes were clearly personalised but they worked. Even … [Read more…]