Deep neural networks can perform wonderful feats thanks to their extremely large and complicated web of parameters. But their complexity is also their curse: The inner workings of neural networks are often a mystery â even to their creators. This is a challenge that has been troubling the artificial intelligence community since deep learning started to become popular in the early 2010s. In tandem with the expansion of deep learning... Read more âș
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A new partnership between future fuel firms, PowerTap Hydrogen Fuelling and the Andretti Group, could be bringing 100 new hydrogen filling pumps to gas stations across the US. The deal, announced earlier today, will begin by fitting hydrogen pumps to 39 Andretti-owned filling stations in California. So, that sucks if you donât live in California and want to get a hydrogen car. Once these 39 locations are complete, other Andretti... Read more âș
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The coronavirus pandemic has had us spend more time on our phones. Last year gave birth to doomscrolling and it was hard to take your eyes off the screen. Now a new app called Opal has a novel approach to disconnecting your apps from the internet to help you save some time from mindless hours of browsing. The iOS app uses a custom VPN to manage all these connections. So,... Read more âș
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Third-party cookies might have a tasty name, but they can be pretty poisonous when theyâre quietly tracking your online behavior. A new Google machine learning initiative aims to replace the rancid cookies with a privacy-first alternative. The search giant calls the system Federated Learning of Cohorts (FLoC). FLoC (pronounced âflockâ) allows businesses to send ads to groups of potential customers rather than specific individuals. The system uses machine learning algorithms... Read more âș
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I use a 2017 MacBook Air with 128GB of internal memory. So, between photo samples, apps, and other downloads, I donât have much space and I constantly need to delete stuff. A lot of times, I have duplicate files, especially photos and videos, and itâs a pain to detect and remove them manually. Thankfully, a tool like Gemini II from MacPaw helps me find and clear duplicate files. Now, the... Read more âș
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If youâre even slightly âonline,â the Bernie sitting meme has been unmissable. It hit fever pitch just before the weekend â and that means one thing: itâs now passĂ©. The internet moves so quickly that a few days of popularity is a practically an epoch. But just because the Bernie sitting meme is over, doesnât mean itâs dead. Far from it. To paraphrase an excellent tweet, weâll soon enter its... Read more âș
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This article was originally published by Christopher Carey on Cities Today, the leading news platform on urban mobility and innovation, reaching an international audience of city leaders. For the latest updates follow Cities Today on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube, or sign up for Cities Today News. Uber is set to expand its Uber Green service across 1,400 new North American towns and cities, including Austin, Calgary, Houston, Miami,... Read more âș
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We now live in a Zoom world. Since founding the now-iconic video-conferencing company in 2011, Eric Yuan has elevated Zoom to one of the most successful SaaS businesses in recent history. With 400,000 paying customers, $600+ million in quarterly revenue, and a market cap north of $100 billion, Zoom is ubiquitous in post-pandemic 2020. But when Yuan was raising his Series A round back in 2012, dozens of institutional venture... Read more âș
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If ever there was a sign that the times are changing, itâs this: the worldâs biggest diesel engine factory is winding down production of combustion motors as it pivots to making electric motors. Electric motor production at the Peugeot Citroen PSA plant in Tremery, France, is expected to double this year to 180,000 units. By 2025, the factory is aiming to produce 900,000 motors a year. When that happens, the... Read more âș
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The exoplanet WASP-107b may be as large as Jupiter, but this super-puff planet only contains one-tenth as much mass as the king of our Solar System. The density of this world is lower than what astronomers thought possible. The discovery of this bizarre exoplanet â sometimes called a cotton candy planet â provides astronomers with a unique target for further study. âWith a mass in the Neptune regime and a... Read more âș
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US President Joe Biden has vowed to replace the nationâs government vehicles with an American-made electrically powered fleet, CNBC reports. The commitment came as part of the âBuy Americanâ executive order, which is designed, as its name suggests, to stimulate government procurement of US-made products. Americaâs switch to electric vehicles wonât happen overnight though. Itâll also be quite expensive and challenging because there isnât a huge amount of choice when... Read more âș
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Technology journalist Casey Newton has a worrying revelation in the latest issue of his Platformer newsletter: amidst rapid growth, Signal is reportedly not ready for all the ways it could be misused. The messaging app presently runs as a non-profit, and is funded by donations from users and a $50 million loan from WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton. Between its lack of vested business interests, its promise of end-to-end encryption via... Read more âș
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Twitter has tried a variety of fact-checking measures in the past few years, but these normally only apply to tweets from prominent accounts or popular topics. Now the company wants to add context and labels to more tweets by implementing a community-driven fact-checking system called Birdwatch. To start, a group of contributors will be able to ârespond quickly when misleading information spreads, adding context that people trust and find valuable.â... Read more âș
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A team of researchers from Las Vegas recently developed an AI model capable of judging a human pianistâs skill level. On the surface, it might not sound like the kind of breakthrough research that could change the world overnight. And itâs probably not. But it represents what could be a crucial component in a machine learning stack that could make the world fair for smart kids. Education doesnât work the... Read more âș
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With COVID19 vaccines beginning to make their way around the world, thereâs a glimmer of hope for this pandemic to end sometime within the next year. Searches for âvaccines near meâ have increased fivefold, according to Google, so in the coming weeks, the company will begin to make vaccination locations available on Google Maps and Search. The feature will roll out initially in Arizona, Louisiana, Mississipi, and Texas, âwith more... Read more âș
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The maker of Sophia the robot plans to sell droids to people craving company during the COVID-19 pandemic. Hanson Robotics aims to roll out four models â including Sophia â in the first half of 2021. âSophia and Hanson robots are unique by being so human-like,â CEO David Hanson told Reuters. âThat can be so useful during these times where people are terribly lonely and socially isolated.â The Hong Kong-based... Read more âș
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The EU is falling further behind the US and China in the AI race, and will lose more ground after Brexit, according to a new report. The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation assessed the trioâs AI capabilities by analyzing data across six categories: talent, research, commercial development, hardware, adoption, and data. The think tank found that while the US still holds a substantial overall lead, China is reducing the gap... Read more âș
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TLDR: The Ultimate Fintech and Blockchain Bootcamp Bundle explains the revolution in financial services happening around the globe right now â and how you can join in. If you arenât all that familiar with the term Fintech yet, you might want to address that deficiency. Because after a mostly stellar year for many companies applying new technology to financial businesses, even in the teeth of the pandemic, investors are dumping... Read more âș
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If youâre unimpressed by some of Skyrimâs hilarious dialogue, a new AI app called VASynth lets you take over the scriptwriting. The tool uses voice samples from Bethesda games to convert text into speech. You can generate dialogue in the style of many voices from the publisherâs back catalog, including Skyrim, Fallout 4, and Morrowind. YouTuber Adriac used it to produce a pretty impressive trailer â although the tone of... Read more âș
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For millions of children, being dragged to a museum is a singularly painful experience, marked by time standing still rather than history coming to life â as it does in the film âNight at the Museum,â starring Ben Stiller. But that all could change with the development of new âmixed realityâ (MR) technology, which could inject new forms of interactive storytelling into our museums â introducing holographic tour guides and... Read more âș
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