Comment TFA says it all. (Score 2) 49
From TFA:
9to5Google’s Take
This seems dumb?
Google Phone Starts Rolling Out 'Audio Emoji' (9to5google.com) 49
The Google Phone app is rolling out "Audio Emoji" to some users as part of an incoming update in the beta channel, version 128. As 9to5Google reports, they are "essentially stock sound effects attached to one of six different emoji." The list includes: clapping (applause), laughing, party, crying (trombone), poop, and sting (ba dum tss). From the report: When you, as the caller, select one of these "Audio Emoji," the Google Phone app will play a fun animation while a sound effect plays for a couple of seconds. The sound effect is heard on both ends of the phone call. There does seem to be a limit on how often you can use these sound effects, as there's a bit of a "cooldown" in between that prevents you from playing sounds back to back. That's probably for the best in the case of some of these.
Comment Re:Thank god, we'll know what killed them (Score 1) 161
I'd rather try to invent something that makes kid spit those things out instead of swallowing them.
TFS notes:
The battery also features more secure packaging and a nontoxic bitter coating.
Comment Re:Young kids are smarter than you think (Score 2) 161
By the time mine was about 2 she could easily take stuff apart on her own and unfortunately you can hide stuff, you can watch them as much as you can , but occasionally they'll do things they shouldn't when you're not looking.
That was true with me; my parents said I routinely took apart all sorts of things, including my crib. I think a lot of the comments saying this is 100% preventable are by people who don't have kids or haven't had to watch them for any extended period. Same goes for pets -- like dogs eating chocolate and getting sick.
Comment Re:Legislation... (Score 0) 161
It happens to inattentive parents. Just like kids chugging parents' drugs happens thousands of times for thousands of reasons to inattentive parents.
Dogs eating chocolate
Comment Re:Legislation... (Score 1) 161
Ya, sorry. As I noted in another post, I didn't edit/add enough before getting distracted and errantly clicking through. No way to then edit/delete... I'd like to blame my KVM (which does something weird whenever Windows polls it) but was most likely me not paying enough attention. I'll probably end up swallowing a battery later today.
Comment Re:Legislation... (Score 1) 161
So woman fails to watch her baby. Instead of going "FML, I failed as a parent" woman decides to blame society
Sexist much?
The person's name is Trista Hamsmith who prefers the pronouns "her" and "she" and claims to be a "woman". What's your problem with that?
Sorry, I meant to edit/add more, but got distracted -- by a baby eating a coin battery (kidding) -- and then clicked though. TFA notes that this happens thousands of times, for thousands of reasons -- including with pets -- presumably with mothers and fathers. She didn't blame society, just decided to do something about it.
Comment Re:Even better idea (Score 3, Interesting) 161
This has already been developed for button type batteries: TU Delft and RUG/UMCG join forces to develop child-friendly button cell
Interesting.
That article also suggests giving a child who swallows a coin battery honey -- doesn't say why that is effective -- then taking the kid to a doctor. I'll note that babies under 1-year shouldn't eat honey because, "a type of bacteria (called Clostridium) that causes infant botulism can be found in honey." So there's that... coin battery vs. potential botulism.
Comment Re:More technoligcal solutions (Score 1) 161
to social problems. Be a parent and keep harmful things away from children.
Babies and young children get into all sorts of things -- pets too. In addition, all kinds of babies (human, puppy, etc...) explore the world by putting things in their mouths. Shiny things, like coin batteries, are especially attractive.
Comment Re:Legislation... (Score 1) 161
Noting that this happens way more than it should in many households, she worked to help make things safer. Babies (pets too) get into all sorts of things, no matter how good/attentive parents are -- both mothers *and* fathers.
Comment Re:If Mom Put The Batteries Immediately In The Dil (Score 2) 161
What dildo takes a coin/button battery?
Comment Re:Legislation... (Score 0) 161
So woman fails to watch her baby. Instead of going "FML, I failed as a parent" woman decides to blame society
Sexist much?
