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Como el original comunicaciónEl juego consiste en encontrar “hilos comunes entre palabras”. Y así de simple palabra, comunicación El reinicio tiene lugar después de medianoche y cada nuevo conjunto de palabras se vuelve más complicado, por lo que te hemos dado algunos consejos y sugerencias para ayudarte a superar este obstáculo.
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el ahoraEl último juego de palabras diario se lanzó en colaboración con el atletauna propiedad del New York Times que ofrece la cobertura deportiva de la publicación. comunicación Se puede jugar tanto en navegadores web como en dispositivos móviles y pide a los jugadores que junten cuatro palabras que tengan algo en común.
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Cada rompecabezas contiene 16 palabras y cada grupo de palabras se divide en cuatro categorías. Estas colecciones pueden consistir en cualquier cosa, desde títulos de libros y software, nombres de países, etc. Aunque parezca que varias palabras van juntas, solo hay una respuesta correcta.
Si el jugador acierta las cuatro palabras del conjunto, esas palabras se eliminan del tablero. Adivina incorrectamente y se considera un error: los jugadores cometen hasta cuatro errores hasta que termina el juego.
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Los jugadores también pueden reorganizar y barajar el tablero para que sea más fácil descubrir conexiones. Además, cada grupo está codificado por colores, siendo el amarillo el más fácil, seguido del verde, azul y morado. el ama palabra, Puedes compartir los resultados con tus amigos en las redes sociales.
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Former business smartphone company turned security firm, Blackberry, has lifted the wraps of its new AI-driven threat detection and response tool.
CylanceMDR, the company’s new Managed Detection and Response (MDR) solution, is set to be powered by Cylance AI platform together with security operations center analysts in order to provide round-the-clock coverage.
The newly introduced MDR, which was formerly known as CylanceGUARD, has been launched with three tiers – Standard, Advanced and On-Demand.
Blackberry launches AI-powered CylanceMDR
Nathan Jenniges, SVP and GM at Blackberry Cybersecurity, commented: “CylanceMDR offers more than just industry-leading technology; you’re getting a true AI-driven MDR fuelled by proprietary threat intelligence.”
Jenniges continued to discuss the importance of having “the right team” of cybersecurity experts to support a good technological foundation. Jenniges added: “Our philosophy is to combine our technical excellence with our human expertise to provide unparalleled support to organisations of any size.”
The suite of services provided under the CylanceMDR solution includes onboarding, alert triage, investigation, managed threat hunting, digital forensics, comprehensive incident response and critical event management. Blackberry is also so sure of its products that it’s offering a $1 million guarantee.
In addition to the Standard and Advanced tiers, On-Demand adds exclusively tailored features for customers with their own security teams seeking extra support.
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In its announcement, the company cited independent research, revealing that Cylance AI threat detection “acted up to 13 times faster, preventing 98% of attacks earlier in the kill chain.” Blackberry also believes that its solution could prove up to 85% cheaper than building an in-house SOC, with CylanceMDR reporting a 3x ROI in another third-party study.
More information about Blackberry’s latest take on detection and response can be found on the firm’s website.
Interactive therapeutic robot Paro keeps a resident company at a nursing home in Japan.Credit: Noriko Hayashi/Panos Pictures
Clara Berridge, an ethicist at the University of Washington, Seattle, recalls a story told by a colleague to a group of health-care and social-work students.
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An older man in a nursing home was given a robot that looked like a stuffed animal for companionship. He became attached to it and when he later fell ill and died, the nursing-home staff found him clutching his robot companion.
When the class was asked to offer impressions of the scenario they were split: either they thought it was beautiful that he wasn’t alone in his last moments, or they felt it was tragic to die without a human connection.
Robots are an increasingly popular form of therapy for older people with dementia. It’s been suggested that social robots, on which much of the research has been based, can improve people’s moods, increase social interaction, reduce symptoms of dementia and give carers some much-needed relief.
But some researchers are beginning to question if these devices are ready for widespread use with this population. The research proving robots’ worth is sparse, and there are ethical concerns — especially around the idea that their use might reduce human contact in a population that is dearly in need of it.
“If we’re going to invest resources in elder care, I want more staff in the facility so they don’t die alone,” Berridge says. Her grandmother passed away on her own in an understaffed nursing home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Berridge’s grandmother didn’t have the option of a robot companion, but Berridge would not have wanted that for her anyway. “There are so many other things I would choose for her before a robot,” she says.
Early adopters
The robots being used in therapy for older people and people with early cognitive decline fall into two broad categories: service robots and social robots. Service robots are designed to help people in their daily lives, such as by assisting with household tasks or mobility. Developing a robotic assistant that can navigate the home and safely interact with people and objects in its environment remains technologically challenging, however.
Paro robots, shown charging, are among the most common examples of social robots.Credit: FRANCK ROBICHON/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
As a result, social robots intended to offer companionship and provide cognitive stimulation are a more common sight in care settings for older people. Some are humanoid in design and intended to act as ‘intelligent’ companions, holding rudimentary conversations and leading games and activities. Other social robots aim to mimic pets that can respond in some way to a person’s voice and touch.
Animals (often dogs) have been used in care settings to help residents to become more social and less agitated, and to improve their quality of life. But animals require a lot of care, whereas a robot pet does not. The most common example of this kind of social robot is Paro. Rather than a dog, the robot, which was designed in Japan, looks like a baby harp seal. A seal was chosen because it would be familiar and approachable, but it is not a common pet so a person would not immediately spot differences between its behaviour and that of the real animal. Paro is typically used to provide a form of pet therapy to older adults in assisted-living facilities, offering companionship and encouraging interaction between residents of the facilities and staff during therapy sessions.
Lillian Hung, creator of the Innovation in Dementia care and Aging (IDEA) lab at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, purchased the furry bot in 2017 to use with people with dementia who had been admitted to Vancouver General Hospital. Initially, she used it in group therapy for people with dementia, and to help people who were reticent to talk during admission and discharge. But over time, Hung found more uses for Paro.
In one case, the robot came to the aid of a patient in accident and emergency who was hitting staff who came near him, and who kicked a laboratory technician trying to take a sample of his blood. “He had a cardiac condition that needed diagnostics and we had two choices: physically or chemically restrain him, or leave him alone,” Hung says. “Both options were not good.”
Instead, Hung placed Paro in the man’s lap. Paro turned its head as if waking from a nap, opened its eyes, and looked up at the patient. The man asked the robot if it had eaten lately. When Paro started moving around, the man began petting it. While he was engaged with Paro, the staff were able to perform the tests that they needed.
“I hadn’t planned to use the robot for that reason, but in the moment it was useful,” Hung says. “The patient had quality care and safety, and the staff were able to get their work done.”
