Why Janet Jackson made laptops crash

Aug19
by on August 19, 2022 at 2:58 pm
Posted In: Plugged


Gen Xers and boomers will remember the musical powerhouse that was Janet Jackson in the late 1980s. But now her music has been found to have a new power — it can crash laptops.  This week Microsoft chief software engineer Raymond Chen shared the story of what happens when older Windows XP laptops play the music video for Jackson’s “Rhythm Nation.” Specifically, Chen recalls a colleague’s tale from Windows XP product support. An unnamed major computer manufacturer discovered that playing the video would crash certain models of laptops.  Even weirder, playing the music video on one laptop resulted in a…

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Thinking of a career in AI? Make sure you have these 8 skills

Aug19
by on August 19, 2022 at 1:42 pm
Posted In: artificial intelligence, Future of Work


This article was originally published on .cult by Saudamani Singh. .cult is a Berlin-based community platform for developers. We write about all things career-related, make original documentaries, and share heaps of other untold developer stories from around the world. If you’ve ever used Alexa or Siri, sat in a self-driving car, talked to a chatbot, or even watched something recommended to you by Netflix, you’ve come across Artificial Intelligence, or AI, as it’s commonly known. AI is a major driving force behind the world’s advancement in almost every field of study including healthcare, finance, entertainment, and transport. Simply put, Artificial…

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NYC’s speed limiter trial leaves the EU in the dust

Aug18
by on August 18, 2022 at 9:36 am
Posted In: Uncategorized


Late last week, the City of New York announced a revolutionary way to curb the problem of speeding using speed limiters. It’s not only a first for the city, but a massive upgrade on efforts rolled out this year in Europe.  As part of a new six-month pilot program, 50 city fleet vehicles are fitted with active intelligent speed assistance (ISA), which restricts a vehicle’s maximum speed, preventing it from exceeding local speed limits. If successful, the City of New York will extend the initiative across the City’s entire 30,000 vehicle fleet, which includes fire engines, police cars, sanitation trucks,…

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