Facebook patent talk: Seeing who is rich, poor, in the middle
"Socioeconomic group classification based on user features," is a title that evokes an uh-oh just as much as an oh-really.
Internet
06/02/2018
Internet
Love actually: Computer model may decode Facebook emoticons
While the trusty "like" button is still the most popular way to signal approval for Facebook posts, a computer model may help users and businesses navigate the increasingly complicated way people are expressing how they feel ...
Feb 6, 2018
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Computer Sciences
Smartly containing the cloud increases computing efficiency, says first-of-its-kind study
Not too long ago booting up a computer meant there was time for a lengthy coffee break even before the workday started. For a decade now though, thanks to the cloud, computers have accessed information from virtual machines ...
Feb 6, 2018
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Computer Sciences
Artificial intelligence is growing up fast—what's next for thinking machines?
Our lives are already enhanced by AI – or at least an AI in its infancy – with technologies using algorithms that help them to learn from our behaviour. As AI grows up and starts to think, not just to learn, we ask how human-like ...
Feb 6, 2018
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Security
Your mobile phone can give away your location, even if you tell it not to
U.S. military officials were recently caught off guard by revelations that servicemembers' digital fitness trackers were storing the locations of their workouts – including at or near military bases and clandestine sites ...
Feb 6, 2018
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Robotics
Cockroach-inspired Ambulatory MicroRobot is speedy, resilient and versatile
If you've ever tried to kill an interloping cockroach, you've probably noticed two things: they're fast and nearly invincible. While those features make roaches terrifying to most people, it's a source of bioinspiration for ...
Feb 6, 2018
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Software
Virtual reality chatroom app could boost VR industry
During the first month of 2018, an app called VRChat shot from 4,000 installs to more than two million.
Feb 6, 2018
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Eye tracking might help reduce driver drowsiness
A new way of detecting driver drowsiness by tracking eye movement could help reduce the road toll, a world-first study has found.
Feb 6, 2018
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