In 2019, Hung reviewed 29 studies of Paro’s use in older-person care settings around the world with people with dementia1. She found three main benefits of the bot: reduced negative emotions and behaviours among patients, better social engagement and improved mood and care experience. “For an older person who is frail and struggles with language, the robot doesn’t judge,” Hung says. “It offers an unconditional presence. Regardless of what they say, it is always happy to listen.”
Creators of other social robots think that they could also be beneficial for this population. In 2020, Mohammad Mahoor, an electrical and computer engineer at the University of Denver in Colorado, built the third iteration of a humanoid companion robot he calls Ryan, which he began working on in 2013. The robot can recognize speech and facial expressions, and is designed to help reduce social isolation among people with early-stage dementia or depression by engaging them in conversation. Ryan can also remind people to take medications and can lead mental and physical games.
“Mostly these people live alone, their mood is down. We want to improve their quality of life,” Mahoor says. “When you engage residents, they are happier and their family members are more satisfied.”
Mahoor has carried out research in assisted-living facilities with Ryan. In one study, six older people with early cognitive decline were given around-the-clock access to Ryan for 4–6 weeks2. The participants reported enjoying interactions and conversations with Ryan and feeling happier when it was there. However, they did not report feeling less depressed after talking to the robot, and said it was not the same as talking to a real person — a distinction Mahoor understands. “We’re not replacing human interaction, just filling in the gaps,” he says.
Ryan is currently being used in two assisted-living facilities near Denver. The robot stays in the common area. Residents have a card that they can tap on it to spend 30 minutes each day talking, playing games or doing other activities.
Arshia Khan, a computer scientist at the University of Minnesota Duluth, is also working to show that robots can improve the quality of life of people with dementia. Humanoid companion robots, she says, can engage and stimulate people and reduce levels of anxiety and depression. They can also provide respite for carers by leading bingo sessions and playing games with residents in assisted-living facilities.
In one study, Khan and her colleagues placed Pepper and NAO — two humanoid robots built by the firm Softbank Robotics in Tokyo, and then specially programmed by Khan — in eight nursing homes in Minnesota. Surveys were conducted before and after implementing the robots. Compared with nursing homes that didn’t deploy robots, residents of facilities that did felt happier, more cared for, and less tired and frustrated after engaging with the robots3.
Cautious attitudes
Hung expects some resistance from carers to the use of robots. “Not everyone is ready to have robots,” she says. “When we did interviews with organizational leaders, they said money wasn’t the issue — their staff weren’t willing to work with robots.” While running a focus group at one care home, Hung and her colleagues returned from lunch to find the robot that they had brought with them not only unplugged, but wearing a paper bag over its head. “They were worried it was secretly recording them,” she says.
Companion robot Ryan is currently being used in two assisted-living facilities in the United States.Credit: Loclyz
Some older people also have concerns. In a 2023 study led by Berridge, 29 people living with mild Alzheimer’s disease were asked how they felt about robots and other assistive technologies4. Their key concerns were privacy — they wanted to know if the technology was monitoring them — and loss of human connection. Most participants said that they would prefer visits and phone calls from friends and family, or social outings and activities, over what a robot could offer.
In a separate survey of adults who were generally tech-savvy, respondents described social robots as “creepy,” “manipulative” and “unethical”, and said that they offer only the illusion of intimacy5. Most thought that an artificial companion would not make them feel less lonely (see ‘A frosty reception’).
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They were also uncomfortable with the idea that a carer might let them believe that a robot was a real person if they lacked the cognitive ability to know for themselves. Berridge says that this is an issue on which ethicists are split. Some think that if the belief soothes people, then the deception, intentional or not, shouldn’t matter. Others see it as potentially taking advantage of extremely vulnerable people. “Concerns consistently arise over the possibility of withdrawing human interaction and touch, dishonesty, and potential for diminished dignity, which philosophy-trained ethicists will tell you needs to be protected — even and especially when people lack autonomy,” Berridge says.
Uncertain benefits
In addition to concerns that older people and their carers might not be comfortable with social robots, there are also questions about the utility of these devices.
Some users with cognitive decline showed higher stress levels after using the communication robot Chapit.Credit: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images
In a 2022 meta-analysis of 66 studies of companion robots6, ‘telepresence’ communication robots, assistive robots and multifunctional robots being used to support people with dementia, Clare Yu, who studies dementia prevention at University College London, and her colleagues found that many of the robots were generally liked by study participants and could feasibly be used in a nursing home. And most studies reported that the robots did what the authors anticipated: relieved loneliness and isolation, reduced anxiety, and improved quality of life. But the researchers noted significant difficulties as well. Paro, for instance, is heavy, expensive and noisy; humanoid companion robots tend to have speech-recognition issues; and telepresence and multifunction robots were difficult to use.
Yu and her colleagues also don’t think that the design of these studies was sufficient to provide compelling evidence of benefit to people with dementia. According to Yu, many studies didn’t compare robots with other forms of care, such as human interventions. Sample sizes were often too small to draw conclusions, some studies didn’t use well-validated outcomes, and many didn’t appropriately randomize their cohorts. As a result, despite seemingly positive results in many cases, Yu and her colleagues concluded that there was no clear evidence that robots improved people’s quality of life, cognition or behaviour.
“Before I did this meta-analysis, I was really excited,” Yu says. “I thought robots were something that could be used in the future for people with dementia.” She now has serious doubts. “I think they are something that can be used in the future, but not at this present moment. We need some time to do more research to be able to say they are definitely beneficial.”
Another 2022 review7 that analysed nine studies of Paro suggested that the seal robot could improve quality of life for people living with dementia and reduce their use of medications. However, the authors similarly tempered their conclusion by noting that the studies that they analysed were mostly of low to moderate quality, meaning the authors were “cautious to make positive comments on the role of Paro”.
A 2020 study8 from a team of researchers in Japan went so far as to suggest that communication robots might be detrimental for some people with dementia. Twenty-eight older people, 11 of whom had cognitive decline, received sessions with Chapit, a stuffed-toy robot with speech recognition that can play games with users. Measurements of electroencephalogram (EEG) activity and salivary cortisol levels, taken before and after sessions, showed higher levels of stress among the participants with cognitive decline after using Chapit, but not among those in the group without cognitive decline. People with cognitive decline also reported not enjoying their time with Chapit, whereas people without cognitive decline did enjoy it — a finding that matched the EEG results.
A study last year9 from the same group used EEG activity to determine whether Chapit activated participants’ posterior cingulate gyrus and precuneus — parts of the brain that affect reflection, self-consciousness, imagination and prediction. In people without cognitive impairment, these areas were activated by the use of Chapit. In people with cognitive impairment, however, there was no significant change in brain activity.
The allure of technology
With efficacy being questioned, and signs of resistance among carers and prospective users, widespread adoption of robots in older-person care settings faces clear obstacles. “I don’t feel we are ready to have large-scale implementation,” Yu says.
