Tech

Ten years of Apple Maps—Is It Really Worth It Now?

If you have an iPhone, I recommend looking up the Brooklyn Bridge in the Apple Maps app on your device. In the 3D image, it is possible to see how it extends across the East River, hovering over the highway on the border of Manhattan, and towering over the park...
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What Exactly Is Spotify’s Car Feature and How Does It Work?

Spotify is launching its personal {hardware} for the primary time, an infotainment system dubbed “Automobile Factor” in a unusually succinct method. Spotify’s Automobile Factor guarantees to make life (streaming) simpler and quicker for you, and the system is an element of a bigger objective to streamline Spotify’s streaming. Automobile Factor...
Business

Apple raising prices of Apple Music, Apple One and Apple TV+

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Streaming budgets are taking another hit. Apple confirmed Monday it has raised the prices of three of its streaming services: Apple Music, Apple TV+ and Apple One, its subscription bundle which provides access to several services for one monthly cost. The price of Apple Music will...
Computer Sciences

SampleMatch: A model that automatically retrieves matching drum samples for musical tracks

Credit: StableDiffusion / Stefan Lattner. Machine learning-based computational models have been successfully applied to a broad range of complex information processing tasks, including those that involve retrieving specific data items from large archives. Researchers at the Sony Computer Science Laboratories (CSL) in France have been trying to develop machine learning...
Energy & Green Tech

New, efficient phase change microcapsules for storing solar energy

Synthesis of the microcapsules. Credit: Energy Storage and Saving (2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.enss.2022.09.003 It is no news that society's dependence on non-renewable fossil fuels has led to the ongoing global energy and climate crisis. The emissions from coal, natural gas, and petroleum-based fuel are major contributors to air pollution and, in...
Engineering

Blast furnace gas combustion: A sustainable alternative for the steel industry?

Graphical abstract. Credit: ACS Omega (2022). DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c02103 Currently, energy-intensive industries are shifting their production and processes towards more sustainable models. Thus, industrial processes can increase their efficiency while reducing pollutant emissions. Several strategies are being promoted to reach these energy efficiency objectives, such as waste heat recovery, waste stream...
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