Month: July 2024
Samsung is marketing Galaxy Z Flip phones as police bodycams
A new blog post from Samsung highlights how its Galaxy Z Flip series devices are being adopted by law enforcement. The line of foldable mobile devices was part of a pilot program at the Kimberling City Police and the Indian Point Police in Missouri two years ago to test how the electronics could improve the forces’ daily operations. According to Samsung, the program was the first time a foldable device was used by police as a bodycam. After the end of the pilot program, two more police departments signed on to use the Flip devices as bodycams. The solutions from those pilot tests are also being extended to 25 metro police departments in five states.
The Flip devices used for the police testing were customized in a collaboration with Visual Labs, a company that repurposes mobile devices for use as body and dash cameras. The modifications, like remapping the volume button to start the camera, were intended to make it easier and faster to begin recording in the field, according to Samsung.
It’s a surprising use case for Samsung to emphasize for its US audience. The Verge picked up on the blog post and was also quick to cite an investigation from ProPublica and The New York Times that demonstrated how local policies can negate the positive value of bodycams, either delaying or preventing footage from being released.
That said, Samsung is hardly the only tech company that has gotten involved with making its products part of law enforcement. Amazon-owned smart doorbell company Ring had (and reversed) policies of how and what footage it would share with officers. There are also broader stories still unfolding around how law enforcement are using technologies such as facial recognition and drones.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/mobile/smartphones/samsung-is-marketing-galaxy-z-flip-phones-as-police-bodycams-233310531.html?src=rss
A new blog post from Samsung highlights how its Galaxy Z Flip series devices are being adopted by law enforcement. The line of foldable mobile devices was part of a pilot program at the Kimberling City Police and the Indian Point Police in Missouri two years ago to test how the electronics could improve the forces’ daily operations. According to Samsung, the program was the first time a foldable device was used by police as a bodycam. After the end of the pilot program, two more police departments signed on to use the Flip devices as bodycams. The solutions from those pilot tests are also being extended to 25 metro police departments in five states.
The Flip devices used for the police testing were customized in a collaboration with Visual Labs, a company that repurposes mobile devices for use as body and dash cameras. The modifications, like remapping the volume button to start the camera, were intended to make it easier and faster to begin recording in the field, according to Samsung.
It’s a surprising use case for Samsung to emphasize for its US audience. The Verge picked up on the blog post and was also quick to cite an investigation from ProPublica and The New York Times that demonstrated how local policies can negate the positive value of bodycams, either delaying or preventing footage from being released.
That said, Samsung is hardly the only tech company that has gotten involved with making its products part of law enforcement. Amazon-owned smart doorbell company Ring had (and reversed) policies of how and what footage it would share with officers. There are also broader stories still unfolding around how law enforcement are using technologies such as facial recognition and drones.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/mobile/smartphones/samsung-is-marketing-galaxy-z-flip-phones-as-police-bodycams-233310531.html?src=rss
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Access to additional voice features will expand throughout 2024.
Access to additional voice features will expand throughout 2024.
Perplexity AI Will Share Revenue With Publishers After Plagiarism Accusations
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNBC: Perplexity AI on Tuesday debuted a revenue-sharing model for publishers after more than a month of plagiarism accusations. Media outlets and content platforms including Fortune, Time, Entrepreneur, The Texas Tribune, Der Spiegel and WordPress.com are the first to join the company’s “Publishers Program.” The announcement follows an onslaught of controversy in June, when Forbes said it found a plagiarized version of its paywalled original reporting within Perplexity AI’s Pages tool, with no reference to the media outlet besides a small “F” logo at the bottom of the page. Weeks later, Wired said it also found evidence of Perplexity plagiarizing Wired stories, and reported that an IP address “almost certainly linked to Perplexity and not listed in its public IP range” visited its parent company’s websites more than 800 times in a three-month span.
