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…
Month: January 2021
How AI can make the world more fair for ‘gifted’ kids
A team of researchers from Las Vegas recently developed an AI model capable of judging a human pianist’s skill level. On the surface, it might not sound like the kind of breakthrough…
Google Maps is adding COVID19 vaccine sites
With COVID19 vaccines beginning to make their way around the world, there’s a glimmer of hope for this pandemic to end sometime within the next year. Searches for “vaccines near me” have…
Maker of Sophia the robot plans to sell droids to people seeking company during COVID
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 — including Sophia — in the first half of 2021….
Report: Brexit could help China and the US in the global AI race
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 trio’s AI capabilities by analyzing…
Fintech may end up the real buzzword of 2021. Here’s your chance to get in on the ground floor
Credit: Worldspectrum/Pexels TLDR: The Ultimate Fintech and Blockchain Bootcamp Bundle explains the revolution in financial services happening around the globe right now — and how you can join in. If you aren’t…
Skyrim modders are using AI to generate new spoken dialogue
If you’re unimpressed by some of Skyrim’s 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…
Night at the Museum brought to life by new mixed reality tech
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 – as it does in the film…
Engineers have built machines to scrub CO2 from the air – and it could halt climate change
On Wednesday this week, the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere was measured at 415 parts per million (ppm). The level is the highest in human history, and is growing each year….
Not all developers want to be leaders — but here’s how to help the ones that do
For some developers, building software is only a small part of their bigger professional purpose. By nature, developers grow things — they make a product come to life, work with multiple moving…