In early October, Samsung acquired Viv Labs, a startup formed by the creators of Siri, which impressed audiences with its digital assistant called Viv. Now, the company has confirmed that it will be including the service in its upcoming Galaxy S8 smartphone.According to Reuters, … | Continue reading
GUEST: “Reply to the important email from your boss.” “Wear that blue-colored dress today, it matches your new shoes.” “Go to Tahiti on vacation, there is a good price now for tickets for this destination.” All of these pieces of advice and more come from AI assistants. A wide ra … | Continue reading
Leah Reich was one of the first internet advice columnists. Her column "Ask Leah" ran on IGN, where she gave advice to gamers for two and a half years. During the day, Leah is Slack’s user researcher, but her views here do not represent her employer. How to be Human runs every ot … | Continue reading
The ChronoBank blockchain powered platform is on its way to disrupt the short-term recruitment market. As the Sydney, Australia based team works on the platform while preparing for the upcoming ICO. We decided to connect with one of the co-founders of ChronoBank, Edway Group Limi … | Continue reading
The iPhone's new "Bedtime" functionality within the alarm clock app is an innovative and interesting introduction. Working on the basis that being consistent with the amount of sleep you get (i.e., going to bed and waking up at the same time every day) is better for your health, … | Continue reading
You could say that a lot of the users in The Walking Dead: No Man’s Land mobile game were zombies. That’s because they just weren’t human. Next Games discovered that hundreds of thousands of users provided by several advertising networks weren’t real people. It uncovered them usi … | Continue reading
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The Scots have always been receptive towards cryptocurrencies. There have been numerous proposals to implement digital currencies once the country separates itself from the United Kingdom. While the first Scottish Referendum failed to garner enough support for independence, many … | Continue reading
GUEST: A workplace dynamic I’ve always found fascinating is the instinctual need for people to size up the technical depth of a technology leader upon first introduction. The technologists in the room want to determine if the manager understands what they do on a daily basis. The … | Continue reading
This election has been an exhausting slog, winding down to the final days of anxiety and apocalyptic fears. If I had to judge the current mood of the electorate, I’d say it resembles the look on Harvey Firestein’s face in Independence Day right before he’s consumed by the giant f … | Continue reading
In its last show before the 2016 Presidential election, Saturday Night Live checked in with Alec Baldwin’s Donald Trump and Kate McKinnon’s Hillary Clinton one final time before Tuesday, with both actors breaking character to urge voters to head to the polls. The cold open starte … | Continue reading
A bitcoin mining conference held by one of the network's largest miners saw what some have labeled an unscientific discussion of scaling the network.Source | Continue reading
One of the most iconic moments in the WWII film Saving Private Ryan occurs near the end, when sniper Private Daniel Jackson strikes down soldier after soldier from a clocktower post. His scope settles on the turret of a German Tiger tank, which slowly glides upward until it meets … | Continue reading
Money is not the tool of the moochers, who claim your product by tears, or of the looters, who take it from you by force. Money is mad... | Continue reading
An industry commentator looks at moves by tech industry incumbents to capture the emerging blockchain market, and offers a warning for the futureSource | Continue reading
Quite a few interesting discussions are taking place in the Bitcoin ecosystem right now. Roger Ver, one of the few prominent early Bitcoin adopters, recently issued an interesting statement. He discussing upping the Bitcoin block reward from 12.5 BTC back to 25 BTC, by paying hal … | Continue reading
Diameter Accounting follows Server Directed Model, means server tells accounting consumer, that is generation accounting data; how the generated accounting data shall be transferred to server. Defendant compensated the named plaintiffs and the class members on a wage only” found … | Continue reading
Es scheint so als würde Samsung auch mit dem Galaxy S7 auf ein öffentliches Beta-Programm für die Perfektionierung von Android Nougat setzen. Im Play Store (derzeit nur in UK) findet sich die "Galaxy Beta Program" App, mit der das realisiert... | Continue reading
France is known around the world for its academic contribution to AI and machine learning. Now the country is hoping that will translate into a new generation of startups. | Continue reading
Dzień dobry, Nadchodzi zimna i wietrzna faza jesieni, a wraz z nią moja gastrofaza na rosół. Jest kilka tygodni w roku, zwłaszcza wtedy kiedy... | Continue reading
Wer sich auf der Vorstellung von Apples neuen MacBook Pro gewundert hatte, warum sie die Qualitäten der Touch Bar mit Garage Band und dieser merkwürdige DJ-App zeigten, aber nicht auf dem wesentlich professionelleren Logic, der bekommt jetzt... | Continue reading
The easiest way to win an election is to get the people who might vote for your opponent to not vote. TV has proven an effective engine behind this strategy, and voter turnout has plummeted since campaigns began running significant... | Continue reading
Every time a report related to ransomware is published, there is a growing reason for concern. Although the public knows about this threat, the number of attacks continues to increase. In fact, a new Kaspersky Labs report indicates things are starting to get out hand rather quick … | Continue reading