Arshia Khan uses a robot to run cognitive-stimuation quizzes with care-home residents.Credit: Devonna Palmer
She thinks that higher-quality studies and randomized control trials with the power to show clear benefits need to be done first. Then, the findings need to be weighed against the cost of the intervention. “I don’t think there is anyone doing economic evaluations looking to see if the money spent is worth the benefits we gain,” she says.
It took Mahoor upwards of US$6 million to get to the current iteration of Ryan. He has seven units for which he is looking for buyers. Most care homes he has worked with cannot afford to purchase Ryan, so the robot will also be provided through a lease of $1,200 a month for 10 users. Khan, meanwhile, says that the base price for the robots she has worked with is $37,000, not including software, maintenance, or training and support. These costs have fuelled concerns that, should the robots prove effective, they will be out of reach of all but the most well-funded and exclusive care homes.
Caleb Johnston, an anthropologist at Newcastle University, UK, who has studied the ethics of using robots with ageing populations, says that in many areas, including in the United Kingdom, social care is chronically underfunded, even as money pours into social robots. Although “these may help with social and emotional support” he says, the system will still rely on poorly paid carers, often from overseas, “to do the messy work”, he says.
Berridge also thinks it is important that the needs of the people whom the technology is supposed to help are not lost as it rapidly improves. “Are we designing robots with and for people living with dementia? Or are we designing to manage people living with dementia?” she says. “We risk undermining solutions with wider and deeper reach when we don’t do an honest assessment of the nature of the problem being targeted.”
“There’s a lot of hype,” she adds. “I would say that tends to squeeze out critical questioning.”
I’ve found myself at a loss for words when trying to explain the Humane AI Pin to my friends. The best description so far is that it’s a combination of a wearable Siri button with a camera and built-in projector that beams onto your palm. But each time I start explaining that, I get so caught up in pointing out its problems that I never really get to fully detail what the AI Pin can do. Or is meant to do, anyway.
Yet, words are crucial to the Humane AI experience. Your primary mode of interacting with the pin is through voice, accompanied by touch and gestures. Without speaking, your options are severely limited. The company describes the device as your “second brain,” but the combination of holding out my hand to see the projected screen, waving it around to navigate the interface and tapping my chest and waiting for an answer all just made me look really stupid. When I remember that I was actually eager to spend $700 of my own money to get a Humane AI Pin, not to mention shell out the required $24 a month for the AI and the company’s 4G service riding on T-Mobile’s network, I feel even sillier.
What is the Humane AI Pin?
In the company’s own words, the Humane AI Pin is the “first wearable device and software platform built to harness the full power of artificial intelligence.” If that doesn’t clear it up, well, I can’t blame you.
There are basically two parts to the device: the Pin and its magnetic attachment. The Pin is the main piece, which houses a touch-sensitive panel on its face, with a projector, camera, mic and speakers lining its top edge. It’s about the same size as an Apple Watch Ultra 2, both measuring about 44mm (1.73 inches) across. The Humane wearable is slightly squatter, though, with its 47.5mm (1.87 inches) height compared to the Watch Ultra’s 49mm (1.92 inches). It’s also half the weight of Apple’s smartwatch, at 34.2 grams (1.2 ounces).
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Not only is the Humane AI Pin slow, finicky and barely even smart, using it made me look pretty dumb. As it stands, the device doesn’t do enough to justify its $700 and $24-a-month price.
Pros
Novel projector beams a “screen” onto your palm
Effective interpreter mode
Thoughtful design touches
Cons
Runs hot
Unreliable
Slow
Projected screen relies on tiresome and finicky gestures to navigate
The top of the AI Pin is slightly thicker than the bottom, since it has to contain extra sensors and indicator lights, but it’s still about the same depth as the Watch Ultra 2. Snap on a magnetic attachment, and you add about 8mm (0.31 inches). There are a few accessories available, with the most useful being the included battery booster. You’ll get two battery boosters in the “complete system” when you buy the Humane AI Pin, as well as a charging cradle and case. The booster helps clip the AI Pin to your clothes while adding some extra hours of life to the device (in theory, anyway). It also brings an extra 20 grams (0.7 ounces) with it, but even including that the AI Pin is still 10 grams (0.35 ounces) lighter than the Watch Ultra 2.
That weight (or lack thereof) is important, since anything too heavy would drag down on your clothes, which would not only be uncomfortable but also block the Pin’s projector from functioning properly. If you’re wearing it with a thinner fabric, by the way, you’ll have to use the latch accessory instead of the booster, which is a $40 plastic tile that provides no additional power. You can also get the stainless steel clip that Humane sells for $50 to stick it onto heavier materials or belts and backpacks. Whichever accessory you choose, though, you’ll place it on the underside of your garment and stick the Pin on the outside to connect the pieces.
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How the AI Pin works
But you might not want to place the AI Pin on a bag, as you need to tap on it to ask a question or pull up the projected screen. Every interaction with the device begins with touching it, there is no wake word, so having it out of reach sucks.
Tap and hold on the touchpad, ask a question, then let go and wait a few seconds for the AI to answer. You can hold out your palm to read what it said, bringing your hand closer to and further from your chest to toggle through elements. To jump through individual cards and buttons, you’ll have to tilt your palm up or down, which can get in the way of seeing what’s on display. But more on that in a bit.
There are some built-in gestures offering shortcuts to functions like taking a picture or video or controlling music playback. Double tapping the Pin with two fingers will snap a shot, while double-tapping and holding at the end will trigger a 15-second video. Swiping up or down adjusts the device or Bluetooth headphone volume while the assistant is talking or when music is playing, too.
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Each person who orders the Humane AI Pin will have to set up an account and go through onboarding on the website before the company will ship out their unit. Part of this process includes signing into your Google or Apple accounts to port over contacts, as well as watching a video that walks you through those gestures I described. Your Pin will arrive already linked to your account with its eSIM and phone number sorted. This likely simplifies things so users won’t have to fiddle with tedious steps like installing a SIM card or signing into their profiles. It felt a bit strange, but it’s a good thing because, as I’ll explain in a bit, trying to enter a password on the AI Pin is a real pain.
Talking to the Humane AI Pin
The easiest way to interact with the AI Pin is by talking to it. It’s supposed to feel natural, like you’re talking to a friend or assistant, and you shouldn’t have to feel forced when asking it for help. Unfortunately, that just wasn’t the case in my testing.
When the AI Pin did understand me and answer correctly, it usually took a few seconds to reply, in which time I could have already gotten the same results on my phone. For a few things, like adding items to my shopping list or converting Canadian dollars to USD, it performed adequately. But “adequate” seems to be the best case scenario.
