All articles tagged with #categorization
Valve is adding custom categories to Steam wishlists with improved search and sharing, and expanding gifting options with guest checkout and cross-region gifting to make buying games for others easier.
Neuroscientists Lisa Feldman Barrett and Earl Miller argue that the brain constructs categories on the fly through predictions before sensory input, meaning we infer what we’re seeing (like a cat) based on past experience, bodily signals, and language. This predictive view challenges bottom-up ideas of perception and ties bias, beginner’s mind, and even mental-health concepts to how we categorize the world.
Google Drive may soon introduce a feature allowing users to categorize files into groups such as banking and work for better organization, as revealed by hidden code in the app. This feature, similar to Google Workspace's labeling system, could be available across Android, iOS, and the web, and may involve AI processing for file categorization. While the release date is uncertain, an announcement could potentially be made at Google I/O 2024.
Meta's Twitter competitor, Threads, is introducing "Tags," a simplified version of hashtags, allowing users to categorize their posts and make them easier to find. Unlike hashtags, only one tag can be added per post, preventing the flooding of posts with multiple tags. Tags appear as blue text in the post, similar to hyperlinks. Threads is also rumored to be launching in Europe this month.