Amazon's payment innovation: cold cash
Amazon's latest innovation in the online payment world is something called... cash.
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Machine Learning & AI
EmoSense: an AI-powered and wireless emotion sensing system
Researchers at Hefei University of Technology in China and various universities in Japan have recently developed a unique emotion sensing system that can recognize people's emotions based on their body gestures. They presented ...
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Researchers: AI surveillance is expanding worldwide
A growing number of countries are following China's lead in deploying artificial intelligence to track citizens, according to a research group's report published Tuesday.
Sep 17, 2019
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Consumer & Gadgets
That muffled voice on the other side of the McDonald's drive-thru could be replaced by a robot
McDonald's on Tuesday announced plans to acquire a voice technology company to help speed up ordering at the drive thru, the latest in a series of high-tech investments by the fast-food chain as it strives to improve wait ...
Sep 11, 2019
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Google releases Android 10: The top 8 ways your phone will improve
Android 10 is now available, but you'll need a Google Pixel smartphone to install the latest version of Google's mobile operating system. At least for now. The update is promised for other Android phones over the next several ...
Sep 06, 2019
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Amazon's Ring doorbell cameras attract congressional concern
Amazon-owned doorbell camera company Ring is facing questions from a U.S. senator over its partnerships with police departments around the country.
Sep 06, 2019
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On face recognition, Americans trust police over private firms
A majority of Americans trust law enforcement to use facial recognition technology responsibly but fewer are comfortable about its deployment by the private sector, a poll showed Thursday.
Sep 05, 2019
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Activist loses UK court case on police facial recognition
A British court ruled Wednesday that a police force's use of automated facial recognition technology is lawful, dealing a blow to an activist concerned about its implications for privacy.
Sep 04, 2019
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Consumer & Gadgets
A method to introduce emotion recognition in gaming
Virtual Reality (VR) is opening up exciting new frontiers in the development of video games, paving the way for increasingly realistic, interactive and immersive gaming experiences. VR consoles, in fact, allow gamers to feel ...
Sep 04, 2019 feature
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Chinese shoppers adopt facial payments in cashless drive
No cash, no cards, no wallet, and no smartphones: China's shoppers are increasingly purchasing goods with just a turn of their heads as the country embraces facial payment technology.
Sep 04, 2019
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Facial recognition becomes opt-in feature at Facebook
Facebook on Tuesday said facial recognition technology applied to photos at the social network will be an opt-in feature.
Sep 04, 2019
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Hi Tech & Innovation
AI learns the language of chemistry to predict how to make medicines
Researchers have designed a machine learning algorithm that predicts the outcome of chemical reactions with much higher accuracy than trained chemists and suggests ways to make complex molecules, removing a significant hurdle ...
Sep 03, 2019
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10 reasons you should be worried about facial recognition technology
Facial recognition technology is spreading fast. Already widespread in China, software that identifies people by comparing images of their faces against a database of records is now being adopted across much of the rest of ...
Aug 22, 2019
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Computer Sciences
New models for handwriting recognition in online Latin and Arabic scripts
Researchers at the University of Sfax, in Tunisia, have recently developed a new method to recognize handwritten characters and symbols in online scripts. Their technique, presented in a paper pre-published on arXiv, has ...
Aug 20, 2019 feature
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Bring on the technology bans
In mid-July 2019, Oakland, California, became the third U.S. city to ban municipal departments from using facial recognition technology. Meanwhile, Congress began hearings on whether and how to regulate it on a national level. ...
Aug 19, 2019
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