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Teachable Machine 2.0 expands machine learning experience

What, it's that easy to grasp machine learning basics? Good news from Google's Teachable Machine crew. Previously, the Teachable Machine provided lessons on how AI works but a new 2.0 puts you to work in making your machine ...

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Canadian legion asks Fortnite gamers for pause to honor war dead

No bullets, no bombs. Players of the hugely popular online game Fortnite were encouraged to pause for a moment of silence Monday to commemorate the armistice that ended the First World War.

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Will 'Death Stranding,' a mysterious game about building connections, connect with gamers?

Mysterious. Surreal. Empowering. And boring?

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Firefox: No-exit browser scammers want you to call bogus support

This week tech watchers were sending out headlines about scammers taking advantage of a Firefox bug to freeze users out of their browser. The punch-up consists of a user getting a warning message and then browser lockout. ...

Nov 08, 2019 weblog

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Hideo Kojima: enigmatic games creator inspired by movies

Hideo Kojima, creator of the hugely anticipated Death Stranding game released this week, turned a family obsession with film into a talent for making highly cinematic video games.

Nov 07, 2019

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Deep-learning AI system puts Singapore on global map of big data analytics

A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has put Singapore on the global map of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and big data analytics. Their open-source project, called Apache SINGA, "graduated" ...

Nov 07, 2019

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Pokemon Go maker Niantic making a game of the world

Pokemon Go maker Niantic on Wednesday moved closer to turning the world into a giant game board in a fun mix of fantasy and reality.

Nov 06, 2019

Video game 'Death Stranding' bids to rekindle hope

In a world fractured by political populism and divisive voices on social media, can a video game build bridges to harmony? The Japanese auteur behind "Death Stranding" hopes so.

Nov 06, 2019

Can't find time for the people who matter most? There's an app for that

It's hard to make time for the people who matter.

Nov 01, 2019

Virtual reality: game-changing revolution in eSports

Encased in headsets and carrying electronic replicas of weapons in their hands, the players prowl around the arena, ducking behind virtual obstacles before emerging to shoot at the enemy.

Nov 01, 2019

Robots can outwit us on the virtual battlefield, so let's not put them in charge of the real thing

Artificial intelligence developer DeepMind has just announced its latest milestone: a bot called AlphaStar that plays the popular real-time strategy game StarCraft II at Grandmaster level.

Oct 31, 2019

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Project will explore game play's potential to reduce mental distress

The just line of surrender in the never-ending debate about video games as bad or good for people is that line where people agree to disagree, where people examine all the studies pro and con to recognize that the truth refuses ...

Oct 31, 2019 weblog

Spotify launches standalone music app for kids

Spotify wants to hook your kids on music at an early age. And the Swedish company is doing so by launching a tailored Spotify Kids app on Wednesday, initially in beta and only in Ireland. Though make no mistake, Spotify has ...

Oct 30, 2019

How do you navigate: Google Maps or Waze?

It's always been a wonder why Google has two fantastic navigation apps under one umbrella. What does Google get from people going to Waze? Shouldn't they all just be at Google Maps?

Oct 24, 2019

Through the FUBImethod, children engage in designing full-body interactive experiences

Narcís Pares, a member of the Cognitive Media Technologies research group of the Department of Information and Communication Technologies (DTIC) at UPF, is working on a research line known as "full-body interaction." At ...

Oct 24, 2019

Multiplayer bouncing exercise brings extra motivation

Computer-game augmented trampolines motivate people to exercise, according to a new study presented at the CHI PLAY conference. The study was carried out by researchers in Professor Perttu Hämäläinen's group at Aalto University ...

Oct 23, 2019

Tapis computing platform weaves together science computing tools

Scientists looking to reduce their complexity to research and add a new computational tool to their tool belt can explore the Tapis Project. The Tapis software platform aims to help researchers more easily leverage powerful ...

Oct 23, 2019

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Teachable Machine 2.0 expands machine learning experience

Canadian legion asks Fortnite gamers for pause to honor war dead

Will 'Death Stranding,' a mysterious game about building connections, connect with gamers?

Firefox: No-exit browser scammers want you to call bogus support

Hideo Kojima: enigmatic games creator inspired by movies

Deep-learning AI system puts Singapore on global map of big data analytics

Pokemon Go maker Niantic making a game of the world

A deep learning technique to generate real-time lip sync for live 2-D animation

A patch that simultaneously measures six health-related biomarkers by analyzing sweat

Stress testing the healthcare system

New tool highlights what generative models leave out when reconstructing a scene

Cube-​shaped mag­netic build­ing blocks for soft ro­bot­ics ap­plic­a­tions

Large-scale integrated circuits produced in printing press

Fall madness: MIT's Mini Cheetah robots play soccer

Fake news via OpenAI: Eloquently incoherent?

Go with the flow: Scientists design new grid batteries for renewable energy

Flexible yet sturdy robot is designed to 'grow' like a plant

Sounds of mosquito mating rituals could lead to quieter drones

Robots 'not evil' says Boston Dynamics as humanoids go viral

OpenTitan for data centers: Google, partners push secure silicon design

UK needs to act to prevent electric vehicle battery waste mountain, new study says

Brain-like computer chips could address privacy concerns and greenhouse emissions

Showing robots 'tough love' helps them succeed, finds new study

EduSense: Researchers develop comprehensive classroom sensing system

When a light is a thief that tells your garage door to open

On the way to intelligent microrobots

AI agents imitate engineers to construct effective new designs using visual cues like humans do

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