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Moravec‘s Paradox

Eye on A.I.— Why Standards Are Critical to Improving Artificial Intelligence

Improving artificial intelligence to help prevent heart attacks doesnt just depend on innovation. It also hinges on creating standards, the wonky underpinnings of the technology agreed to by companies and government agencies. For example, the Consumer Techno…

bubmagMay 28, 2019

Virtual Reality

Canva Has Acquired Pixabay and Pexels – Five Ways to Use Canva

Canva has been my go-to graphics creation tool for the last five or so years. It is incredibly easy to use and makes it possible for people like me who have no visual design skills to create good looking graphics. Pixabay has been my go-to source for public d…

bubmagMay 28, 2019

Trade War

Chinese patriotism will ‘halve’ Apple’s sales in China, analysts warn (AAPL)

The US trade war on China will provoke Chinese citizens into turning away from Apple and buying domestic mobile brands instead, according to an analyst note from Citi on Monday. The analysts predicted that Apple's brand is already being damaged in China, a…

bubmagMay 28, 2019

Seleção

Neymar not named Brazil captain for Copa America; PSG teammate Dani Alves to take the armband

On Monday, the Brazilian soccer federation announced that 36-year-old defender Dani Alves will wear the armband for this summer's Copa America, which Brazil is hosting. That means Neymar will no longer be captain of the Seleção, after head coach Tite declared…

bubmagMay 28, 2019

Recycling

Food Delivery Apps Are Drowning China in Plastic

In all likelihood, the enduring physical legacy of China's internet boom will not be the glass-and-steel office complexes or the fancy apartments for tech elites. It will be the plastic. Instead of building the buildings out glass and steel . . . build them …

bubmagMay 28, 2019

Exoskeleton

Robert Henke to debut new work at Unsound using Commodore computers from 1980

Fri, 24 May 2019 Permalink Post a comment Thom Yorke, Suzanne Ciani, Holly Herndon, Peter Van Hoesen and more will debut their 360° installations in the US, along with a premiere of the "participatory robotic exoskeleton performance" Inferno, in July.

bubmagMay 28, 2019

NSA

Baltimore’s Suffering, The National Security Agency’s Role, And The Cost To Your Career

Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Sunset in Baltimore, United States Getty Three weeks ago we learned that the City of Baltimore was being held to ransom, its computers incapacitated by file-locking malware, disrupting the cit…

bubmagMay 28, 2019

Refugees

Democrats to try again on overdue $19B disaster aid bill

House Democrats appear likely to try again to pass a long-overdue $19 billion disaster aid bill that's a top priority for some of President Donald Trump's most loyal allies on Capitol Hill. A GOP conservative blocked an attempt late last week to pass the mea…

bubmagMay 28, 2019

Alibaba

Alibaba plans bumper US$20 billion Hong Kong listing to boost investment war chest: sources

HONG KONG: Alibaba is considering raising as much as US$20 billion through a listing in Hong Kong, people familiar with the matter told Reuters, lining up a second blockbuster deal following its 2014 record US$25 billion float in New York. The deal, the bigg…

bubmagMay 28, 2019

AR-15

Texas Legislature passes a bill allowing open carry of handguns after natural disasters

WASHINGTON On Sunday night, the Texas Legislature passed a bill that would allow residents to carry handguns in public for up to a week after a state or natural disaster declaration. The State Senate approved the bill, HB 1177, by a narrow vote of 16-15, with…

bubmagMay 28, 2019

Eye on A.I.— Why Standards Are Critical to Improving Artificial Intelligence

Canva Has Acquired Pixabay and Pexels – Five Ways to Use Canva

Chinese patriotism will ‘halve’ Apple’s sales in China, analysts warn (AAPL)

Neymar not named Brazil captain for Copa America; PSG teammate Dani Alves to take the armband

Food Delivery Apps Are Drowning China in Plastic

Robert Henke to debut new work at Unsound using Commodore computers from 1980

Baltimore’s Suffering, The National Security Agency’s Role, And The Cost To Your Career

Democrats to try again on overdue $19B disaster aid bill

Alibaba plans bumper US$20 billion Hong Kong listing to boost investment war chest: sources

Texas Legislature passes a bill allowing open carry of handguns after natural disasters

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