Amazon’s new $120 Echo Buds are 20% smaller and cancel twice the noise

Apr14
by on April 14, 2021 at 10:12 pm
Posted In: Insider, Plugged


Amazon today announced a new set of Echo Buds, promising improvements to the sound quality and noise-canceling abilities of the original while maintaining a low price of $120 — less than half the price of the AirPods Pro, its most obvious competitor. That’s cheaper than most earbuds with ANC in general, too. The earbuds have a sleeker design available in either black or white, and, crucially, are 20% smaller than their predecessor. It also uses shorter nozzles that are less likely to dig up earwax and is vented to reduce pressure on the ear. There are many times I’ve tested a…

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Study: People trust the algorithm more than each other

Apr13
by on April 13, 2021 at 10:42 pm
Posted In: artificial intelligence


Our daily lives are run by algorithms. Whether we’re shopping online, deciding what to watch, booking a flight, or just trying to get across town, artificial intelligence is involved. It’s safe to say we rely on algorithms, but do we actually trust them? Up front: Yes. We do. A trio of researchers from the University of Georgia recently conducted a study to determine whether humans are more likely to trust an answer they believe was generated by an algorithm or crowd-sourced from humans. The results indicated that humans were more likely to trust algorithms when problems become to complex for…

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