Under the new partner program, any time a user asks a question and Perplexity generates advertising revenue from citing one of the publisher’s articles in its answer, Perplexity will share a flat percentage of that revenue. That percentage counts on a per-article basis, Dmitry Shevelenko, Perplexity’s chief business officer, told CNBC in an interview — meaning that if three articles from one publisher were used in one answer, the partner would receive “triple the revenue share.” Shevelenko confirmed that the flat rate is a double-digit percentage but declined to provide specifics. Shevelenko told CNBC that more than a dozen publishers, including “major newspaper dailies and companies that own them,” had reached out with interest less than two hours after the program debuted. The company’s goal, he said, is to have 30 publishers enrolled by the end of the year, and Perplexity is looking to partner with some of the publishers’ ad sales teams so they can sell ads “against all Perplexity inventory.”
“When Perplexity earns revenue from an interaction where a publisher’s content is referenced, that publisher will also earn a share,” Perplexity wrote in a blog post, adding that the company will offer publishers API credits and also work with ScalePost.ai to provide analytics to provide “deeper insights into how Perplexity cites their content.” Shevelenko told CNBC that Perplexity began engaging with publishers in January and solidified ideas for how its revenue-sharing program would work later in the first quarter of 2024. He said five Perplexity employees were dedicated to working on the program. “Some of it grew out of conversations we were having with publishers about integrating Perplexity APIs and technology into their products,” Shevelenko said.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNBC: Perplexity AI on Tuesday debuted a revenue-sharing model for publishers after more than a month of plagiarism accusations. Media outlets and content platforms including Fortune, Time, Entrepreneur, The Texas Tribune, Der Spiegel and WordPress.com are the first to join the company’s “Publishers Program.” The announcement follows an onslaught of controversy in June, when Forbes said it found a plagiarized version of its paywalled original reporting within Perplexity AI’s Pages tool, with no reference to the media outlet besides a small “F” logo at the bottom of the page. Weeks later, Wired said it also found evidence of Perplexity plagiarizing Wired stories, and reported that an IP address “almost certainly linked to Perplexity and not listed in its public IP range” visited its parent company’s websites more than 800 times in a three-month span.
Under the new partner program, any time a user asks a question and Perplexity generates advertising revenue from citing one of the publisher’s articles in its answer, Perplexity will share a flat percentage of that revenue. That percentage counts on a per-article basis, Dmitry Shevelenko, Perplexity’s chief business officer, told CNBC in an interview — meaning that if three articles from one publisher were used in one answer, the partner would receive “triple the revenue share.” Shevelenko confirmed that the flat rate is a double-digit percentage but declined to provide specifics. Shevelenko told CNBC that more than a dozen publishers, including “major newspaper dailies and companies that own them,” had reached out with interest less than two hours after the program debuted. The company’s goal, he said, is to have 30 publishers enrolled by the end of the year, and Perplexity is looking to partner with some of the publishers’ ad sales teams so they can sell ads “against all Perplexity inventory.”
“When Perplexity earns revenue from an interaction where a publisher’s content is referenced, that publisher will also earn a share,” Perplexity wrote in a blog post, adding that the company will offer publishers API credits and also work with ScalePost.ai to provide analytics to provide “deeper insights into how Perplexity cites their content.” Shevelenko told CNBC that Perplexity began engaging with publishers in January and solidified ideas for how its revenue-sharing program would work later in the first quarter of 2024. He said five Perplexity employees were dedicated to working on the program. “Some of it grew out of conversations we were having with publishers about integrating Perplexity APIs and technology into their products,” Shevelenko said.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
How Come I Can Never See the Northern Lights From Where I Live?
Light pollution and weather conditions play roles.
Light pollution and weather conditions play roles.
Quordle today – hints and answers for Wednesday, July 31 (game #919)
Looking for Quordle clues? We can help. Plus get the answers to Quordle today and past solutions.
The final Quordle of the month is a potentially tricky one, but there are hints below if you need them. Good luck!