Wir hatten die Android One Serie fast vergessen. Kein Wunder, denn hierzulande sind die Android Smartphones für das untere Marktsegment ja meist auch nicht erhältlich. Der türkische Hersteller General Mobile allerdings bringt gelegentlich... | Continue reading
Es ist noch erstaunlich still um das kommende HTC Bolt, das als Nachfolger des HTC 10 in Kürze erscheinen soll. Jetzt gibt es zumindest aber eine Neuigkeit: es wird neben der schon bekannten silbernen Version auch eine schwarze geben.Am 11. November... | Continue reading
DECENT, the blockchain based decentralized, peer-to-peer content sharing platform has launched a demo application. The new web app launched just a few days before the end of its ongoing ICO offers a better understanding of what DECENT has set out to achieve. The prototype applica … | Continue reading
Kein neues iPhone SE im kommenden Frühling? Der treffsichere KGI Securities-Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo jedenfalls scheint sich sicher zu sein: Apple wird im ersten Halbjahr 2017 auf die Neuauflage des kleinsten iPhone verzichten, um die High-End-Modelle... | Continue reading
Bitcoin is not the only cryptocurrency of importance anymore. The altcoin revolution that followed Bitcoin, thanks to the open source nature of Bitcoin code is slowly catching up with mainstream economy. Proving it is the recent development involving DASH — the 7th largest crypto … | Continue reading
GUEST: The White House released its much anticipated document last May, entitled “Preparing for the Future of Artificial Intelligence.” Sent from the Office of the President and the National Science and Technology Council Committee on Technology (or NSTC), the report is 58 pages … | Continue reading
Key Points Bitcoin price jaw dropped back towards $650 after a solid ride towards the $750 level. There is a crucial bullish trend line formed on the 4-hours chart (data feed from SimpleFX) of BTC/USD, which is acting as a support zone. The 100 simple moving average is also on th … | Continue reading
(Reuters) – Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Sunday it would launch an artificial intelligence digital assistant service for its upcoming Galaxy S8 smartphone, seeking to rebound from the Galaxy Note 7’s collapse and differentiate its devices. The world’s top smartphone maker i … | Continue reading
At a rally in Reno, Nev., on Saturday, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump was rushed off stage after a man yelled "gun." The Secret Service said no weapon was found after a search of the suspect. Photo: Associated Press | Continue reading
Ethereum price has started a recovery against the US dollar, but it faces a major resistance on the upside, making buyers nervous. | Continue reading
Deadlines are incredibly destructive to team productivity and morale.Continue reading on JavaScript Scene » | Continue reading
GUEST: Machine Zone has a convoy, but the consoles have the big numbers GamesBeat has partnered with iSpot.tv, which measures TV advertising in real-time, to bring you a monthly report on how gaming brands are spending. The results below are for the top five spending gaming indus … | Continue reading
Every company has a board of directors — but few founders and entrepreneurs give the matter of board composition much thought. We’d like to offer some advice to founders and CEOs seeking to learn more about their boards, as well as to people who have been invited to sit on a boar … | Continue reading
GUEST: While most people want to save more, the vast majority has a hard time putting money aside to meet their own savings goals. In fact, a recent survey found that as many as 63% of Americans are unable to set aside enough money (at least $1,000) to cover unexpected or emergen … | Continue reading
Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp is experimenting with a new Status feature that lets users share mood-setting pictures and videos overlaid with other custom elements such as emoji, with the content disappearing 24 hours after it’s shared — so basically a copy of Snapchat St … | Continue reading
GUEST: Marketing in the 2000s was dominated by search engine marketing and optimization (SEM and SEO). The early 2010s saw the rise of Facebook and social media marketing. Most recently, we’ve seen mobile marketing rise and plateau as users have stopped downloading new apps. Now, … | Continue reading
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This post is based on a lightning talk I gave at CocoaConf San Jose a couple of days ago.It’s that time of year– the time when summer time, or “Daylight Saving Time” as we for some reason call it in the USA– is ending. That time when a developer’s thoughts turn to date math and w … | Continue reading
I was swiping through my Twitter timeline the other night when I saw a really interesting tweet from Kent C Dodds, a great JavaScript developer who works at PayPal, and someone you should really follow on Twitter if you don't already. He asked the following question. [POLL]: Is i … | Continue reading
The $69 Pocket C.H.I.P. computer has gotten a software update that enables 3D acceleration on the ARM-based device. Now it can run games such as Quake III. The updated software and device are now available for holiday gift purchases. The Pocket Chip (spelled Pocket C.H.I.P. by th … | Continue reading
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The correlation between Bitcoin and the hemp industry has been mentioned a fair few times in the past. But things are evolving in a very different direction compared to what people assumed at first. Various hemp farmers located in Colorado are suffering from issues with their ban … | Continue reading
ARK, the development team behind new age blockchain products and services has announced the launch of their upcoming ICO. The initial coin offering, better known in ARK’s terms as Token Exchange Campaign or ARK TEC is slated to go live on November 7, 2016. During the 34-day long … | Continue reading