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In 2021, Twitter launched an in-app tipping feature that people can use to send money to creators, but it needs to be connected to a third-party payment processor to work. If Elon Musk's vision for the social network comes true, though, Twitter may have a payment system of its own.  Twitter's new owner and temporary CEO has discussed his plans for the social network in a Spaces Q&A for advertisers. One of the things he revealed is that he envisions a future wherein users can connect their bank accounts to Twitter,…

Activision has revealed the roadmap for Season 1 of Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2.0, and this inaugural season of content brings a major overhaul to how Call of Duty's battle pass works. While it sounds unnecessarily complex, it also should help players get the items they want faster.Call of Duty Season 1 is set to bring new maps, weapons, and operators to Modern Warfare 2 and the launch of Warzone 2.0. There's also plenty of cosmetics, two weapons, and an operator available within the seasonal battle…

Most interactive Internet applications require a user to first be “registered” in order to use the application and then further require the user to “log on” each time they wish to use the application. This process of first enrolling a user and then later recognizing that user to allow them access may be described as User Authentication. This article focuses on the code and processes used in the registration component of our Authur user authentication system.Our demo Logon Portal allows users to access a web comic book…

Artist’s impression of the old white dwarfs WDJ2147-4035 and WDJ1922+0233 surrounded by orbiting planetary debris, which will accrete onto the stars and pollute their atmospheres. WDJ2147-4035 is extremely red and dim, while WDJ1922+0233 is unusually blue. Credit: University of Warwick/Dr. Mark GarlickA new study puts an age to a faint <span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>white dwarf</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>A…

German company Vitesco believes emission laws will start forcing motorcycle companies to use hybrid power, and has presented an example of a hybridized Husky at this year's EICMA expo to give us an idea of how performance and weight will be affected. Designed for motorcycles over 125cc, Vitesco's kit includes a 48-volt, 12-kW (16-hp) electric motor – indeed, it's a starter/generator from Vitesco's automotive supply business. There's also an automated "smart transmission" with a centrifugal clutch and an "intelligent…

In the next few weeks, astronauts will be heading out of the airlock on the International Space Station (ISS) on a series of three spacewalks, part of a long-term plan to upgrade the space station’s aging power system. The ISS uses large solar arrays to collect energy from the Sun and convert it into usable electricity for everything from life support and temperature controls to communications with Earth and propulsion systems to allow the station to dodge debris. The old ISS power system, including eight solar arrays…

Photo: Krill Kudryavsev (Getty Images)Instagram’s video selfie age verification system for teens went live this week in the United Kingdom, around six months after the the company began testing the tool.The verification method, which uses AI identification tools from U.K. based technology firm Yoti, will apply to U.K. users who try to edit their date of birth from under 18 years of age to over 18 years of age. Users altering their date of birth can alternatively opt to submit a photo of a drivers license or other accepted…

A deeper explanation of why MLOps is required, and what problems MLOps is trying to solve to make AI work in a real world production environmentFor any organizations that have already built ML solutions or even at the PoC stage of developing a ML model, I am sure MLOps has been a topic. Indeed, in order to develop and deploy an ML solution in a production environment in a reliable, secure and highly available manner, MLOps is required.In today’s blog, I would love to take one step back to explain:Why is MLOps necessary…

Elon Musk’s The Boring Company announced that it is starting testing on its first full-scale high-speed Hyperloop transportation system. The company might fulfill Musk’s vision for a new mode of transportation 10 years after unveiling it. Back in 2013, Elon Musk released a white paper describing what he called the “Hyperloop,” a new mode of transportation consisting of building a near-hard vacuum environment in a tunnel or tube in order to move electric vehicles at high speeds more efficiently inside of them. At…

Locksmith’s tools do not need a procurement license and are available online at the click of a button. If this idea is sending jitters as you find things missing when you get back to your home after a while, then it is time to replace the locks. Apparently, there is no guarantee that it wouldn’t repeat. The only solution might be having bio-metric secured locks with fool-proof safety features. Lavna is a smart lock manufacturing company that makes premium digital locks enabled with features such as fingerprint sensors,…