Month May 2018

Editor’s Note: AI is behind many of Google’s products and is a big priority for us as a company (as you may have heard at Google I/O yesterday). So we’re sharing highlights on how AI already affects your life in…

All images by Daniel Fjäll. Used with permission. “Photography isn’t Instagram.” says Photographer Daniel Fjäll. “I think it’s important people try something new and break away from the trends. Think for themselves. That’s when the good stuff comes to you. I hope…

If you love synths, you’ll want a guide to Berlin’s Superbooth. What was still just an actual booth a few years ago has grown into one of the world’s biggest synthesizer showcases. There was so much new, it’s actually hard…

The average concentration of carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere just topped 410 parts per million, according to measurements from Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii. This is the highest CO2 levels have gotten in the 800,000 years we have good data…

Microsoft The Kinect will never die. Microsoft debuted its motion-sensing camera on June 1st, 2009, showing off a handful of gimmicky applications for the Xbox 360; it promised easy, controller-free gaming for the whole family. Back then, Kinect was called…

Most of us can’t solve a Rubik’s Cube to save a life, let alone finish the puzzle in seconds. Australian speedcuber Feliks Zemdegs certainly makes it look easy, especially when he broke the Rubik’s Cube world record (again) at the…

MIDI Polyphonic Expression (MPE) is now an official part of the MIDI standard. And Superbooth Berlin shows it’s catching on everywhere from granular synths to modular gear. For decades now, it’s been easy enough to add expression to a single,…

Business advice from entrepreneurs, startup founders, and CEOs comes in handy. We asked 16 entrepreneurs to share some words of wisdom, based on lessons they’ve learned and mistakes they’ve made along the way. That wisdom includes: Let other people help…