Enjoy playing word games? You can also check out my Wordle today, NYT Connections today and NYT Strands today pages for hints and answers for those puzzles.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about Quordle today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
Quordle today (game #919) – hint #1 – Vowels
How many different vowels are in Quordle today?
• The number of different vowels in Quordle today is 3*.
* Note that by vowel we mean the five standard vowels (A, E, I, O, U), not Y (which is sometimes counted as a vowel too).
Quordle today (game #919) – hint #2 – repeated letters
Do any of today’s Quordle answers contain repeated letters?
• The number of Quordle answers containing a repeated letter today is 0.
Quordle today (game #919) – hint #3 – uncommon letters
Do the letters Q, Z, X or J appear in Quordle today?
• No. None of Q, Z, X or J appear among today’s Quordle answers.
Quordle today (game #919) – hint #4 – starting letters (1)
Do any of today’s Quordle puzzles start with the same letter?
• The number of today’s Quordle answers starting with the same letter is 2.
If you just want to know the answers at this stage, simply scroll down. If you’re not ready yet then here’s one more clue to make things a lot easier:
Quordle today (game #919) – hint #5 – starting letters (2)
What letters do today’s Quordle answers start with?
• N
• S
• P
• S
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
Quordle today (game #919) – the answers
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The answers to today’s Quordle, game #919, are…
NOSEYSHEIKPHONESKIER
There are days when my start words just work wonderfully well. Today’s Quordle is potentially quite tricky, thanks to the presence of the K in SKIER and SHEIK, and the fact that SHEIK in particular is not a word that may jump readily to mind. But in my case I already had S-I– with yellow E and R for the bottom right, and that left SKIER as the only valid option. With that in place, I had the K for SHEIK too, and the rest was a formality.
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Daily Sequence today (game #919) – the answers
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The answers to today’s Quordle Daily Sequence, game #919, are…
HUMIDDRIERGRIEFDICEY
Quordle answers: The past 20
Quordle #918, Tuesday 30 July: TAWNY, INDEX, SHOOK, SALVEQuordle #917, Monday 29 July: QUIET, ORDER, LEAVE, TODDYQuordle #916, Sunday 28 July: GAUGE, EASEL, GIRTH, LATERQuordle #915, Saturday 27 July: LEAFY, MOUTH, GLAZE, RINSEQuordle #914, Friday 26 July: NUTTY, TATTY, SHUSH, THIGHQuordle #913, Thursday 25 July: BLURB, PENCE, PHASE, SKIMPQuordle #912, Wednesday 24 July: FUSSY, PRIMO, THOSE, HEARDQuordle #911, Tuesday 23 July: CLIFF, SIXTY, FAITH, GRAPHQuordle #910, Monday 22 July: GRAIN, AGAIN, BRICK, APTLYQuordle #909, Sunday 21 July: LIVER, PERIL, JEWEL, PROWLQuordle #908, Saturday 20 July: WAIST, THINK, PROSE, BATHEQuordle #907, Friday 19 July: CINCH, WOKEN, BICEP, INLAYQuordle #906, Thursday 18 July: SHALE, BLINK, CHOCK, POPPYQuordle #905, Wednesday 17 July: SYRUP, AMISS, OTTER, BOTCHQuordle #904, Tuesday 16 July: STOIC, HOMER, STORE, STEALQuordle #903, Monday 15 July: QUASH, BRASS, UTTER, ALERTQuordle #902, Sunday 14 July: MUSKY, AGATE, EXPEL, SLICKQuordle #901, Saturday 13 July: GROWL, WHELP, CURVY, APTLYQuordle #900, Friday 12 July: CHEER, SQUIB, CLEFT, ODDLYQuordle #899, Thursday 11 July: BACON, JIFFY, ANVIL, ALLOY
NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Wednesday, July 31 (game #150)
Looking for NYT Strands answers and hints? Here’s all you need to know to solve today’s game, including the spangram.
This is a slightly easier Strands puzzle than yesterday’s, in my opinion, but you may disagree. If you do, you might find my hints below to be helpful.
