Archive for the 'Technology' Category
Face2Face: Real-Time Face Capture and Reenactment of RGB Videos
March 19th, 2016Woh. Via: Stanford:
Carl’s Jr. CEO Wants to Try Automated Restaurant
March 18th, 2016Seattle Hikes Minimum Wage to $15 Per Hour: Enjoy any higher minimum wages while you can because the Rise of the Machines grinds steadily onward, and the goal is to eliminate as many human workers from corporate payrolls as possible. Via: KFOR: A CEO of a fast-food company is causing a stir on social media […]
Domino’s to Trial Pizza Delivery by Robot in NZ
March 17th, 2016Via: New Zealand Herald: Domino’s says it’s working with the Government on a plan to permit robot pizza delivery to hungry New Zealanders. The government and Domino’s Pizza are working to explore and test driverless pizza delivery options with a four-wheeled unit named DRU (Domino’s Robotic Unit). Minister of Transport Simon Bridges said the use […]
Google Wants to Sell Boston Dynamics
March 17th, 2016Via: Bloomberg: Executives at Google parent Alphabet Inc., absorbed with making sure all the various companies under its corporate umbrella have plans to generate real revenue, concluded that Boston Dynamics isn’t likely to produce a marketable product in the next few years and have put the unit up for sale, according to two people familiar […]
Apple’s iCloud to Run on Google’s Cloud
March 16th, 2016Via: Business Insider: It’s been only four months since Google convinced enterprise queen Diane Greene to lead its fledgling cloud-computing business, but she’s already scored a second huge coup for Google: landing Apple as a customer which is not good news from Amazon. Apple has reportedly signed a contract worth between $400 million and $600 […]
NSA Intercepts for Law Enforcement
March 16th, 2016I said it back in 2013 when we learned about parallel construction. It’s NSA’s infrastructure. The cat was completely out of the bag back then. Via: Privacy SOS: The wall separating “foreign” intelligence operations from domestic criminal investigations has finally, fully collapsed. The FBI now plans to act on a rule change initiated by the […]
$20,000 Honda Civic Comes with Self Drive Mode for Highways
March 16th, 2016Via: Fast Company: Honda is adding features to its $20,000 Honda Civic LX that will make the entry-level car able to drive itself down the highway, reports the Wall Street Journal. Drivers can take their hands off the wheel and their feet off the pedals when the car’s driving in highway conditions with clearly visible […]
AlphaGo Seals 4-1 Victory Over Go Grandmaster Lee Sedol
March 16th, 2016Via: Guardian: Google DeepMind’s AlphaGo program triumphed in its final game against South Korean Go grandmaster Lee Sedol to win the series 4-1, providing further evidence of the landmark achievement for an artificial intelligence program. Lee started Tuesday’s game strongly, taking advantage of an early mistake by AlphaGo. But in the end, Lee was unable […]
The New Mind Control
March 14th, 2016Don’t let this one slip down the page without clicking through! This piece doesn’t mention virtual reality, but VR is going to be an integral part of this, “unseen dictatorship.” It’s easy to pass off clunky RV tech demos as some sort of passing fad. Yep, I remember the 1990s too. But it’s different this […]
Minecraft to Run Artificial Intelligence Experiments
March 14th, 2016Via: BBC: Minecraft is to become a testing ground for artificial intelligence experiments. Microsoft, owner of the popular video game, revealed that computer scientists and amateurs will be able to evaluate and develop AI software using its virtual landscapes from July. The company says Minecraft is more “sophisticated” than existing AI research simulations and cheaper […]
