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How to sync your game controllers wirelessly to your PC

Jul26
by on July 26, 2019 at 12:09 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Basics, gaming


Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. Mouse and keyboard are alright, but sometimes you need to feel the weight of a controller in your hands. You need the simplicity of analog sticks or menu buttons. So how do you go about connecting a gaming controller to your PC? Naturally, if you have a USB connector or other form of wired connection, that’s the best way to do it, but that’s not always an option. So here’s how you can sync controllers…

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Here’s what you need to know about IBM’s new open-source Data Asset Exchange for AI

Jul25
by on July 25, 2019 at 9:33 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence


IBM’s Center for Open-Source Data and AI Technologies (CODAIT) recently unveiled a pair of carefully curated databases designed to provide machine learning developers models and datasets for AI projects. MAX, or Model Assets Exchange, is an online open-source repository for trainable/deployable AI models. You don’t necessarily have to be an AI expert to use the database – there’s even a tutorial that’ll walk you through developing an AI that can write captions – but some of the models available will probably only appeal to enterprise developers. CODAIT also launched the Data Assets Exchange (DAX). Where MAX hosts full AI models,…

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Here’s what you need to know about IBM’s new open-source Data Asset Exchange for AI

Jul25
by on July 25, 2019 at 9:33 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence


IBM’s Center for Open-Source Data and AI Technologies (CODAIT) recently unveiled a pair of carefully curated databases designed to provide machine learning developers models and datasets for AI projects. MAX, or Model Assets Exchange, is an online open-source repository for trainable/deployable AI models. You don’t necessarily have to be an AI expert to use the database – there’s even a tutorial that’ll walk you through developing an AI that can write captions – but some of the models available will probably only appeal to enterprise developers. CODAIT also launched the Data Assets Exchange (DAX). Where MAX hosts full AI models,…

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Porn company wants $10K to shoot you screwing in VR before you’re too old to be attractive

Jul25
by on July 25, 2019 at 8:26 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Opinion, virtual reality


“Yes, time travel is finally possible.” As someone who’s written extensively about quantum physics, the arrow of time, and other wacky aspects of our amazing universe, I’ve waited my entire career to see that sentence pop up in my inbox. I just never expected it would be VR Bangers, a pornography company, that sent it. Time travel via VR porn? Really, pornography site marketing team? Here’s the full pitch (screenshot to maintain original emphasis): I’ve spent the morning debating whether this is the most tone-deaf pitch I’ve ever received. No, don’t get me wrong: I don’t have a problem with porn.…

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