Want more word-based fun? Then check out my Wordle today, NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Strands today (game #150) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Staying power
NYT Strands today (game #150) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
RACECARETALESTICKHEADBUST
NYT Strands today (game #150) – hint #3 – spangram
What is a hint for today’s spangram?
• Stuck on you
NYT Strands today (game #150) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
• First: left, 4th row
• Last: right, 6th row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #150) – the answers
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The answers to today’s Strands, game #150, are…
EPOXYGLUEBUBBLEGUMADHESIVETAPECARAMELSPANGRAM: STICKYSTUFF
My rating: EasyMy score: Perfect
A surprisingly simple Strands puzzle today, with no specialist knowledge required. Well, beyond the ability to think of ‘sticky things’. Not that much thought was needed anyway, with most of the words standing out relatively quickly. The task was made easier still by the fact that the spangram was so obvious, and that once you had that in place you’ll have been pointed directly towards BUBBLEGUM, which will in turn have led to EPOXY. All very straightforward.
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Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Tuesday 30 July, game #149)
CHAIRCROWTREECOBRABRIDGEWARRIORMOUNTAINSPANGRAM: YOGAPOSES
What is NYT Strands?
Strands is the NYT’s new word game, following Wordle and Connections. It’s now out of beta so is a fully fledged member of the NYT’s games stable and can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
I’ve got a full guide to how to play NYT Strands, complete with tips for solving it, so check that out if you’re struggling to beat it each day.
NYT Connections today — hints and answers for Wednesday, July 31 (game #416)
Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here’s all you need to know to solve today’s game, plus my commentary on the puzzles.
Today’s NYT Connections answers are not too tricky – but there are hints below if you need them anyway.
What should you do once you’ve finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I’ve also got daily Wordle hints and answers, Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Connections today (game #416) – today’s words
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Today’s NYT Connections words are…
LITTLEBULLDOGSOURKISSHUSKYRINGSTOUTGRUFFPOINTERHORNROUGHAMBERPORTERHOARSEMIDDLEFRY
NYT Connections today (game #416) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
Yellow: Distinctive voiceGreen: DigitsBlue: Beer typesPurple: [A country] blank
Need more clues?
We’re firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today’s NYT Connections puzzles…
NYT Connections today (game #416) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
YELLOW: RASPYGREEN: FINGERSBLUE: ALE STYLESPURPLE: FRENCH ___
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #416) – the answers
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The answers to today’s Connections, game #416, are…
YELLOW: RASPY GRUFF, HOARSE, HUSKY, ROUGHGREEN: FINGERS LITTLE, MIDDLE, POINTER, RINGBLUE: ALE STYLES AMBER, PORTER, SOUR, STOUTPURPLE: FRENCH ___ BULLDOG, FRY, HORN, KISS
My rating: EasyMy score: Perfect
This was another super-simple game of Connections; maybe the NYT felt like it had been too tough on us recently? I’m not complaining, because there is a threshold that when crossed turns this game from pleasantly challenging into this-is-no-fun-at-all-please-make-it-go-away.
Today’s is nothing like that. ‘Raspy’, the easiest yellow group, stood out right away, and I spotted blue soon afterwards. Green, the ‘fingers’ group, was another easy one and I’m pretty sure I would have solved purple if I’d have needed to. I bet tomorrow’s is a lot harder, though.
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Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Tuesday, 30 July, game #415)
YELLOW: PEACHY KEEN NEAT, NIFTY, SUPER, SWELLGREEN: PROVIDE MORE DETAILS ELABORATE, EXPAND, EXPLAIN, SPECIFYBLUE: ABILITY TO DO SOMETHING WELL FACILITY, FLAIR, GIFT, KNACKPURPLE: GROUP OF BUILDINGS BLOCK, COMPLEX, COMPOUND, DEVELOPMENT
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you don’t technically need to solve the final one, as you’ll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What’s more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.
It’s a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.
It’s playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.