Link About It: This Week’s Picks

$2,000 beer, Hypercolor cars, Google's Quantum AI Lab and more in our weekly look at the web

1. Google’s Quantum AI Lab In May, Google launched its collaborative computing project with NASA and D-Wave, which is aimed at pushing the limits of understanding in everything from medicine to space travel. Now we are getting a first look at the groundbreaking artificial intelligence program that has to operate at sub-zero temperatures. The gravity of the work at the lab really cannot be overstated: …

Make your Smartphone Smarter

$2,000 beer, Hypercolor cars, Google's Quantum AI Lab and more in our weekly look at the web

The latest smartphone cameras are beginning to surpass even the most high-end point-and-shoot digital cameras. Currently funding on Kickstarter, the Beastgrip takes smartphone photography add-ons to a new level. Compatible with just about every smartphone on the market, the Beastgrip lets you use lenses, flashes and filters from your existing SLR kit. The rig keeps a 37mm threaded lens mount tightly lined up with the …

Ezra Koenig Reviews Drake, Not Really

$2,000 beer, Hypercolor cars, Google's Quantum AI Lab and more in our weekly look at the web

The Talkhouse is a burgeoning online platform in which musicians review albums by fellow artists. While Lou Reed’s iconic review of Kanye West’s Yeezus was serious and insightful, a review by Vampire Weekend lead singer Ezra Koenig of Drake’s new album Nothing Was The Same might leave you scratching your head. Koenig gives Drake a 10 out of 10 but admits from the start, “I …