Facial and emotional recognition; how one man is advancing AI

Scott Pelley reports on the developments in artificial intelligence brought about by venture capitalist Kai-Fu Lee’s investments and China's effort to dominate the AI field | Continue reading


@cbsnews.com | 5 years ago

Jason Reynolds is the superstar that literature needs right now

Jason Reynolds didn't read a book until he was almost 18. At 35, his prolific run of best-sellers are inspiring new generations to reimagine their future. | Continue reading


@huckmag.com | 5 years ago

Deiny

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@amazon.com | 5 years ago

Launch distributed system with docker-compose

To test a distributed system may often tough work. We need to make sure all nodes are running properly before running the test. We need to make sure all packages and source code are deployed properly in a distributed manner. We always do stuff like that everytime we change the co … | Continue reading


@lewuathe.com | 5 years ago

Querying Huawei 4G router to get the devices

Do you know Huawei 4G router provides a collection of API which accessible via HTTP? The API enables us to get the information of wifi router itself and even the devices connecting the router. That kind of API should be useful to make a tool in order to investigate the connectivi … | Continue reading


@lewuathe.com | 5 years ago

Fog of Cryptowar – Why it’s not about crypto regulation. (2017)

The Fog of Cryptowar - Why it’s not about crypto regulation. Over the last two years, politicians in the USA, UK and elsewhere have been threatening the regulation of strong cryptography. But the experts and journalists who have expressed concern over this have done so in ways th … | Continue reading


@opaque.link | 5 years ago

Google Maps incorrectly estimating Australian outback trip times

Business owners in south-west Queensland are worried that incorrect travel times on Google Maps are deterring tourists from making the trip to the bush. | Continue reading


@abc.net.au | 5 years ago

Free Carlos Ghosn

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@freeghosn.com | 5 years ago

Should I Use a Service Mesh Like Istio or Linkerd?

In this second installment of our two part series on the benefits of service meshes we explore why, where and when to use a service mesh and what lies beyond. | Continue reading


@glasnostic.com | 5 years ago

New evidence for cyclic universe claimed by Roger Penrose and colleagues

Cosmic microwave hot spots could point to black holes from before the Big Bang, but some physicists disagree | Continue reading


@physicsworld.com | 5 years ago

Swarm Robotics

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@en.wikipedia.org | 5 years ago

Subsidized Electric Scooter Startup Takes Aim at Bird, Lime

Launch scooter rentals in your city on top of Shared's platform. | Continue reading


@tryshared.com | 5 years ago

Apple’s new services strategy. Apple is commoditizing (some) of its complements

Apple announced their music and movie services will be available on non-Apple hardware. Whoa! This is huge. Ben Thompson correctly highlighted the importance, saying this shift in strategy (link $)… | Continue reading


@praxtime.com | 5 years ago

Understanding How Marginal Taxes Work: It’s All Party (Yet Again)

No self-respecting Washington policy wonk involved in the fiscal cliff negotiations can turn a blind eye to the public s response to possible tax and spending changes.The public doesn t always understand the terms being bandied about, though.Previously, Inotedconfusion about the … | Continue reading


@today.yougov.com | 5 years ago

Megashifts, AI and Why the Future Is More Unknowable Than Ever

The Disruptors is a podcast about the future of all of us where we look at the technologies, trends and societal norms like AI, automation, space exploration and life extension which will affect humanity's future. | Continue reading


@disruptors.fm | 5 years ago

New Technique Makes Electricity-Producing Bacteria More Useful Than Ever

Finding the right bacterium for the job is now easier than ever. | Continue reading


@futurism.com | 5 years ago

Google’s Brain Drain Should Alarm Us All

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@lauren.vortex.com | 5 years ago

Fresh Snaps from December 2018

Another month passes and we’ve got a collection of applications which crossed our “desk” (Twitter feed) during December 2018. Take a look down the list, and discover something new today. 1. travis Travis CI Developers!… | Continue reading


@blog.ubuntu.com | 5 years ago

Int ptr in Kotlin/Native

Passing int* to C from Kotlin/Native | Continue reading


@jonnyzzz.com | 5 years ago

DiscoverDev - curated engineering articles for Mon, 14 Jan 2019

The list of curated resources and software engineering blog posts for 2019-01-14 | Continue reading


@discoverdev.io | 5 years ago

The Cat Catches On Quick

"What? You want me to pose for a photo? Well, I suppose I could --" " -- wait, what?" "Oh, I get it. Smudgeception. Very cute, human." | Continue reading


@whatever.scalzi.com | 5 years ago

Excel data mapping with JavaScript in your browser

Importing data from Excel during your next on-boarding? With Data Janitor create a reproducible recipe to clean and map data. Do it online. | Continue reading


@medium.com | 5 years ago

How I (sometimes) achieve academic work life balance

I was a young father. Just twenty-one and a senior in college when my daughter was born in 2001. I probably don’t have to say this, but having a child at 21 wasn’t a smart move, generally: my (then)… | Continue reading


