Katy Perry’s new music video is a giant ad for the internet We’ve come a long way from the early days of music videos — when The Buggles became the first band ever aired on MTV and “Video Killed the Radio Star” sounded like shots fired against the analogue generation. Now, the internet has killed everything. …
Katy Perry’s new music video is a giant ad for the internet We’ve come a long way from the early days of music videos — when The Buggles became the first band ever aired on MTV and “Video Killed the Radio Star” sounded like shots fired against the analogue generation. Now, the internet has killed everything. …
Elon Musk shows off the futuristic SpaceX space suit that could be worn by astronauts next year SpaceX and Tesla founder, Elon Musk, has unveiled a glimpse of a futuristic space suit which he calls the SpaceX spacesuit. Musk put up a photo of the actual spacesuit on his Instagram account. SpaceX spacesuit. Image: Instagram/@elonmusk These suits …
Apple fixes Siri’s robotic voice with deep learning – hear the difference Ahead of the launch of iOS 11 this fall, Apple has published a research paper detailing its methods for improving Siri to make the voice assistant sound more natural, with the help of machine learning. Beyond capturing several hours of high-quality audio that can …
I’ve had social anxiety disorder – and know you don’t have to live with it A fascinating study from the University of Virginia has shed new light on the much-ignored problem of social anxiety. In 169 adolescents assessed at the age of 15 and followed up for 10 years, the researchers found a strong relationship between …
Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview with shell, Edge, and input improvements Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview for PCs, with three minor additions as well as shell, Edge, and input improvements. This is one of the last builds of the upcoming Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, which is slated to arrive later this …
Apple Reveals 3 New Upgrades Coming to Siri in iOS 11 Apple engineers are hard at work improving Siri, if three new posts on a company blog are any indication. The three articles were posted to Apple’s Machine Learning Journal this month, and all three detail various ways that the company’s AI division is improving its …
How Roche Tweaked an Aging Drug to Keep Profits Rolling In In the remote forests of northern Sweden, Anders Svenningsson’s multiple sclerosis patients have benefited from a drug he’s been prescribing for the past eight years. It doesn’t require weekly injections, doesn’t leave patients feeling achy and feverish; and most important, halts their disease. That drug, …
Paid Program: How AI Is Driving Innovation A home is the biggest purchase most consumers will ever make, so figuring out which ones to consider and how much to pay can be a stressful, time-consuming process. In fact, 52 percent of homebuyers say finding the right property is the most difficult part of the process, and …