Sometimes the answers were too long or irrelevant. When I asked “Should I watch Dream Scenario,” it said “Dream Scenario is a 2023 comedy/fantasy film featuring Nicolas Cage, with positive ratings on IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic. It’s available for streaming on platforms like YouTube, Hulu and Amazon Prime Video. If you enjoy comedy and fantasy genres, it may be worth watching.”
Setting aside the fact that the “answer” to my query came after a lot of preamble I found unnecessary, I also just didn’t find the recommendation satisfying. It wasn’t giving me a straight answer, which is understandable, but ultimately none of what it said felt different from scanning the top results of a Google search. I would have gleaned more info had I looked the film up on my phone, since I’d be able to see the actual Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic scores.
To be fair, the AI Pin was smart enough to understand follow-ups like “How about The Witch” without needing me to repeat my original question. But it’s 2024; we’re way past assistants that need so much hand-holding.
We’re also past the days of needing to word our requests in specific ways for AI to understand us. Though Humane has said you can speak to the pin “naturally,” there are some instances when that just didn’t work. First, it occasionally misheard me, even in my quiet living room. When I asked “Would I like YouTuber Danny Gonzalez,” it thought I said “would I like YouTube do I need Gonzalez” and responded “It’s unclear if you would like Dulce Gonzalez as the content of their videos and channels is not specified.”
When I repeated myself by carefully saying “I meant Danny Gonzalez,” the AI Pin spouted back facts about the YouTuber’s life and work, but did not answer my original question.
That’s not as bad as the fact that when I tried to get the Pin to describe what was in front of me, it simply would not. Humane has a Vision feature in beta that’s meant to let the AI Pin use its camera to see and analyze things in view, but when I tried to get it to look at my messy kitchen island, nothing happened. I’d ask “What’s in front of me” or “What am I holding out in front of you” or “Describe what’s in front of me,” which is how I’d phrase this request naturally. I tried so many variations of this, including “What am I looking at” and “Is there an octopus in front of me,” to no avail. I even took a photo and asked “can you describe what’s in that picture.”
Every time, I was told “Your AI Pin is not sure what you’re referring to” or “This question is not related to AI Pin” or, in the case where I first took a picture, “Your AI Pin is unable to analyze images or describe them.” I was confused why this wasn’t working even after I double checked that I had opted in and enabled the feature, and finally realized after checking the reviewers’ guide that I had to use prompts that started with the word “Look.”
Look, maybe everyone else would have instinctively used that phrasing. But if you’re like me and didn’t, you’ll probably give up and never use this feature again. Even after I learned how to properly phrase my Vision requests, they were still clunky as hell. It was never as easy as “Look for my socks” but required two-part sentences like “Look at my room and tell me if there are boots in it” or “Look at this thing and tell me how to use it.”
When I worded things just right, results were fairly impressive. It confirmed there was a “Lysol can on the top shelf of the shelving unit” and a “purple octopus on top of the brown cabinet.” I held out a cheek highlighter and asked what to do with it. The AI Pin accurately told me “The Carry On 2 cream by BYBI Beauty can be used to add a natural glow to skin,” among other things, although it never explicitly told me to apply it to my face. I asked it where an object I was holding came from, and it just said “The image is of a hand holding a bag of mini eggs. The bag is yellow with a purple label that says ‘mini eggs.’” Again, it didn’t answer my actual question.
Humane’s AI, which is powered by a mix of OpenAI’s recent versions of GPT and other sources including its own models, just doesn’t feel fully baked. It’s like a robot pretending to be sentient — capable of indicating it sort of knows what I’m asking, but incapable of delivering a direct answer.
My issues with the AI Pin’s language model and features don’t end there. Sometimes it just refuses to do what I ask of it, like restart or shut down. Other times it does something entirely unexpected. When I said “Send a text message to Julian Chokkattu,” who’s a friend and fellow AI Pin reviewer over at Wired, I thought I’d be asked what I wanted to tell him. Instead, the device simply said OK and told me it sent the words “Hey Julian, just checking in. How’s your day going?” to Chokkattu. I’ve never said anything like that to him in our years of friendship, but I guess technically the AI Pin did do what I asked.
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Using the Humane AI Pin’s projector display
If only voice interactions were the worst thing about the Humane AI Pin, but the list of problems only starts there. I was most intrigued by the company’s “pioneering Laser Ink display” that projects green rays onto your palm, as well as the gestures that enabled interaction with “onscreen” elements. But my initial wonder quickly gave way to frustration and a dull ache in my shoulder. It might be tiring to hold up your phone to scroll through Instagram, but at least you can set that down on a table and continue browsing. With the AI Pin, if your arm is not up, you’re not seeing anything.
Then there’s the fact that it’s a pretty small canvas. I would see about seven lines of text each time, with about one to three words on each row depending on the length. This meant I had to hold my hand up even longer so I could wait for notifications to finish scrolling through. I also have a smaller palm than some other reviewers I saw while testing the AI Pin. Julian over at Wired has a larger hand and I was downright jealous when I saw he was able to fit the entire projection onto his palm, whereas the contents of my display would spill over onto my fingers, making things hard to read.
It’s not just those of us afflicted with tiny palms that will find the AI Pin tricky to see. Step outside and you’ll have a hard time reading the faint projection. Even on a cloudy, rainy day in New York City, I could barely make out the words on my hands.
When you can read what’s on the screen, interacting with it might make you want to rip your eyes out. Like I said, you’ll have to move your palm closer and further to your chest to select the right cards to enter your passcode. It’s a bit like dialing a rotary phone, with cards for individual digits from 0 to 9. Go further away to get to the higher numbers and the backspace button, and come back for the smaller ones.
This gesture is smart in theory but it’s very sensitive. There’s a very small range of usable space since there is only so far your hand can go, so the distance between each digit is fairly small. One wrong move and you’ll accidentally select something you didn’t want and have to go all the way out to delete it. To top it all off, moving my arm around while doing that causes the Pin to flop about, meaning the screen shakes on my palm, too. On average, unlocking my Pin, which involves entering a four-digit passcode, took me about five seconds.
On its own, this doesn’t sound so bad, but bear in mind that you’ll have to re-enter this each time you disconnect the Pin from the booster, latch or clip. It’s currently springtime in New York, which means I’m putting on and taking off my jacket over and over again. Every time I go inside or out, I move the Pin to a different layer and have to look like a confused long-sighted tourist reading my palm at various distances. It’s not fun.
Of course, you can turn off the setting that requires password entry each time you remove the Pin, but that’s simply not great for security.
Though Humane says “privacy and transparency are paramount with AI Pin,” by its very nature the device isn’t suitable for performing confidential tasks unless you’re alone. You don’t want to dictate a sensitive message to your accountant or partner in public, nor might you want to speak your Wi-Fi password out loud.
