In March 2019, drone platform provider Matternet collaborated with UPS to launch an aerial delivery service from WakeMed’s flagship hospital and campus in Raleigh, with flights taking place roughly daily. Evidently it went swimmingly, because the two companies today announced…
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Google brings cross-platform AI pipeline framework MediaPipe to the web
Roughly a year ago, Google open-sourced MediaPipe, a framework for building cross-platform AI pipelines consisting of fast inference and media processing (like video decoding). Basically, it’s a quick and dirty way to perform object detection, face detection, hand tracking, multi-hand…
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Save Big On This Excellent PC Capture Card At Amazon
One of the best capture cards out there is the Elgato 4K60 Pro. It gives you the ability to plug your PS4, Xbox One, or Switch directly into your PC, capture high-quality video, and still output to a TV or…
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Google’s AI powers real-time orca tracking in Vancouver Bay
Google AI today shared that it’s created a model for detecting an endangered species of orca whales in the Salish Sea, a waterway between the United States and Canada. Underwater microphones situated at a dozen points in the Salish Sea…
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Microsoft’s Project Tokyo helps visually impaired users ‘see’ with AI and AR
The number of people of all ages visually impaired is estimated to be 285 million globally, of whom 39 million are blind. In an effort to provide assistance where it can, Microsoft in 2016 launched Project Tokyo, a partnership among…
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The Warhammer 40,000 animated series has a new trailer, now with more Space Marines
A new teaser trailer for Angels of Death, the officially-licensed Warhammer 40,000 animated series, has arrived. The trailer was debuted at the Las Vegas Open gaming convention as part of a whole host of Games Workshop announcements. Not much is…
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Adobe’s AI lets you preview any item of clothing on a virtual body model
Platforms that let shoppers virtually try on cosmetics, apparel, and accessories have exploded in popularity over the past decade, and it’s easy to see why. According to a survey conducted by banking company Klarna, 29% of shoppers prefer to browse…
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Why the hybrid AI compromise isn’t a solution at all
Presented by Ople.ai In recent years, AI has emerged as an undisputed competitive advantage, which means smart business leaders facing the digital transformation have some really familiar questions: How do you measure success? What questions do you need to ask…
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Facebook’s AI learns the relationships between physical places from first-person video footage
Computer vision systems generally excel at detecting objects but struggle to make sense of the environments in which those objects are used. That’s because they separate observed actions from physical context — even those that do model environments fail to…
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Berkshire Grey raises $263 million for industrial robots
Industrial robots and warehouse automation are lucrative intermingling markets, as evidenced by Berkshire Grey. The Lexington, Massachusetts-based company, which combines AI and robotics to automate omnichannel fulfillment for retailers, ecommerce, and logistics enterprises, today announced that it has secured a…
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AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT review: Punching above its class
With the launch of the $279 Radeon RX 5600 XT, AMD’s finishing off the mainstream push for its cutting-edge “Navi” architecture by aiming for PC gaming’s sweet spot, the no-compromises 1080p arena currently dominated by Nvidia’s trio of GeForce GTX…
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Intezer raises $15 million to identify malware by analyzing reused code
Intezer, a cybersecurity startup that detects and classifies cyber threats by analyzing the code in malware, has raised $15 million in a series B round of funding from OpenView, Intel Capital, Samsung Next, USAA, and Intezer cofounder and chair Alon…
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