When Daniel de Bruin was still a student, he designed the 'Neurotransmitter 3000,' a custom thrill ride controlled by fear. His friends, Bas Bakx and Pim Keunen, helped him develop sensors that gather the biometric data that instructs the swing on fast it should go.With the finan … | Continue reading
Something unexpected happened recently at the Facebook Artificial Intelligence Research lab. Researchers who had been training bots to negotiate with one another realized that the bots, left to their own devices, started communicating in a non-human language.In order to actually … | Continue reading
These days, the idea of bots on Twitter might be associated more with accounts that auto-Tweet, auto-like, and auto-retweet messages, or are corralled into large armies that follow people and do other things en-masse. But as the idea of artificial-intelligence- driven messengers … | Continue reading
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Universal Publishing Production Music, part of Universal Group, is hosting a beach-themed launch party at Cannes Lions Festival for a brand announcement. | Continue reading
Microsoft’s recently updated communications app Skype has been suffering connectivity issues which began on Monday, June 19th, and are continuing today. After hours of downtime on Monday, the company confirmed the issue via a blog post and tweet, which stated that an incident wa … | Continue reading
Amazon is launching Prime Wardrobe, a new program that will let you try on clothes before you buy them. Once you select at least three Prime Wardrobe-eligible pieces from over a million clothing options, Amazon will ship your selections to you in a resealable return box with a pr … | Continue reading
Crytek has released a gameplay video showing off Hunt: Showdown, it's new in the works multiplayer first-person shooter.Hunt: Showdown emerged from the ashes of Hunt: Horrors of the Gilded Age, the co-op action game from defunct studio Crytek USA.Crytek has suffered high-profile … | Continue reading
When designer Adriaan de Jongh and artist Sylvain Tegroeg released Hidden Folks earlier this year, there was one piece of feedback that they heard plenty of. “A lot of people wanted more areas,” says de Jongh. “And a lot of people were very vocal about it.” The Where’s Waldo?-sty … | Continue reading
Boardroom meetings in the office look a lot different today than they used to. With new tech like video calling, iPhones, etc, it's easier now than ever to call into or broadcast a conference meeting. But the age old conference question still stands: can everybody be heard?Now, t … | Continue reading
Mozilla has released the Android version of its Firefox Focus browser, which makes it easier to get rid of website ad trackers, among other features. | Continue reading
Netflix is putting a new spin on the old Gamebook genre. Today the company announced that it’s launching an all-new interactive format that ultimately turns viewers into legitimate storytellers. In comparison to standard television, these so-called interactive shows put the viewe … | Continue reading
Government agencies in India are reportedly moving closer to developing regulations around cryptocurrencies.Source | Continue reading
Erinnert ihr euch an den schwedischen Bastler, der letztes Jahr in seinem selbstgebauten Octocopter von einer Waldichtung zum Testflug abhob? Sein Sessel-basiertes Flugvehikel war eigentlich schon recht beeindruckend, aber für den nur unter seinem... | Continue reading
There’s a new prediction on how Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods will change customer service. Brick and mortar stores will start sporting the same customer service apps provide. One company that has a particular expertise in this field is Helpshift which provides customer sup … | Continue reading
Despite initial pre-launch concerns, Nintendo's Switch enjoyed a great debut and its software line-up has managed to impress from day one. We've enjoyed one of the best Zelda games ever, swiftly followed up by an excellent port of Mario Kart 8, bolstered further by the impressive … | Continue reading
The GBPUSD pair is poised for some fireworks towards the end of the week. Currently, the GBP/USD pair is trading at 1.2923 (+0.13%) on Wednesday, 7 June 2017. The UK general election is not expected to generate a surprise result, although Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is certainly … | Continue reading
Netflix has confirmed longstanding rumors that it has been working on interactive storytelling content that emulates the Choose Your Own Adventure books that emerged in the 1970s. Reports first started to surface back in March that Netflix was preparing to launch a new kind of pr … | Continue reading
It’s easy for small businesses to get discouraged when looking at all of the financial resources that larger brands have available at their disposal. However, just because you don’t have a six- or seven-figure marketing...read more | Continue reading
It’s easy for small businesses to get discouraged when looking at all of the financial resources that larger brands have available at their disposal. However, just because you don’t have a six- or seven-figure marketing...read moreThe post 4 Free Methods to Excel at Digital Marke … | Continue reading
Unsure of which social media platform makes the most sense for your business? Our best practices can help you reach your audience the right way. | Continue reading
Pioneer is launching a new Lightning-connected speaker today called the Rayz Rally that is designed to host conference calls. The Rally doesn’t have a battery inside, so it has to be plugged into your iPhone to work. (You could also make calls over your iPad or iPod Touch.) On th … | Continue reading
Getting stuck in traffic on a hot, stuffy day. Waiting for hours in line with screaming kids. Sitting at a restaurant for over an hour and a half until you’re … | Continue reading
Real estate is one of those industries that has been rather slow on the uptake of technology, which makes a lot of sense. Buying and selling a home is one of the biggest, most personal decisions in a person’s life, and the shift to online browsing, transactions, etc. was bound t … | Continue reading
With great power comes great responsibility (and, well, a learning curve). Use these seven keys to unlock your team's potential with CoSchedule. | Continue reading