That latter is one of two input methods for setting up an internet connection, by the way. If you choose not to spell your Wi-Fi key out loud, then you can go to the Humane website to type in your network name (spell it out yourself, not look for one that’s available) and password to generate a QR code for the Pin to scan. Having to verbally relay alphanumeric characters to the Pin is not ideal, and though the QR code technically works, it just involves too much effort. It’s like giving someone a spork when they asked for a knife and fork: good enough to get by, but not a perfect replacement.
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The Humane AI Pin’s speaker
Since communicating through speech is the easiest means of using the Pin, you’ll need to be verbal and have hearing. If you choose not to raise your hand to read the AI Pin’s responses, you’ll have to listen for it. The good news is, the onboard speaker is usually loud enough for most environments, and I only struggled to hear it on NYC streets with heavy traffic passing by. I never attempted to talk to it on the subway, however, nor did I obnoxiously play music from the device while I was outside.
In my office and gym, though, I did get the AI Pin to play some songs. The music sounded fine — I didn’t get thumping bass or particularly crisp vocals, but I could hear instruments and crooners easily. Compared to my iPhone 15 Pro Max, it’s a bit tinny, as expected, but not drastically worse.
The problem is there are, once again, some caveats. The most important of these is that at the moment, you can only use Tidal’s paid streaming service with the Pin. You’ll get 90 days free with your purchase, and then have to pay $11 a month (on top of the $24 you already give to Humane) to continue streaming tunes from your Pin. Humane hasn’t said yet if other music services will eventually be supported, either, so unless you’re already on Tidal, listening to music from the Pin might just not be worth the price. Annoyingly, Tidal also doesn’t have the extensive library that competing providers do, so I couldn’t even play songs like Beyonce’s latest album or Taylor Swift’s discography (although remixes of her songs were available).
Though Humane has described its “personic speaker” as being able to create a “bubble of sound,” that “bubble” certainly has a permeable membrane. People around you will definitely hear what you’re playing, so unless you’re trying to start a dance party, it might be too disruptive to use the AI Pin for music without pairing Bluetooth headphones. You’ll also probably get better sound quality from Bose, Beats or AirPods anyway.
The Humane AI Pin camera experience
I’ll admit it — a large part of why I was excited for the AI Pin is its onboard camera. My love for taking photos is well-documented, and with the Pin, snapping a shot is supposed to be as easy as double-tapping its face with two fingers. I was even ready to put up with subpar pictures from its 13-megapixel sensor for the ability to quickly capture a scene without having to first whip out my phone.
Sadly, the Humane AI Pin was simply too slow and feverish to deliver on that premise. I frequently ran into times when, after taking a bunch of photos and holding my palm up to see how each snap turned out, the device would get uncomfortably warm. At least twice in my testing, the Pin just shouted “Your AI Pin is too warm and needs to cool down” before shutting down.
A sample image from the Humane AI Pin. (Cherlynn Low for Engadget)
Even when it’s running normally, using the AI Pin’s camera is slow. I’d double tap it and then have to stand still for at least three seconds before it would take the shot. I appreciate that there’s audio and visual feedback through the flashing green lights and the sound of a shutter clicking when the camera is going, so both you and people around know you’re recording. But it’s also a reminder of how long I need to wait — the “shutter” sound will need to go off thrice before the image is saved.
I took photos and videos in various situations under different lighting conditions, from a birthday dinner in a dimly lit restaurant to a beautiful park on a cloudy day. I recorded some workout footage in my building’s gym with large windows, and in general anything taken with adequate light looked good enough to post. The videos might make viewers a little motion sick, since the camera was clipped to my sports bra and moved around with me, but that’s tolerable.
In dark environments, though, forget about it. Even my Nokia E7 from 2012 delivered clearer pictures, most likely because I could hold it steady while framing a shot. The photos of my friends at dinner were so grainy, one person even seemed translucent. To my knowledge, that buddy is not a ghost, either.
A sample image from the Humane AI Pin. (Cherlynn Low for Engadget)
To its credit, Humane’s camera has a generous 120-degree field of view, meaning you’ll capture just about anything in front of you. When you’re not sure if you’ve gotten your subject in the picture, you can hold up your palm after taking the shot, and the projector will beam a monochromatic preview so you can verify. It’s not really for you to admire your skilled composition or level of detail, and more just to see that you did indeed manage to get the receipt in view before moving on.
Cosmos OS on the Humane AI Pin
When it comes time to retrieve those pictures off the AI Pin, you’ll just need to navigate to humane.center in any browser and sign in. There, you’ll find your photos and videos under “Captures,” your notes, recently played music and calls, as well as every interaction you’ve had with the assistant. That last one made recalling every weird exchange with the AI Pin for this review very easy.
You’ll have to make sure the AI Pin is connected to Wi-Fi and power, and be at least 50 percent charged before full-resolution photos and videos will upload to the dashboard. But before that, you can still scroll through previews in a gallery, even though you can’t download or share them.
The web portal is fairly rudimentary, with large square tiles serving as cards for sections like “Captures,” “Notes” and “My Data.” Going through them just shows you things you’ve saved or asked the Pin to remember, like a friend’s favorite color or their birthday. Importantly, there isn’t an area for you to view your text messages, so if you wanted to type out a reply from your laptop instead of dictating to the Pin, sorry, you can’t. The only way to view messages is by putting on the Pin, pulling up the screen and navigating the onboard menus to find them.
Hayato Huseman for Engadget
That brings me to what you see on the AI Pin’s visual interface. If you’ve raised your palm right after asking it something, you’ll see your answer in text form. But if you had brought up your hand after unlocking or tapping the device, you’ll see its barebones home screen. This contains three main elements — a clock widget in the middle, the word “Nearby” in a bubble at the top and notifications at the bottom. Tilting your palm scrolls through these, and you can pinch your index finger and thumb together to select things.
Push your hand further back and you’ll bring up a menu with five circles that will lead you to messages, phone, settings, camera and media player. You’ll need to tilt your palm to scroll through these, but because they’re laid out in a ring, it’s not as straightforward as simply aiming up or down. Trying to get the right target here was one of the greatest challenges I encountered while testing the AI Pin. I was rarely able to land on the right option on my first attempt. That, along with the fact that you have to put on the Pin (and unlock it), made it so difficult to see messages that I eventually just gave up looking at texts I received.
The Humane AI Pin overheating, in use and battery life
One reason I sometimes took off the AI Pin is that it would frequently get too warm and need to “cool down.” Once I removed it, I would not feel the urge to put it back on. I did wear it a lot in the first few days I had it, typically from 7:45AM when I headed out to the gym till evening, depending on what I was up to. Usually at about 3PM, after taking a lot of pictures and video, I would be told my AI Pin’s battery was running low, and I’d need to swap out the battery booster. This didn’t seem to work sometimes, with the Pin dying before it could get enough power through the accessory. At first it appeared the device simply wouldn’t detect the booster, but I later learned it’s just slow and can take up to five minutes to recognize a newly attached booster.
