Month: August 2024
Nab These JBL Tower X Marine Speakers for a Massive $700 Off
The JBL Tower X Marine speakers usually cost $1,200, but you can score them for only $500 right now thanks to this massive discount.
The JBL Tower X Marine speakers usually cost $1,200, but you can score them for only $500 right now thanks to this massive discount.
Australia Grants Workers ‘Right To Disconnect’ After Hours
Millions of Australians just got official permission to ignore their bosses outside of working hours, thanks to a new law enshrining their “right to disconnect.” From a report: The law doesn’t strictly prohibit employers from calling or messaging their workers after hours. But it does protect employees who “refuse to monitor, read or respond to contact or attempted contact outside their working hours, unless their refusal is unreasonable,” according to the Fair Work Commission, Australia’s workplace relations tribunal. That includes outreach from their employer, as well as other people “if the contact or attempted contact is work-related.”
The law, which passed in February, took effect on Monday for most workers and will apply to small businesses of fewer than 15 people starting in August 2025. It adds Australia to a growing list of countries aiming to protect workers’ free time. “It’s really about trying to bring back some work-life balance and make sure that people aren’t racking up hours of unpaid overtime for checking emails and responding to things at a time when they’re not being paid,” said Sen. Murray Watt, Australia’s minister for employment and workplace relations. The law doesn’t give employees a complete pass, however.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Millions of Australians just got official permission to ignore their bosses outside of working hours, thanks to a new law enshrining their “right to disconnect.” From a report: The law doesn’t strictly prohibit employers from calling or messaging their workers after hours. But it does protect employees who “refuse to monitor, read or respond to contact or attempted contact outside their working hours, unless their refusal is unreasonable,” according to the Fair Work Commission, Australia’s workplace relations tribunal. That includes outreach from their employer, as well as other people “if the contact or attempted contact is work-related.”
The law, which passed in February, took effect on Monday for most workers and will apply to small businesses of fewer than 15 people starting in August 2025. It adds Australia to a growing list of countries aiming to protect workers’ free time. “It’s really about trying to bring back some work-life balance and make sure that people aren’t racking up hours of unpaid overtime for checking emails and responding to things at a time when they’re not being paid,” said Sen. Murray Watt, Australia’s minister for employment and workplace relations. The law doesn’t give employees a complete pass, however.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
How 150 Years of Innovation Inspire ADT’s Brand-New Tech
Founded in 1874, ADT’s breakthroughs built the modern security industry. From harnessing the telegraph to the first motion sensors to AI-powered facial recognition, their 150-year history of innovation keeps delivering new technologies to help keep you safe when every second counts.
Founded in 1874, ADT’s breakthroughs built the modern security industry. From harnessing the telegraph to the first motion sensors to AI-powered facial recognition, their 150-year history of innovation keeps delivering new technologies to help keep you safe when every second counts.
Samsung will soon let you create AI wallpapers on its touchscreen refrigerators
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Samsung has announced new AI capabilities for its smart appliances, including new AI-generated wallpapers for certain refrigerators, as well as an AI upgrade for its Bixby voice assistant. The updated Bixby will hit five Samsung Bespoke appliances starting on August 27th.
AI-generated wallpapers are coming to Samsung Family Hub refrigerators released in the US and Korea after 2022, the company says. To create them, users will pick a theme from seven categories and one of six art styles. Once the new wallpaper is created, it can go on the fridge’s cover screen or whiteboard, or saved in an album for later. It will require a Wi-Fi connection, and users will be limited to creating up to five wallpapers per day.
The improved Bixby will be able to understand complex commands, remember your previous conversations, and answer troubleshooting questions. That means you can ask your washing machine what time dinner is and follow up by asking it to have the laundry done an hour before that, according to one of the examples Samsung listed. In another, the company suggests asking Bixby about error codes or why your refrigerator might be making clicking noises.
Only certain Samsung appliances launched in 2024 will get the Bixby upgrade, though. That includes the Bespoke 4-Door Refrigerator with AI Family Hub, the Bespoke AI Laundry Combo, and the AI WindFree Gallery Freestanding Air Conditioner.
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Samsung has announced new AI capabilities for its smart appliances, including new AI-generated wallpapers for certain refrigerators, as well as an AI upgrade for its Bixby voice assistant. The updated Bixby will hit five Samsung Bespoke appliances starting on August 27th.
AI-generated wallpapers are coming to Samsung Family Hub refrigerators released in the US and Korea after 2022, the company says. To create them, users will pick a theme from seven categories and one of six art styles. Once the new wallpaper is created, it can go on the fridge’s cover screen or whiteboard, or saved in an album for later. It will require a Wi-Fi connection, and users will be limited to creating up to five wallpapers per day.
The improved Bixby will be able to understand complex commands, remember your previous conversations, and answer troubleshooting questions. That means you can ask your washing machine what time dinner is and follow up by asking it to have the laundry done an hour before that, according to one of the examples Samsung listed. In another, the company suggests asking Bixby about error codes or why your refrigerator might be making clicking noises.
Only certain Samsung appliances launched in 2024 will get the Bixby upgrade, though. That includes the Bespoke 4-Door Refrigerator with AI Family Hub, the Bespoke AI Laundry Combo, and the AI WindFree Gallery Freestanding Air Conditioner.
N.F.L. Coaches and Executives Rank Veteran Quarterbacks Into Tiers
As Patrick Mahomes continues building his legacy, 40-year-old Aaron Rodgers is no longer viewed as elite by some.
As Patrick Mahomes continues building his legacy, 40-year-old Aaron Rodgers is no longer viewed as elite by some.
The Paralympian Archer Competing While Seven Months Pregnant
“My waters could just break on the podium,” said Jodie Grinham, who will compete for Britain. “That would be quite something.”
“My waters could just break on the podium,” said Jodie Grinham, who will compete for Britain. “That would be quite something.”
Which College Coaches Are Rising and Falling in a Post-Nick-Saban World?
The Athletic’s insiders rank the Football Bowl Subdivision’s head coaches into eight tiers.
The Athletic’s insiders rank the Football Bowl Subdivision’s head coaches into eight tiers.
M.L.B. Player Will Make History on Monday by Playing for Both Teams in the Same Game
Danny Jansen was playing for the Blue Jays when the game was delayed. Now he plays for the Red Sox.
Danny Jansen was playing for the Blue Jays when the game was delayed. Now he plays for the Red Sox.