@medium.com | 5 years ago

Style Transfer – Styling Images with Convolutional Neural Networks

Creating Beautiful Image Effects | Continue reading


@towardsdatascience.com | 5 years ago

Planet Money #690: All in [Audio]

We go inside a professional poker tournament. It turns out some of the smartest players aren't just betting on themselves, but are actually staking their competition. | Continue reading


@npr.org | 5 years ago

From the Linux Perspective: What I Am Most Looking Forward to in 2019

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@phoronix.com | 5 years ago

Brave web browser no longer claims to fundraise on behalf of others

Despite Brendan Eich tweeting for about five days to defend Brave’s previous behaviour, his web browser is no longer displaying apparent donation pages for creators who never signed up. | Continue reading


@davidgerard.co.uk | 5 years ago

Sense and nonsense (2000)

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@prospectmagazine.co.uk | 5 years ago

Sharing Swift code

We might not realize it, but most of us share code with other people every single day. However, sharing code in a way that’s clear and effective can be quite difficult — and it’s easy for misunderstandings to happen, and for bugs to start occurring because an API was used “the wr … | Continue reading


@swiftbysundell.com | 5 years ago

Real time skin smoothing video technology

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@digitalanarchy.com | 5 years ago

Cheap Podcast transcript app

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@podbox.xyz | 5 years ago

Gateway: An Investigative Podcast About a Controversial Internet Guru

Teal Swan is an internet spiritual guru who produces hypnotic self-help YouTube videos aimed at people who are struggling with depression and suicidal thoughts. Many of her videos share unorthodox messages about mental health with her hundreds of thousands of fans who follow her … | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 5 years ago

Huawei Jumps into the Arm Server Chip Fray

Arm chip designers who make processors for mobile devices, such as Apple, Samsung, and Qualcomm, that do not have pre-existing server businesses have been | Continue reading


@nextplatform.com | 5 years ago

CPU Wars and Exascale Clarity: HPC in 2019

The year ahead for high performance computing promises some interesting twists and turns. But we think two of the more defining developments for 2019, at | Continue reading


@nextplatform.com | 5 years ago

Enough Is Enough:The Political Weaponisation of Antisemitism

“In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act”. | Continue reading


@medium.com | 5 years ago

Rise and Rise of Chinese Science Fiction

A very brief introduction to modern science fiction from the People’s Republic of China. | Continue reading


@factordaily.com | 5 years ago

Dropgangs, or the future of darknet markets

This article as PDF.Dropgangs, or the future of dark markets The Internet is full of commercial activity and it should come at no surprise that even illegal commercial activity is widespread as well. In this article we would like to describe the current developments - from where … | Continue reading


@opaque.link | 5 years ago

Challenges of Decentralisation

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@dugcampbell.com | 5 years ago

It's Already Collusion

We don’t need news reports to tell us that Trump is giving Putin what he wants. Take it from this longtime Russia hand: It’s staring us in the face. | Continue reading


@politico.com | 5 years ago

2019: The Year of Decentralized Money

Yokwe dear friends and partners, | Continue reading


@medium.com | 5 years ago

'The World's Most Beautiful Bookstore' in Argentina

National Geographic has named El Ateneo Grand Splendid the top shop in the world. But that's only where the history of the 100-year-old Buenos Aires building, once a palatial theater, begins. | Continue reading


@npr.org | 5 years ago

Nobody Is Moving Our Cheese: American Surplus Reaches Record High

Americans consumed almost 37 pounds per capita in 2017, but that wasn't enough to reduce the country's 1.4 billion-pound cheese surplus. The stockpile of cheese started to build several years ago. | Continue reading


@kqed.org | 5 years ago

War to Sell You a Mattress Is an Internet Nightmare

Why did Casper sue a mattress blogger? A closer look reveals a secret, multimillion-dollar battle to get you into bed. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 5 years ago

Google’s own advertisement against new European copyright law

The EU Copyright Directive may limit what you can find online. Let’s find a better way to update copyright rules in Europe. | Continue reading


@google.com | 5 years ago

Introducing Shariq Rizvi, Reddit’s VP of Ads Products and Engineering

Today, we’re thrilled to welcome the newest member of our leadership team: Shariq Rizvi, Vice President of Ads Product and Engineering. With more than 15 years of engineering and adtech experience, Rizvi brings deep expertise and leadership to Reddit at a pivotal ti | Continue reading


@redditblog.com | 5 years ago

Improvement Rut: Sometimes, I miss the all-nighter version of myself

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@colelawrence.com | 5 years ago

WordPress Has Been Forked. Long Live ClassicPress (Gutenberg Free)

After two years of miscommunication the Gutenberg Drama has finally reached a tipping point. WordPress has been forked. Welcome to ClassicPress. The thing is, when your an Open Source platform like WordPress and you find yourself in a position where leadership from the top-down i … | Continue reading


@wallydavid.com | 5 years ago

FBI Webcam Surveillance: What You Should Know – Teen Vogue

But you can keep tweeting about it. | Continue reading


@teenvogue.com | 5 years ago