When I wore the AI Pin to my friend (and fellow reviewer) Michael Fisher’s birthday party just hours after unboxing it, I had it clipped to my tank top just hovering above my heart. Because it was so close to the edge of my shirt, I would accidentally brush past it a few times when reaching for a drink or resting my chin on my palm a la The Thinker. Normally, I wouldn’t have noticed the Pin, but as it was running so hot, I felt burned every time my skin came into contact with its chrome edges. The touchpad also grew warm with use, and the battery booster resting against my chest also got noticeably toasty (though it never actually left a mark).
Hayato Huseman for Engadget
Part of the reason the AI Pin ran so hot is likely that there’s not a lot of room for the heat generated by its octa-core Snapdragon processor to dissipate. I had also been using it near constantly to show my companions the pictures I had taken, and Humane has said its laser projector is “designed for brief interactions (up to six to nine minutes), not prolonged usage” and that it had “intentionally set conservative thermal limits for this first release that may cause it to need to cool down.” The company added that it not only plans to “improve uninterrupted run time in our next software release,” but also that it’s “working to improve overall thermal performance in the next software release.”
There are other things I need Humane to address via software updates ASAP. The fact that its AI sometimes decides not to do what I ask, like telling me “Your AI Pin is already running smoothly, no need to restart” when I asked it to restart is not only surprising but limiting. There are no hardware buttons to turn the pin on or off, and the only other way to trigger a restart is to pull up the dreaded screen, painstakingly go to the menu, hopefully land on settings and find the Power option. By which point if the Pin hasn’t shut down my arm will have.
A lot of my interactions with the AI Pin also felt like problems I encountered with earlier versions of Siri, Alexa and the Google Assistant. The overly wordy answers, for example, or the pronounced two or three-second delay before a response, are all reminiscent of the early 2010s. When I asked the AI Pin to “remember that I parked my car right here,” it just saved a note saying “Your car is parked right here,” with no GPS information or no way to navigate back. So I guess I parked my car on a sticky note.
To be clear, that’s not something that Humane ever said the AI Pin can do, but it feels like such an easy thing to offer, especially since the device does have onboard GPS. Google’s made entire lines of bags and Levi’s jackets that serve the very purpose of dropping pins to revisit places later. If your product is meant to be smart and revolutionary, it should at least be able to do what its competitors already can, not to mention offer features they don’t.
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One singular thing that the AI Pin actually manages to do competently is act as an interpreter. After you ask it to “translate to [x language],” you’ll have to hold down two fingers while you talk, let go and it will read out what you said in the relevant tongue. I tried talking to myself in English and Mandarin, and was frankly impressed with not only the accuracy of the translation and general vocal expressiveness, but also at how fast responses came through. You don’t even need to specify the language the speaker is using. As long as you’ve set the target language, the person talking in Mandarin will be translated to English and the words said in English will be read out in Mandarin.
It’s worth considering the fact that using the AI Pin is a nightmare for anyone who gets self-conscious. I’m pretty thick-skinned, but even I tried to hide the fact that I had a strange gadget with a camera pinned to my person. Luckily, I didn’t get any obvious stares or confrontations, but I heard from my fellow reviewers that they did. And as much as I like the idea of a second brain I can wear and offload little notes and reminders to, nothing that the AI Pin does well is actually executed better than a smartphone.
Wrap-up
Not only is the Humane AI Pin slow, finicky and barely even smart, using it made me look pretty dumb. In a few days of testing, I went from being excited to show it off to my friends to not having any reason to wear it.
Humane’s vision was ambitious, and the laser projector initially felt like a marvel. At first glance, it looked and felt like a refined product. But it just seems like at every turn, the company had to come up with solutions to problems it created. No screen or keyboard to enter your Wi-Fi password? No worries, use your phone or laptop to generate a QR code. Want to play music? Here you go, a 90-day subscription to Tidal, but you can only play music on that service.
The company promises to make software updates that could improve some issues, and the few tweaks my unit received during this review did make some things (like music playback) work better. The problem is that as it stands, the AI Pin doesn’t do enough to justify its $700 and $24-a-month price, and I simply cannot recommend anyone spend this much money for the one or two things it does adequately.
Maybe in time, the AI Pin will be worth revisiting, but it’s hard to imagine why anyone would need a screenless AI wearable when so many devices exist today that you can use to talk to an assistant. From speakers and phones to smartwatches and cars, the world is full of useful AI access points that allow you to ditch a screen. Humane says it’s committed to a “future where AI seamlessly integrates into every aspect of our lives and enhances our daily experiences.”
After testing the company’s AI Pin, that future feels pretty far away.
The touch-related bug that was known to be impacting the Apple Watch Series 9 and the Apple Watch Ultra 2 also affects the Apple Watch Series 7, Series 8, and Ultra 1, Apple said in a memo shared with Apple Authorized Service Providers.
Service providers have been told not to replace watches for the ghost touch problem, instead instructing customers to fix the issue through a force restart. A force restart can be initiated by simultaneously holding down the side button and the Digital Crown for 10 seconds. AASPs have also been asked to make sure affected Apple Watches are running the latest version of watchOS.
Apple first began looking into the touch-related problem affecting some Apple Watch models in February. At the time, it was a bug that had been seen on the Series 9 and the Ultra 2. Apple Watch owners were experiencing “false” or “ghost” touches on the display, which could cause the screen to “jump erratically” or exhibit unexpected behavior without user interaction.
A fix for the ghost touch issue was added in watchOS 10.4, so presumably that version of the software addresses the issue on all impacted models. If not, the wording of Apple’s memo suggests a further fix will be coming in the near future.
While rumors have been focused on new iPad Pro and iPad Air models, some Apple customers are wondering when the next iPad mini will be released. In his Power On newsletter today, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman said new iPad mini and entry-level iPad models will be released in late 2024 at the earliest. “The company is also working on new versions of the low-end iPad and iPad mini, but those…
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Here’s one example: If you took one million US dollar bills and laid them end to end, the chain of cash would stretch for 96.9 miles — roughly the distance from Manhattan to the Hamptons out on Long Island. Piling those same bills vertically would yield a stack well taller than a 30-story building.
Speaking of one million: Crestron is rapidly approaching that very number of DM NVX® AV-over-IP units that will have been shipped since the product’s introduction.
The reason: DM NVX AV-over-IP solutions are incredibly versatile — not to mention reliable. Here’s a peek at just two of the thousands of projects that feature DM NVX technology.
Education: Esports at UNC Greensboro
An esports program is more than team competition or entertainment for a student body. It’s also a great way to introduce students to a variety of disciplines, from computer programming to management and even broadcasting. When UNC Greensboro undertook the creation of a 3,300 square-foot arena with 48 gaming PCs and three gaming console bays, they asked Horizon AVL and Esports Integration to create a Crestron solution.
