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Machine Learning

ML Ops: Machine Learning as an Engineering Discipline

Note that there are two distinct ML pipelines: the training pipeline and the serving pipeline. What they have in common is that the data transformations that they perform need to produce data in the same format, but their implementations can be very different…

bubmagJanuary 8, 2020

Skateboard

B.C. man seeks donated skateboards, skate shoes for at-risk Cuban youth

A B.C. man is hoping to help at-risk youth in Cuba skate through life — both literally and figuratively. Jason Wingham, a Burnaby-based actor and stuntman, is collecting donated skateboards, skate shoes and related gear in preparation for his next trip to th…

bubmagJanuary 8, 2020

Privacy Concerns

Google speakers can “vacuum up” personal data, lawsuit says

Speaker company Sonos filed a lawsuit against Google on Tuesday claiming that the search giant stole its technology. Google is also using the misappropriated tech to "vacuum up invaluable consumer data from users" to fuel its continued dominance in the intern…

bubmagJanuary 8, 2020

Exoskeleton

Delta CEO talks exoskeleltons, ‘binge buttons’ and more at CES 2020

Systemwide inflight Wi-Fi. Artificial intelligence. Binge buttons for inflight programming. Even futuristic exoskeleton suits. Delta CEO Ed Bastian touched on a number of futuristic visions during his keynote speech at the CES 2020 trade show in Las Vegas on…

bubmagJanuary 7, 2020

Elon Musk

Elon Musk stripteases for Tesla Model Y launch in China

(Reuters) Elon Musk raised an online storm by dancing on stage at the launch of Teslas Model Y electric sports utility vehicle program on Tuesday in its new Shanghai factory, where the company delivered its first cars built outside the United States to the pu…

bubmagJanuary 7, 2020

Exoskeleton

Watch Samsung’s CES 2020 keynote in under eight minutes

Between CES and the upcoming Unpacked, at which it'll reveal its next flagship mobile devices, Samsung has already set itself up for a jam-packed year. Even before its keynote, Samsung was having a busy CES, having revealed severalTVs, laptops (including a 4K…

bubmagJanuary 7, 2020

Climate Change

Airbitat’s Compact Cooler promises ‘deeply cooled’ energy-efficient AC

According to the company, the Compact Cooler reduces electricity use by up to 80 percent compared to AC units of similar capacity. Supposedly, it delivers 50 percent more effective cooling than conventional evaporative coolers. The secret is in the Compact Co…

bubmagJanuary 7, 2020

Chinese Expansionism

China’s Reach Tests the Pacific’s Fragile Island Democracies

A decade ago, then-U.S. President Barack Obama billed himself as the first Pacific president and announced, several years later, a foreign-policy pivot to Asia. But the pivot proved largely illusory, and the region only grows more complex. The growing challen…

bubmagJanuary 7, 2020

Times Square

BTS Announces Release Date for New Album Map of the Soul: 7

Members of the avid BTS fan base army, a.k.a. ARMYs around the world are marking a much-anticipated occasion on their calendars: Friday, Feb. 21 — the newly announced date K-pop juggernaut BTS is dropping their upcoming album. The news was shared on WeVerse a…

bubmagJanuary 7, 2020

Greenland

Over-Hunting Walruses Likely Forced Vikings to Abandon Greenland

Scientists have struggled to understand why, after hundreds of years, Vikings suddenly abandoned their Greenland colony. New research suggests their economic over-reliance on walrus tusksa valuable but dwindling trade commodityhad a lot to do with it. Viking…

bubmagJanuary 7, 2020

ML Ops: Machine Learning as an Engineering Discipline

B.C. man seeks donated skateboards, skate shoes for at-risk Cuban youth

Google speakers can “vacuum up” personal data, lawsuit says

Delta CEO talks exoskeleltons, ‘binge buttons’ and more at CES 2020

Elon Musk stripteases for Tesla Model Y launch in China

Watch Samsung’s CES 2020 keynote in under eight minutes

Airbitat’s Compact Cooler promises ‘deeply cooled’ energy-efficient AC

China’s Reach Tests the Pacific’s Fragile Island Democracies

BTS Announces Release Date for New Album Map of the Soul: 7

Over-Hunting Walruses Likely Forced Vikings to Abandon Greenland

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