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You Need to Practice Being Your Future Self

Posted on January 4, 2020 by HeyJK

Being busy is not the same as being productive. It’s the difference between running on a treadmill and running to a destination. They’re both running, but being busy is running in place. I was coaching Sanjay,* a leader in a technology firm who felt stuck and frustrated.

Our Annual Year 2019

Posted on December 31, 2019 by HeyJK

We will change this.

Flying cars, hyperloops and the other tech predictions that didn’t pan out

Posted on December 29, 2019 by HeyJK

Predicting the future is hard, even for the people with the most power to influence it. In 2013, Jeff Bezos said he expected Amazon would be delivering packages by drone in four to five years.

All about the new ML Super Resolution feature in Pixelmator Pro

Posted on December 19, 2019 by HeyJK

It’s no secret that we’re pretty big fans of machine learning and we love thinking of new and exciting ways to use it in Pixelmator Pro.

Turn your idea into a startup

Posted on December 18, 2019 by HeyJK

Stripe Atlas is a powerful, safe, and easy-to-use platform for forming a company. By removing lengthy paperwork, bank visits, legal complexity, and numerous fees, Stripe Atlas helps you launch your startup from anywhere in the world.

Twitter lets you upload iOS Live Photos as GIFs at last

Posted on December 12, 2019 by HeyJK

Twitter is offering iOS users another way to get more out of Live Photos by letting you turn them into GIFs “anywhere you upload photos on Twitter.” It’s not clear whether this’ll work for Pixel motion photos as well. Engadget has asked Twitter for clarification. Give the gift of GIFs.

The Internet: The People’s Media

Posted on December 7, 2019 by HeyJK

Dr. Colwell talked about information technology and its impact in the workplace, schools and homes. As part of National Science and…

Privacy Analysis of Tiktok’s App and Website

Posted on December 7, 2019 by HeyJK

I did a detailed privacy check of the Tiktok app and website. Tiktok commits multiple breaches of law, trust, transparency and data protection. Here are all technical and legal details. You can read a less technical article about it at the Süddeutsche Zeitung (german).

DARPA Wants Smart Suits to Protect Against Biological Attacks

Posted on December 4, 2019 by HeyJK

The Pentagon’s research arm—the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency—wants to accelerate the development of innovative textiles and smart materials to better and more comfortably protect humans from chemical and biological threats.

How Artists on Twitter Tricked Spammy T-Shirt Stores Into Admitting Their Automated Art Theft

Posted on December 4, 2019 by HeyJK

Yesterday, an artist on Twitter named Nana ran an experiment to test a theory.

Scientists decode human thoughts and emotions using MRI and computer analysis

Posted on November 21, 2019 by HeyJK

Scientists can actually identify what we are thinking and now even feeling, Lesley Stahl reports on this Sunday’s 60 Minutes. Her story on the use of functional MRIs and computer analysis to interpret human thoughts will be broadcast on Sunday, November 24, at 7 p.m., ET/PT on CBS.

Hyper-Realistic Masks Can Be More Believable Than Real Human Faces

Posted on November 21, 2019 by HeyJK

Some silicone masks are now so realistic they can easily be mistaken for real faces, new research suggests. Hyper-realistic masks are made from flexible materials such as silicone and are designed to imitate real human faces — down to every last freckle, wrinkle and strand of real human hair.

T-Mobile’s CEO Is Resigning, Finally Putting An End To His Promoted Tweets

Posted on November 19, 2019 by HeyJK

Good night, sweet magenta prince. Legere isn’t just a CEO, he’s a cool CEO. You can tell because he wears sneakers and T-shirts (aways in T-Mobile’s magenta hue, of course) instead of stuffy suits. He also wears his hair long. The combination of his hairline and length can best be described as:

‘Jedi Fallen Order Is A Star Wars Game Through And Through,’ And 8 Other Lines Of Praise Electronic Arts Strongly Suggested We Use In Our Review

Posted on November 19, 2019 by HeyJK

The newest Star Wars game is finally here, and we’ve got all the absolute best lines of praise that Electronic Arts suggested we use in a press package containing the game, a media kit, and a strongly worded letter insisting that we keep these bullet points in mind during our review, implying that

‘Meth : We’re On It’

Posted on November 19, 2019 by HeyJK

South Dakato’s new meth awareness campaign was all over Twitter last night and all over the news this morning because of its attention-demanding slogan: “Meth: We’re On It”.

Secretive energy startup backed by Bill Gates achieves solar breakthrough

Posted on November 19, 2019 by HeyJK

A secretive startup backed by Bill Gates has achieved a solar breakthrough aimed at saving the planet.

What’s Left of Condé Nast

Posted on November 18, 2019 by HeyJK

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TV, or not TV: The story of our bike box

Posted on November 15, 2019 by HeyJK

It was a simple idea. But it exploded. In 2015 we began shipping our bikes to the USA. The only problem was that a lot of them were arriving to their new customers damaged. Annoying for them and expensive for us.

Spot Launch

Posted on November 14, 2019 by HeyJK

Spot is an agile mobile robot that you can customize for a wide range of applications. The base platform provides rough-terrain mobility, 360 degree obstacle avoidance, and various levels of navigation, remote control and autonomy. You can customize Spot by adding specialized sensors, software an

The rise of ‘facadism’ in London

Posted on November 14, 2019 by HeyJK

London blogger The Gentle Author has been photographing the changing face of London, focusing on what is known as “facadism”, the practice of destroying everything apart from the front wall and constructing a new building behind it.