Submission + - Microsoft To Invest $2.2 Billion In Cloud and AI Services In Malaysia (reuters.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Microsoft said on Thursday it will invest $2.2 billion over the next four years in Malaysia to expand cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) services in the company's latest push to promote its generative AI technology in Asia. The investment, the largest in Microsoft's 32-year history in Malaysia, will include building cloud and AI infrastructure, creating AI-skilling opportunities for 200,000 people, and supporting the country's developers, the company said.
Microsoft will also work with the Malaysian government to establish a national AI Centre of Excellence and enhance the nation's cybersecurity capabilities, the company said in a statement. Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, who met Nadella on Thursday, said the investment supported Malaysia's efforts in developing its AI capabilities. Microsoft is trying to expand its support for the development of AI globally. Nadella this week announced a $1.7 billion investment in neighboring Indonesia and said Microsoft would open its first regional data centre in Thailand.
Microsoft will also work with the Malaysian government to establish a national AI Centre of Excellence and enhance the nation's cybersecurity capabilities, the company said in a statement. Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, who met Nadella on Thursday, said the investment supported Malaysia's efforts in developing its AI capabilities. Microsoft is trying to expand its support for the development of AI globally. Nadella this week announced a $1.7 billion investment in neighboring Indonesia and said Microsoft would open its first regional data centre in Thailand.
A New Battery Warns Parents if Their Child Has Swallowed It (nytimes.com) 161
A new battery from Energizer comes with "color alert technology" to alert parents if their child has swallowed one. When the coin lithium battery comes into contact with saliva, it activates a blue dye "so parents and caregivers know that medical attention could be required," reports the New York Times. The battery also features more secure packaging and a nontoxic bitter coating. From the report: The new coin lithium battery features more secure packaging, a nontoxic bitter coating to discourage swallowing and "color alert technology" that activates a blue dye when the battery comes into contact with moisture, like saliva, so parents and caregivers know that medical attention could be required. The new battery was announced in a video last week by Energizer and Trista Hamsmith, whose 18-month-old daughter died after swallowing a button battery from a remote control. Ms. Hamsmith founded a nonprofit organization focused on children's safety, successfully advocated for legislation, known as Reese's Law, that requires a secure compartment of the batteries in products that use them as well as stronger warning labels on all packaging, and is now working to make the batteries themselves safer.
Ingested coin or button batteries result in thousands of emergency hospital visits each year, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, which notes that "the consequences of a child swallowing a battery can be immediate, devastating and deadly." "A button cell battery can burn through a child's throat or esophagus in as little as two hours if swallowed," according to the agency. Secure packaging and bitter coatings for batteries have long existed, but "the massive breakthrough here is the color alert technology, which helps give caretakers that indicator that something has happened," Jeff Roth, the global category leader for batteries at Energizer, said in an interview on Wednesday. "The most significant part about this is getting help early in the process," he said. "That's really what the color alert technology allows the family to do."
Ingested coin or button batteries result in thousands of emergency hospital visits each year, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, which notes that "the consequences of a child swallowing a battery can be immediate, devastating and deadly." "A button cell battery can burn through a child's throat or esophagus in as little as two hours if swallowed," according to the agency. Secure packaging and bitter coatings for batteries have long existed, but "the massive breakthrough here is the color alert technology, which helps give caretakers that indicator that something has happened," Jeff Roth, the global category leader for batteries at Energizer, said in an interview on Wednesday. "The most significant part about this is getting help early in the process," he said. "That's really what the color alert technology allows the family to do."
Comment tough choice (Score 4, Insightful) 12
Pretty difficult to find a worse choice, I'd say.
Zynga. A name that makes everyone who knows what it means turn around and run the other way. An exploitative evil empire.
If after Unity got extensive flak for trying to push through a hostile pricing model someone asked what kind of person to choose as the next CEO to remove that stain from your reputation - I think "CEO of Zynga" came dead last by a wide margin and then some intern sorted the list the wrong way around.
My confidence that Unity is going to do the right thing just dropped from zero to absolute zero.
