Internet
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has agreed to provide captions for more of its publicly available online videos as part of a settlement announced Tuesday in a case that accused the school of discriminating against ...
Feb 18, 2020
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Cord-cutters now have another website they can visit to catch up on TV shows for free.
Feb 18, 2020
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Google recently announced that its YouTube had a $15-billion year in 2019, based on advertising sales, showing the world just how huge a business the video network has become.
Feb 14, 2020
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Software
A storyline with emotionally evocative details can reduce virtual reality cybersickness for some people, according to a new study.
Feb 13, 2020
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Consumer & Gadgets
Taylor Swift uses it to identify stalkers. Retail stores are using it to provide a no-checkout, cashierless experience. Even churches are getting in on it to keep track of their congregants.
Feb 13, 2020
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Business
A visitor to The Dalí Museum in St Petersburg, Florida presses a doorbell beside a dark life-sized screen. A darkened figure wearing a dapper suit and sporting a pencil mustache slowly leaves his easel and comes toward her ...
Feb 12, 2020
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Facebook joined YouTube, Twitter and payment service Venmo on Wednesday in demanding that a facial recognition company stop harvesting user images to identify the people in them, which the startup does as part of its work ...
Feb 05, 2020
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Software
The creative force behind the Grand Theft Auto video games, Dan Houser, will leave next month the Rockstar Games firm he cofounded, its parent company said.
Feb 05, 2020
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Internet
Google on Tuesday said that a software glitch resulted in some Photo app smartphone videos being given to the wrong people.
Feb 05, 2020
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Internet
Twitter unveiled a plan Tuesday to curb the spread of manipulated content including "deepfake" videos as part of a move to fight misinformation which could result in violence or other harm.
Feb 04, 2020
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Internet
Better late than never, YouTube is making clear there will be no "birtherism" on its platform during this year's U.S. presidential election. Nevermind that the conspiracy theory around former President Barack Obama's citizenship ...
Feb 03, 2020
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Consumer & Gadgets
If you had a feeling you binged more streaming video last year, you likely did—and you had a lot of company.
Feb 03, 2020
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Internet
The six-second video messaging app Vine has officially risen from the ashes under a new name: Byte. And it got off to a rocky start over the weekend.
Jan 28, 2020
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Machine learning & AI
Recent advances in computer graphics are making it possible to create computer-generated (CG) representations of human beings that are difficult to distinguish from their real-world counterparts. "Digital human face detection ...
Jan 22, 2020
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Internet
Does YouTube create extremists? A recent study caused arguments among scientists by arguing that the algorithms that power the site don't help radicalize people by recommending ever more extreme videos, as has been suggested ...
Jan 22, 2020
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