“The flexibility, reliability, and ease of use is why my team decided to install DM NVX technology in the UNCG Esports Center,” said Joshua Kell, Chief Executive Officer, Horizon AVL, and Esports Integration.
As the case study notes, Crestron DM NVX routes audio and video to create scenic elements in their game bases. The several game bays hold various consoles that can be plugged into the wall and displayed on the corresponding TV for each game bay, which is immediately routed with a Crestron DM NVX encoder. Crestron DM NVX was also introduced into the broadcast system to have full 4K broadcasting that converts the HDMI signal to SDI, so broadcasting and streaming can happen simultaneously with very low latency.
There’s a hotel at the foot of Poland’s incredibly scenic Tatra Mountains, a four-star family-run complex with 277 rooms, two restaurants, thermal baths, and a world-class conference center. A recent renovation demanded a state-of-the-art AV solution that required minimal cabling, and a Crestron DM NVX AV-over-IP system installed by the firm A+V filled the bill.
“Thanks to the functionalities offered by Crestron’s DM NVX AV-over-IP technology, an impressive conference space was established in one of the most beautiful locations in Poland,” notedJarosław Kołcun, CEO, A+V.
The conference room, for example, needed multiple displays to ensure that meeting attendees could see presentations from any angle — and DM NVX technology handles the task with zero latency. Customers and their guests can tailor the system to their needs, helping turn the resort into a true business-meets-pleasure destination — and raising the area’s visibility as a vacation wonderland.
“We’ve had immensely positive feedback about the Crestron technology from our customers, which we’re gladly seeing translate into more inquiries — and reservations!” said Tomasz Rzadkosz, Events Manager, Hotel Bania Thermal & Ski.
Since Apple announced plans for the 0.50 euro Core Technology Fee that apps distributed using the new EU App Store business terms must pay, there have been ongoing concerns about what that fee might mean for a developer that suddenly has a free app go viral.
Apple’s VP of regulatory law Kyle Andeers today met with developers during a workshop on Apple’s Digital Markets Act compliance. iOS developer Riley Testut, best known for Game Boy Advance emulator GBA4iOS, asked what Apple would do if a young developer unwittingly racked up millions in fees.
Testut explained that when he was younger, that exact situation happened to him. Back in 2014 as an 18-year-old high school student, he released GBA4iOS outside of the App Store using an enterprise certificate. The app was unexpectedly downloaded more than 10 million times, and under Apple’s new rules with Core Technology Fee, Testut said that would have cost $5 million euros, bankrupting his family. He asked whether Apple would actually collect that fee in a similar situation, charging the high price even though it could financially ruin a family.
In response, Andeers said that Apple is working on figuring out a solution, but has not done so yet. He said Apple does not want to stifle innovation and wants to figure out how to keep young app makers and their parents from feeling scared to release an app. Andeers told Testut to “stay tuned” for an answer.
What we are trying to do is tear apart a model that has been integrated for 15 years. And so for 15 years, the way we’ve monetized everything was through the commission. It covered everything from technology to distribution to payment processing, and the beauty of that model is that it allowed developers to take risks. Apple only got paid if the developer got paid, and that was an incredible engine for innovation over the last 15 years. We’ve seen it go from 500 apps to more than 1.5 million.
To your point, we’ve seen kids everywhere from 8-year-olds, 9-year-olds, 10-year-olds, to teenagers come up with some amazing applications and it’s been one of the great success stories of the App Store. In terms of the Core Technology Fee and our business model, we had to change. The mandates of the DMA forced us to tear apart what we had built and price each component individually. And so we now have a fee associated with technology, tools, and services, we now have a fee associated with distribution and the services we provide through the App Store, and then we have a separate fee for payment processing if a developer wants to use it.
To your point – what is the impact on the dreamer, the kid who is just getting started. It could be a kid, it could be an adult, it could be a grandparent. We want to continue to encourage those sorts of developers. We build a store based on individual entrepreneurs, not so much catering to large corporate interests. And so we really wanted to figure out how do we solve for that.
We haven’t figured out that solution here. I fully appreciate that. We looked at the data. We didn’t see many examples of where you had that viral app or an app just took off that incurred huge costs. That said, I don’t care what the data said. We don’t care what the data said. We want people to continue to feel… and not be scared… some parents… hey, I’ve got four kids who play around with this stuff. I don’t have five million euros to pay. This is something we need to figure out, and it is something we’re working on. So I would say on that one, stay tuned.
It is not clear when Apple might come up with a solution or what that solution might be, but it sounds like the company might soon have some kind of option for these rare fringe cases when an app goes unexpectedly viral.
The 0.50 euro Core Technology Fee (CTF) that Apple is charging applies to all apps created under Apple’s new business terms, both those distributed in the App Store and those distributed outside of the App Store in the European Union. The CTF must be paid for every “first” app install over one million installs.
A free app that is distributed outside of the App Store and downloaded over a million times will owe 0.50 euros for every subsequent “first” install, aka the first time a customer downloads an app on a device each year. The fee is incurred whether or not an app charges, creating a situation where an app developer could owe Apple money without ever making a dime.
As it stands, the CTF is a major unknown for any kind of freemium or free app built under the new business terms that might go viral, effectively making it very risky to develop a free or freemium app outside of the App Store. A free or freemium app that gets two million annual “first installs” would need to pay an estimated $45,290 in fees per month, or more than half a million dollars per year, even with no money earned. That’s not a sustainable model for free apps, and freemium apps would need to earn at least 0.50 euros per user to break even.
App developers are able to continue to use Apple’s current App Store business terms instead of adopting the new terms, paying just 15 to 30 percent commission to Apple with no change. That prevents distribution outside of the App Store, and it prevents developers from using third-party alternative payment solutions in the App Store. Adopting any of the new features that Apple has implemented because of the Digital Markets Act requires opting in to the updated business terms.
Apple has been tweaking the app ecosystem rules that it introduced in the European Union based on developer feedback. Developers can now opt back in to the current App Store rules after trying out the new rules, though this is only available one time. Apple also recently did away with an app marketplace restriction that required alternative marketplaces to offer apps from any third-party developer that wanted to participate.
Third-party app stores are now able to offer apps only from their own catalog, and developers will soon be able to distribute apps directly from their websites as long as they meet Apple’s requirements. Note that all of these changes are limited to the European Union, and the App Store is operating as before in the United States and other countries.
Apple today highlighted the Vision Pro’s ability to aid the healthcare industry, showcasing a wide range of apps now available on the visionOSApp Store.
