On yesterday's investor call, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg was asked how the machine learning technology behind its recent introduction of bots to Messenger would manifest itself in the future. "So the biggest thing that we're focused on with artificial intelligence i … | Continue reading
Comcast has agreed to buy DreamWorks SKG for $3.8 billion making the cable giant a major player in the family entertainment industry. WSJ's Sarah Rabil joins Lunch Break to discuss. Photo: 20th Century Fox | Continue reading
Google and Fiat Chrysler are in "late stage talks" on a technical partnership on Google's self-driving car project, according to a report from Dow Jones.This is just the latest in a series of reports about Google looking for a partner in the automotive industry to help it build c … | Continue reading
Web personalization is all the rage, but are you trying to run before you’ve learned how to walk? Don’t trip and stumble in your drive to master shiny, new techniques - instead, learn what you need to get accomplished first, and what the pitfalls are if you don’t. The State of Pe … | Continue reading
As Congress debates how it should address the ongoing debate over encryption, Rep. Ted Lieu is working to get his fellow Congress members to adopt end-to-end encryption to secure their communications. Lieu is meeting next week with House of Representatives chief information offic … | Continue reading
After Doom's disappointing multiplayer beta, my excitement for the reboot of id's classic first person shooter was at an all time low. That all changed last night when Bethesda finally demoed a large chunk of campaign gameplay during a Twitch stream with id Software's Marty Strat … | Continue reading
Thomas Mayer, a student from the University of Design Schwäbisch Gmünd in Germany, might have just built the ultimate fanboy tennis table – and it looks amazing. The Table Tennis Trainer, developed as part of Mayer’s bachelor thesis project, is an interactive ping pong table that … | Continue reading
HANG TIME NEW JERSEY — Neither the San Antonio Spurs nor the Oklahoma City Thunder had much trouble in the first round of the playoffs. They each made quick work of injury-depleted opponents, registering point differentials of 22.0 and 18.2 points per per game, respectively. Thin … | Continue reading
With the introduction of The Verge's new gadget blog Circuit Breaker and the release of Apple's Q2 earnings report, Walt and Nilay discuss the importance of gadgets in the tech world today, the separation of smartphones from the gadget world, and also look back at the golden age … | Continue reading
Monetizing content on the Internet is not an easy task these days, but there are solutions under development as we speak. Stem, a startup using the blockchain to help content creators collect and share revenue, recently announced a US$4.5m funding round. What Stem is Doing Differ … | Continue reading
The machine learning community has responded to a paper published this week that introduced a method of colorizing black-and-white photos using artificial intelligence. One redditor, mar_cnu, used this new automated colorization technique on a trailer for 1964 French film La 317 … | Continue reading
Aloitin Anneli Auer kirjoittaa -blogin pitämisen noin puoli vuotta sitten ja blogia on tilastojen mukaan käyty katsomassa 57 858 kertaa. Tarkoitukseni oli esitellä sekä suurimmat pahantekijät että heidän suurimmat pahat tekonsa ja näihin perimmäisiin pohjamutiin on nyt sukellettu … | Continue reading
Id Software has finally begun showing off the campaign portion of its Doom reboot two weeks ahead of its 13th May release and in its latest video the developer has teased a nostalgia-tinged secret.Minor spoilers follow:In the above IGN video creative director Hugo Martin and exec … | Continue reading
It's true: Leica is really releasing a high-end, luxury digital camera without an LCD for reviewing snapped photos. The company is breaking away from what's usually seen as a fundamental piece of modern cameras so that it can "bring back the joy and anticipation of waiting to see … | Continue reading
Watching these playoffs, and concentrating their attention for now on the Eastern Conference, you know the Cleveland Cavaliers are somewhere literally sitting pretty right now. They’re sitting because, after sweeping aside the Detroit Pistons, there’s nothing else to do but wait. … | Continue reading
Wer macht eigentlich das Internet sauber? Wenn es um Bilder geht, ein Heer von philippinischen Niedriglöhnern, lautet die überraschende Antwort, wie neulich bei einer Veranstaltung der Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung klar wurde, in der die we... | Continue reading
I feel like ever since Dungeon Raid [$0.99] entered my life then was left to wither on the vine I've been chasing the next best things in dungeon crawler-y puzzle games that have all sorts of different layers of RPG-ish depth to them. Thankfully, the rise of free to play on the A … | Continue reading
Forza Motorsport 6: Apex, the free-to-play version of the popular racing series, will be in open beta starting on May 5th. As previously announced, the spinoff will be coming to Windows 10, marking the series' PC debut, and it's being developed by longtime Forza studio Turn 10. T … | Continue reading
After the announcement that Facebook and others were taking chatbots increasingly seriously, it was only a matter of time before other companies tried to find their place among the chatter. It’s super early days, but Moovit’s new transport bot is among the first to be directly in … | Continue reading
In what is clearly part of the company’s efforts to get more enterprise customers on its platforms, Google today announced that it has renewed its ISO 27001 certification for the fourth year in a row and upped its product coverage from 34 to 59 products. In addition, Google Apps … | Continue reading
This week, The Verge launched a gadget blog. It's called Circuit Breaker, and you can read about its origin and purpose in The New York Times. Paul Miller, the editor of Circuit Breaker, has spoken a lot this week about the broader hopes and ambitions for the new site. But ever t … | Continue reading
You're hosting a beach-themed party. You've got the decorations, the music and the snacks. You're hanging out with floaties on your arms and rocking out to the unmistakeable sounds of crashing waves and "Wipeout" on repeat.It looks like a beach party and sounds like a beach party … | Continue reading