Washington, D.C. (June 20, 2017)-- Defined by a racist mythology and entrenched in belief that its leader holds supernatural status, North Korea poses a foreign-policy minefield for President Donald Trump, just as it has for every one of his modern predecessors. Compounding the c … | Continue reading
Netflix today announced the debut of “interactive” stories on its service – a sort of choose-your-own-adventure style of storytelling, where viewers get to decide what happens next. The new stories, whose development was rumored earlier this year, will initially cater to Netflix … | Continue reading
Can't wait for the Witcher Netflix series? This 30-minute Witcher fan film, Alzur's Legacy, looks surprisingly good. Perhaps it's because it's professionally made by a recognised Polish cast and competent crew - or perhaps it's because the main character isn't Geralt.Alzur's Lega … | Continue reading
Codeanywhere, a cross platform cloud IDE for creating web apps and sites has acquired Codebender, another cloud IDE that enables users to develop for Arduino devices. This is Codeanywhere’s first acquisition and financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Codebender a … | Continue reading
Venmo bank transfers are getting faster: PayPal announced that users will soon be able to send funds from their Venmo accounts to their banks in minutes for an extra 25 cents per transaction, as opposed to the day or so it currently takes to transfer funds. PayPal seems to be rea … | Continue reading
Food Network is set to launch its Ice Dream van tomorrow (21 June) in central London, in response to research that 56 percent of adults would like to return to their childhood. | Continue reading
Images of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered standalone have leaked online.CharlieIntel.com received images of the game case, sourced from US shop Target, with a 27th June release date and a $39.99 price point (we don't know how much it'll cost in the UK).According to the im … | Continue reading
Amazon’s latest perk for Prime members could make us more stylish by letting us buy everything that catches our eye and return what doesn’t fit. Today Amazon revealed Amazon Prime Wardrobe, which is currently in beta, but you can sign up to be notified when it launchesFirst you … | Continue reading
In the market for an inexpensive pair of headphones with studio-quality sound? One of our recent favorites is the Status Audio CB-1, and this week, the company is offering Verge readers 21 percent off.Studio-quality sound at a budget priceAs mentioned in our review, CB-1 headphon … | Continue reading
The Entertainment Software Association, the industry group that operates the influential Electronic Entertainment Expo tradeshow in Los Angeles each June, sold E3 tickets to the public for the first time this year. And it was easy to spot the rookie attendees — not just because t … | Continue reading
Der Coder Chris Rodley hat die AI-basierte Stiltransfer-Funktion, die ja nicht nur auf alte Meister angewendet werden kann, für ein kleines Experiment genutzt, dessen Resultat Dinoflaurs sind: Dinosaurier, die aus Blumen bestehen. Für das... | Continue reading
Facebook is a powerful platform for any marketer, a forum that can not only reach millions of people at any given moment, but one that allows you to narrow your audience to desirable potentials. So what gives? Your ads aren't making the mark you hoped they would, and you feel lik … | Continue reading
There are numerous tasks that require massive amounts of processing power. But the access to such -powerful machines doesn’t always come that easy, at least until now. SONM, a blockchain project is on a mission to solve the problem by creating a universal fog supercomputer that m … | Continue reading
There are multiple ways of answering the question, "Why do I need a website?". For an example, it's the hub of your business online. | Continue reading
Will the fidget spinner craze ever end? One day, maybe. But right now, Google is just adding fuel to the fire. The company known for pranks and easter eggs hid a functional, virtual fidget spinner inside its Search site. SEE ALSO: Forget fidget spinners, these mini rollers are th … | Continue reading
Fitbit is finally making the leap to the major leagues.Fitbit and the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves have signed a deal to make the wearable maker just the seventh jersey patch sponsor in the NBA, as the league experiments with a brand new advertising opportunity. It's the first ti … | Continue reading
Several factors are making it more likely than ever that your market will be commoditized. Here's what to do about it if and when that happens. | Continue reading
Back in February, Jam City and its in-house development studio TinyCo teased a new mobile game based on the Futurama animated series called Futurama: Worlds of Tomorrow. At that time we really had no idea what type of game this would be based on the single teaser image, but just … | Continue reading
One of the first times Ross Hoffman met Headspace CEO Rich Pierson when talking about a role running the company’s business, Pierson was not talking a lot about business. Instead, he was peppering Hoffman with questions about himself, telling stories about users, and talking abo … | Continue reading
Late last year, Firefox introduced a new, private web browser for iPhone, called Firefox Focus. The browser by default blocks ad trackers and can erase your browsing history, including passwords and cookies. Now, over a half year later, Firefox is bringing the Focus browser to A … | Continue reading
Hyperloop Transportation Technologies has found a few new licensee clients for its Hyperloop technology, a group of South Korean entities including the government and two of its educational institutions, who will use HTT’s research and tech to construct a full scale Hyperloop ne … | Continue reading
PayPal announced this morning a plan to speed up money transfers between its service, Venmo and users’ bank accounts for those with supported MasterCard and Visa debit cards. This new “instant transfers” service will be available at a rate of $0.25 per transaction, and will deli … | Continue reading
Learn how to turn your branded video content into a cornerstone of your conversion strategy. | Continue reading