Apple explained how immersive apps that blend digital content with the physical world can transform how medical professionals train, plan surgeries, and engage in patient care both in clinical settings and at home. For example, the myMako app leverages the Vision Pro’s 3D capabilities to enhance surgical planning, providing surgeons with intuitive and dynamic access to surgical plans and insights. On the other hand, CyranoHealth utilizes spatial computing to offer comprehensive, immersive training on medical equipment, aiming to boost confidence and reduce anxiety among frontline healthcare workers.
Siemens Healthineers’ Cinematic Reality app creates immersive, interactive holograms of human anatomy, enhancing medical education and patient consultations. Epic Systems is reimagining patient record management with the Epic Spatial Computing Concept, allowing healthcare professionals to interact with patient data using intuitive gestures and spatial computing. Meanwhile, Cedars-Sinai’s Xaia offers a unique approach to mental health support, providing AI-enabled, conversational therapy in customizable, calming environments. See Apple’s full article over on its newsroom webpage for more information.
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QNAP has announced the availability of its new NetBak PC Agent, a license-free full system backup solution for Windows. Imagine you’re working on your Windows PC or managing a server, and suddenly, disaster strikes. A virus, a hardware failure, or even a simple mistake could put all your important files at risk. That’s where QNAP Systems, Inc. steps in with their latest offering: the NetBak PC Agent. This new utility is designed to safeguard your data, ensuring that you can recover from any mishap without a hitch.
The NetBak PC Agent is a powerful tool that works in tandem with Hyper Data Protector on QNAP NAS systems, creating a complete backup service that doesn’t cost you extra for licenses. It’s built to protect your Windows systems efficiently, using advanced block-based backup technology. This means it captures your data in chunks, making the backup process faster and more reliable. If you ever need to recover your entire system, the NetBak PC Agent allows you to do so with ease. You can restore your system to new hardware using a USB boot disk, and you won’t have to go through the hassle of reinstalling your operating system or applications.
QNAP NetBak PC Agent
One of the standout features of this utility is the Synthetic Incremental Backup. This clever approach combines the best aspects of full and incremental backups. After the initial full backup, it only saves the changes made since then. This not only saves valuable storage space but also speeds up both the backup and restore processes. When it comes time to recover specific files or folders, the Backup Explorer feature provides a user-friendly interface. You can browse through different backup versions to find exactly what you need without any fuss.
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The NetBak PC Agent is designed to fit into your schedule seamlessly. It allows you to set up scheduled backups, so your data is automatically protected at intervals that work for you. The utility also includes features like global deduplication and recovery compression, which help to maximize your storage space and cut down on the time it takes to restore your system.
Windows Backup Solution
To use the NetBak PC Agent, you’ll need a few things. Your NAS should be x86-based with an Intel or AMD CPU and at least 4 GB of RAM. It should also be running QTS 4.5.4 or later, or QuTS hero h4.5.4 or later. As for compatibility, the backup solution works with Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server 2016, 2019, and 2022. This broad compatibility ensures that the NetBak PC Agent is suitable for a wide range of users, from IT professionals to individuals who just want to keep their personal data safe.
With the NetBak PC Agent, QNAP has delivered a sophisticated backup tool that puts the user’s needs first. Its advanced features, like block-based technology and Synthetic Incremental Backup, make it an essential part of any data protection plan. By choosing the NetBak PC Agent, you’re not just backing up your data; you’re securing your peace of mind, knowing that your files are safe no matter what happens. So, take the step to protect your data today with QNAP’s NetBak PC Agent and rest easy knowing that your information is in good hands.
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If you are looking for a high performance open source storage solution you might be interested in MinIO. Offering S3 compatibility and allowing users to host their data on their own servers. It provides an alternative to AWS S3, addressing concerns about proprietary software risks and potential performance issues. MinIO supports features such as buckets, access policies, versioning, and object locking. It can be installed on a user’s own server or through a cloud platform service, which can handle installation, backup, updates, and maintenance.
The platform’s user interface includes options for dark and light modes, and it guides users through creating buckets and managing data. MinIO also offers the ability to create public or private buckets, version control, and access management through user and service accounts. Advanced features include event-based actions, monitoring, metrics, and tiering for automated data management. The platform is scalable, supporting site replication and cluster expansion.
MinIO is a heavyweight in the world of data storage, offering a level of performance that can go toe-to-toe with industry giants like AWS S3. But what sets it apart is its open-source nature, giving you the reins to steer your data management in any direction you choose. This is especially valuable if you’re looking to spread your storage solutions across different platforms or if you’re planning to migrate away from AWS S3.
One of the standout features of MinIO is its seamless compatibility with Amazon S3 APIs. This means you can easily integrate it with a plethora of services and tools you’re already using, making the transition smooth and hassle-free. If you’re considering diversifying your storage options or moving away from a sole reliance on AWS S3, MinIO’s compatibility is a significant advantage.
MinIO Data Object Storage
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When it comes to handling your data, MinIO doesn’t play around. You can set it up on your own infrastructure, or opt for a cloud service that takes care of the installation and upkeep for you. This flexibility allows you to choose the path that best aligns with your organization’s needs and goals. The user interface of MinIO is a breath of fresh air, designed to be straightforward and user-friendly. It doesn’t matter if you’re a fan of dark or light mode; the interface has got you covered with all the essential tools you need. You can create buckets, manage versions, lock objects, and set quotas—all with a few clicks.
But what about keeping your data safe? MinIO has you covered there, too. You can create both public and private buckets, ensuring that your data is accessible only to those you permit. The platform also comes equipped with robust user and service account management tools, so you can set precise access policies and maintain tight control over who can modify or view your data.
MinIO is Built to Scale
Efficiency is key in any operation, and MinIO understands that. It offers event-based actions that can automate your workflows, boosting your operational efficiency. Plus, with its monitoring tools, you’ll get valuable insights into how your storage is being used and how it’s performing, enabling you to make smart, data-driven decisions.
As your organization grows, so do your storage needs. MinIO is built to scale right alongside you. It supports site replication and cluster expansion, which means you can increase your storage capacity whenever you need to. And you won’t have to worry about performance taking a hit as you grow; MinIO is engineered to provide rapid data access, no matter how large your storage demands become.
MinIO is more than just a storage solution; it’s a powerful tool that offers you the flexibility and control you need to manage your data effectively. With its S3 compatibility, user-friendly interface, and advanced features for scalability and automation, MinIO is an excellent choice for any organization looking to step up its data storage game. Whether you’re searching for an alternative to AWS S3 or you simply desire more control over your storage infrastructure, MinIO has the capabilities to meet—and exceed—your expectations.
So, if you’re ready to take the next step in data storage and management, consider MinIO. It’s not just about storing data; it’s about empowering you to manage, secure, and scale your data storage in a way that aligns with your organization’s unique needs. With MinIO, you’re not just choosing a storage solution; you’re choosing a partner that grows with you, ensuring that your data is always in the right hands—yours.
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