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World View, the advanced high altitude balloon company, has raised a $15 million Series B led by Canaan Partners. The round also included investments from Northwest Venture Partners, Tencent, Moment Ventures and Base Ventures. The company had previously raised $7.1 million. This … | Continue reading
The Effects of Personalizing Subtitle Layout: Some Preliminary Results By E. Perego, O. Gerber-Morón and S. Bottiroli The report on Subtitle Layout: “The aim of the present study carried out at the University of Trieste (Italy) was to identify the possible advantages and disadva … | Continue reading
Looking for a high-end Chromebook but not willing to pay the price for the Chromebook Pixel? The HP Chromebook 13 could be exactly what you're after. | Continue reading
Bnbsitter is another startup operating in the Airbnb and short term rentals ecosystem. However, unlike property-management style concierge services, such as London-based Hostmaker, which charge an on-going management fee, the Paris-based company offers something more akin to an o … | Continue reading
With conversion optimization on the rise, it is a great idea to look into case studies which he... | Continue reading
Google is rolling out a few updates new features to improve its Photos service today. Most notably, Photos now has a permanent search bar up top instead of the previous floating action button. The idea is to emphasize search by making it more accessible; with one tap, you can see … | Continue reading
Technical marketing content topics can take tons of time to learn and master. But this guide will help you hack your way to success faster. | Continue reading
Today Silicon Valley chip maker Movidius released the Fathom Neural Compute Stick. It looks like a measly thumb drive, but inside it packs a high-end visual processing unit that can do a bunch of advanced image recognition. That chip, which is called the Myriad 2, is the same one … | Continue reading
Bitcoin price has recovered from sell-off lows at $434 and 2800 CNY today. Can the market bounce price through resistance and continue to new highs? Or has yesterday’s lack of commitment at a critical moment cut bitcoin’s price wings? This analysis is provided by xbt.social with … | Continue reading
The New York Times is giving out free Google Cardboard VR devices. Yes, again! The company had previously distributed a million some devices to print subscribers as part of the kickoff celebration around its then-new NYT VR app, built in collaboration with Google, back in Novembe … | Continue reading
Google Photos is getting quite the update today. Version 1.19 of the app brings a new search bar, customizable movies, additional photo management options and more. | Continue reading
Looking for a cheap barebones machine with plenty of room for storage? Take a gander at the PowerEdge T20 from Dell. It's small, powerful, and extremely affordable. With this deal, you can easily make a handy little media server without breaking the bank. Add a few terabytes of s … | Continue reading
Cigarette smokers in the UK are being encouraged to switch to electronic cigarettes, which the Royal College of Physicians says are much safer than regular tobacco cigarettes, The New York Times reports. The recommendations, released today by the prestigious medical group in the … | Continue reading
Two and a half years ago Bitlock set out to crowdfund a smart bike lock at a time when hype around connected devices was surging and goodwill in crowdfunding platforms was buoyant. Since then both categories have taken some confidence knocks and served up disappointments aplenty. … | Continue reading
Forza Motorsport 6: Apex - the free-to-download PC version of the previously Xbox One-exclusive racing game - goes into open beta on 5th May.That's for Windows 10.Microsoft said Apex is a "focused and curated single-player tour of Forza Motorsport's best content". That means no m … | Continue reading
Augmented reality usually refers to the overlaying of digital images or information onto a user's view, but it's not all visual. To wit, there's an iPhone app called Hear that does augmented aural reality — and it's a blast. Hear works by taking in the ambient sound from around y … | Continue reading
Fresh off its stellar earnings report, which owed much to its remarkable mobile performance, Facebook is giving a little focus back to the desktop.On Thursday, Facebook unveiled its first Facebook Messenger app for Windows 10 desktop, along with an updated Facebook app for Window … | Continue reading
KFC Deutschland: Berlin (ots) - Am Donnerstag, den 28. April, eröffneten John B. Emerson, der US-Botschafter in Deutschland, und Greg Creed, CEO von KFC Mutterkonzern Yum! Brands, Inc., am Checkpoint Charlie das nunmehr neunte KFC Restaurant in Berlin. Es befindet ... | Continue reading
Während sich die Großstadt Berlin mit der Einführung von kostenlosem WLAN schwertut, kann man in den Erfurter Straßenbahnen ab sofort gratis im Internet surfen. In allen 76 Niederflur-Stadtbahnen wurde ein eigener Hotspot inst... | Continue reading
The lack of diversity in tech isn’t a new story. However, the blood, sweat and tears that have gone into the push for diversity and inclusion are often missing from the story. Without the work of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, a tireless advocate for civil rights, there would undoubtedl … | Continue reading
Google Play’s Android apps and games containing any type of ad have begun receiving prominent labels within their listings. The label is placed directly below the Install button, accompanied by the existing in-app purchases label when pertinent. This labeling initiative started a … | Continue reading
The latest version of the Google app on Android will now open up search results in Chrome Custom Tabs. | Continue reading
Last year, a company called SpaceVR used Kickstarter to fund the idea of sending a virtual reality camera to the International Space Station. Now the company has a new round of funding and a change in plans. Today at the Silicon Valley Virtual Reality Expo in San Jose, California … | Continue reading
My quest to stay more or less on top of major gamebook releases has been pretty tricky of late thanks to the speed at which new ChoiceScript-based games have released both through Choice Of Games and Hosted Games. It's hardly the worst problem to have, but readers who have stayed … | Continue reading
Movidius has incorporated their Myriad 2 processor into a new USB device called the Fathom Neural Compute Stick. You can plug the Fathom into any USB-capable device and that device can begin to react cognitively and make its own decisions based on its programming. The key point i … | Continue reading