The drones are fitted with sensors and computer vision systems that measure body temperature, breathing, and heart rates from up to 190 feet. They can also spot if someone’s sneezing, coughing, or following social distancing rules. The test flights were conducted in Westport, Connecticut, which became a coronavirus hotspot following a private party where dozens of people were exposed to the virus. According to Draganfly, Westport will use the tech to protect at-risk groups, such as seniors and crowds gathering in public places....

The average internet user conducts three to four Google searches per day. Most of those queries simply consist of one or more terms — but many people don’t know there’s a smarter way to search. Specifically, one that makes use of advanced search operators. Now that might sound a bit technical, but it’s a breeze. We’re going to show you some of the most common search operators, and examples of how to use them....

Whether it’s a shoe company using apps to supercharge e-commerce, department stores building tech to boost in-store and online sales, or heavy equipment makers building tech services and autonomous tractors, I’ve watched so many old-guard companies undertake huge digital transformation so they can survive and compete. Change is hard, though – especially the massive systemic changes required by digital transformation. In my 20 years in tech, I’ve worked with several companies where the initiative for change was there to start, but the end results were lackluster....

What’s more, customer loyalty has been uprooted and is now up for grabs. A study by McKinsey & Company found that consumer behaviors have changed drastically across the globe with extremely high numbers of consumers having tried new shopping behaviors, including purchasing products from new brands, in the past few months. These changes are creating new opportunities but also increased competition. As a result, companies have been investing in new tech, from AR-generated apps being used to allow customers to ‘try on’ make-up and clothes virtually to gamified shopping promotions....

For better or worse, the coronavirus pandemic has forced on us the world’s biggest work-from-home experiment. While working from home might be new to a lot of people, author and psychology expert Nir Eyal has had a head start. “I first began working from home about six years ago, and it wasn’t an easy transition at all,” Eyal tells me. “Between work and homeschooling my daughter, I found it was almost impossible to get anything done....

Ever since its founding in the weeks after World War II, German-born audio firm Sennheiser has cultivated a reputation as one of the world’s elite providers of premium sound equipment. Almost 75 years later, that reputation for high fidelity excellence is ingrained in all the company’s products, including its world-class line of headphones. From over-ear models that paint a full aural portrait to powerful in-ear buds that pack fantastic sound in their tiny frames, we’ve assembled five of Sennheiser’s best headphones here in one place....

The spaceflight is set to feature a range of pioneering moments and intriguing tasks. Here are four key facts about the mission. It’s China’s longest crewed mission yet The crew is heading for Tiangong, China’s first long-term space station, which is being constructed in low Earth orbit. China aims to complete the station by December 2022. The six-month mission will be the longest time that Chinese astronauts have ever stayed in space, but the crew should have plenty to keep them occupied....

The latest findings — disclosed by cybersecurity firm Symantec — come after a similar disclosure by MalwareBytes, which first spotted the malware in the wild in May 2019. Called xHelper, the Trojan — affecting mostly users in India, the US, and Russia — has since shot up to the top 10 list of most detected mobile malware, with Symantec observing what it calls “a surge in detections” of the malicious Android malware that can hide itself from users, download additional malicious apps, and display advertisements....

I’m guessing you’re exhausted, bored, frustrated, anxious, and exercise may just be the only thing keeping you sane — but if you live in a flat, or share with others, working out quietly can be hard. This is why I wanted to share several low-impact workouts that won’t risk upsetting your neighbors or flatmates. [Read: 5 HIIT workouts that’ll make you feel the burn while working from home] Quiet cardio This workout will help you break a sweat, get your heart rate up, all without bothering your downstairs neighbours....

There’s no denying that looking for a new role can sometimes turn into a full-time job, but with these handy tips you should be able to get that coveted position sooner than you think. Figure out what you want Starting a new job should be met with excitement. It should give you the chance to experience new things, meet people, and develop your skill set further. Once you’ve honed your CV and updated all your profiles, take a step back and figure out what you want to do and why....

