Have you ever binged on a TV show so much that you fell asleep mid-episode? The last you want is for the show to keep on playing indefinitely, potentially exposing you to…
Month: January 2021
The youngest AI programmer in the world is a 7-year-old Guinness record holder
Kautilya Katariya, a computer whiz from the UK, became the youngest qualified computer programmer in the world last year at just six-years-old after taking a series of computer lessons including AI courses…
Google CEO slammed by AI ethics researcher for blaming public feud on transparency
Google CEO Sundar Pichai has credited the company’s transparency for the backlash over the firing of Timnit Gebru, earning a withering rebuke from the AI ethicist. Gebru’s controversial exit sparked an outcry about…
MIT’s new ‘liquid’ neural network learns on the job — so robots can adapt to changing conditions
MIT researchers have invented an adaptive “liquid” neural network that could improve decision-making in self-driving cars and medical diagnosis. The algorithm adjusts to changes experienced by real-world systems by changing their underlying equations…
Forget Hyperloop, check out China’s new 620kmph maglev prototype
Transport concepts like Hyperloop are getting many people hot under the collar. The idea of being able to travel between major cities in minutes rather than hours is certainly an exciting idea….
Learn in-demand technical skills in Python, machine learning, and more with this academy
Credit: Clément Hélardot/Unsplash TLDR: With access to the Zenva Academy, users can take over 250 tech courses packed with real world programming training to become a knowledgeable and hirable professional coder. The…
Spotify patents eerie ‘mood-detecting tech’ to recommend you songs
For example, the tone of voice may be more upbeat, high-pitched and/or exciting for users that have been assigned the personality trait of extroversion. It also proposes using “intonation, stress, [and] rhythm”…
Gothenburg gears up to test future transport tech in the heart of town
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…
A frustrating timeline of Tesla Roadster delays
In 2020, Tesla was supposed to give us 1 million self-driving taxis and the new Roadster. We have neither, but to rub salt into the wound, the Roadster just got pushed back,…
How UK startups are keeping their EU connections alive after Brexit
For many startups across the UK, Brexit has been like trying to put together new IKEA furniture with random pieces missing and blank pages in the instruction booklet. With freshly published trade…