Tag: Culture

Exclusive: How Google Uses Machine Learning to Analyze Soccer Moves

How powerful is your kick? Did you pass effectively? The latest Jacquard wearable uses machine learning to scrutinize a player’s footwork in real time. Source

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What is Virtual Reality (VR)? The Complete WIRED Guide

Everything you ever wanted to know about VR headsets, Oculus, Vive, and simulator sickness. Source

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Airbnb and three other p2p rental platforms agree to share limited pan-EU data

The European Commission announced yesterday it’s reached a data-sharing agreement with vacation rental platforms Airbnb, Booking.com, Expedia Group and Tripadvisor — trumpeting the arrangement as a “landmark agreement” which will allow the EU’s statistical office to publish data on short-stay accommodations offered via these platforms across the bloc. It said…

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A team of Imagineers will discuss Disney’s tech breakthroughs at TC Sessions: Robotics + AI, March 3 at UC Berkeley

With TC Sessions: Robotics + AI 2020 a little over a week away, you likely thought we were finished with our big announcements. Understandably. We have top executives from Amazon and Toyota Research, and some of the hottest startups and biggest VCs. But there’s still some excitement left to announce.…

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15 Best Xbox One Games (2020): ‘Halo’, ‘Control’, and More

Relive classics, play co-op with friends, and enjoy the mayhem of a battle royale with our favorite Xbox titles. Source

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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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