I’ve been using the Nord for more than 72 hours, and I’d say: color me impressed. The phone has almost all ingredients necessary for a sub-$500 to be a success — at least on the paper. Before I tell you my initial thoughts about the device, let’s look at specifications. Specifications Screen: 6.44-inch full HD screen with a 90Hz refresh rate Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G RAM: 6GB(India only)/8GB/12GB Rear camera: 48-megapixel gimbal-supported main sensor (f/1....

In my ambition to have some small influence over the matter, I took a course in autonomous robot control theory last year, which culminated in my building a Python-based robotic simulator that allowed me to practice control theory on a simple, mobile, programmable robot. In this article, I’m going to show how to use a Python robot framework to develop control software, describe the control scheme I developed for my simulated robot, illustrate how it interacts with its environment and achieves its goals, and discuss some of the fundamental challenges of robotics programming that I encountered along the way....

I recently spoke to Brian Morrison, co-founder and Director, to find out more. Why is Skai using hydrogen, not lithium-ion batteries? Firstly, I was curious why hydrogen instead of Lithium-ion batteries. Morrison said: “Lithium-ion batteries scare me.” He recalled the Boeing 787 lithium-ion battery fires in 1987. Boeing had delivered the aircraft to the airline just 18 days prior. In that time, the plane logged 22 flight cycles without incident....

We’ve previously covered how to work with OpenCV to detect shapes in images, but today we’re taking it to a new level by introducing DLib, and abstracting face features from an image. [Read: How the Dutch government uses data to predict the weather and prepare for natural disasters] But first of all, what is DLib? Well, this is an advanced machine learning library that was created to solve complex real-world problems....

One single whale on cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex was reportedly able to drive up Bitcoin‘s price when it fell below specific values, according to the University of Texas Professor John Griffin and Ohio State University’s Amin Shams, Bloomberg reports. “Our results suggest instead of thousands of investors moving the price of Bitcoin, it’s just one large one,” Griffin told Bloomberg. “Years from now, people will be surprised to learn investors handed over billions to people they didn’t know and who faced little oversight....

Tweet thread of the week It’s a form of capitalist individualism that history’s never seen before. Modern technology makes it possible for a group of people to quarantine themselves away from the world without missing a beat. We have endless 24-hour streaming TV, movies, music, video games, and porn. And, in most places, you can even get food and supplies delivered right to your front door. In California you can open an app and order cannabis....

The 7TB database was found by a team of researchers from Security Detective, a site focusing on security incidents and tools. The team’s lead researcher, Anurag Sen, said it had more than 10.88 billion records that included server logs, password hashes, and customer information. The production log dated back to March 16. [Read: Facebook-backed Jio leaked trove of coronavirus app data because it didn’t have a password] The team found 11 million email IDs, more than 26 million password hashes, and hundreds of records uncovering full names, credit card type, and paid amounts....

Initially, Fantasy Market sought to raise approximately $25 million by selling 125 million FMT tokens. According to an announcement by the Securities and Exchange Commission, Jonathan C. Lucas made numerous false statements to entice investors to participate in the sale of unregistered digital securities of Fantasy Market (FMT). A white paper littered with false claims In his white paper, Lucas claimed that Fantasy Market would let participants control live adult entertainment performances by paying for specific requested activities with the website’s token, the SEC’s complaint says....

So in a bizarre move, Donald Trump Jr. has called for the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, to create a new social network. In an Instagram video, he said, “If Elon musk can privately send people into space, I’m sure he can design a social network that isn’t biased.” Trump Jr. added that Musk could out-do Twitter and create a social network that takes care of hate speech and calls of violence with “actual neutral arbiters and fact-checkers....

A new website flaunts thousands of unique sneakers that would make me a style trailblazer. There is one small problem, however: none of the shoes actually exist. Each is merely the product of AI’s imagination. The system is the brainchild of Stan van der Vossen, an AI engineer. Van der Vossen first trained a StyleGAN2-ADA model trained on around 50,000 images of sneakers scraped from websites. He ensured the dataset was sufficiently voguish by adding interesting designs found on Instagram and old webshops unearthed via the Wayback Machine....