Month: February 2020
Fiddler Labs, SRI and Berkeley experts open up the black box of machine learning at TC Sessions: Robotics+AI
As AI permeates the home, work, and public life, it’s increasingly important to be able to understand why and how it makes its decisions. Explainable AI isn’t just a matter of hitting a switch, though; Experts from UC Berkeley, SRI, and Fiddler Labs will discuss how we should go about…
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Sundance: Feels Good Man charts a path of redemption for Pepe
Can a meme be redeemed? That’s the central question in Arthur Jones’ Feels Good Man — a documentary that premiered at Sundance this year charting the course of the creator of Pepe the Frog, a comic book character turned universally recognized meme, as he attempts to reclaim it from racists…
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Snap is testing a big new redesign
Snap is working on two significant tests that could reshape its flagship app in a critical year. Tipsters have provided me with screenshots of two ongoing tests that have rolled out to a small percentage of Snapchat’s user base. One is a redesign of the app for Android and iOS…
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Disgraced Former Google Executive Andy Rubin’s Smartphone Company Is Shutting Down
Essential Products, the smartphone maker founded by Android creator and former Google executive Andy Rubin, announced on Wednesday that it is shutting down, following months of scandal and scrutiny of its leader. Having raised more than $300 million from investors including Amazon and Chinese tech giant Tencent, the company launched…
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How a Space Engineer Justine Haupt Made Her Own Rotary Cell Phone
The funky DIY device is a creative way for her to eschew the always-on lifestyle. Source
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Will Apple, Facebook or Microsoft be the future of augmented reality?
Tim Merel Contributor More posts by this contributor VR/AR startup valuations reach $45 billion (on paper) Despite short-term questions, games software/hardware to top $200 billion by 2023 Apple is seen by some as critical to the future of augmented reality, despite limited traction for ARKit so far and its absence…
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