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PUBG rumored to drop on PS4 soon

Sep19
by on September 19, 2018 at 5:14 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming


The Korean game ratings board dropped a listing for a PS4 version of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, indicating a long-awaited release is on the horizon — and not a moment too soon for the floundering battle royale game. The listing was spotted earlier today by Twitter user @Nibellion, and clearly shows “PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS PS4” along with a description of the violence inherent in the game. PUBG for PS4 has popped up on the Korean Ratings Board https://t.co/4D8eIRWO0l pic.twitter.com/s9HPiGVHvt — Nibel (@Nibellion) September 19, 2018 PUBG has been an Xbox console exclusive for quite some time, even being offered in a bundle with Microsoft’s Xbox One…

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Researchers paid people to talk to themselves so AI will sound less dumb

Sep19
by on September 19, 2018 at 4:04 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence


A team of researchers from the University of Edinburgh developed a novel method for teaching AI to respond to queries in a more conversational manner: They paid people to talk to themselves. It turns out that paying one person to pretend to be two people is a cost-effective way of training an AI to recognize natural human language. That may seem like a no-brainer, but the interesting part is that it also produces better results than current multi-speaker conversation datasets. Here’s an example from the self-dialogue database — despite the denotations this is a single study participant providing both sides…

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Beauty app teams up with Kik to bring cryptocurrency to 92 million women

Sep19
by on September 19, 2018 at 3:31 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


AR-powered vanity platform Perfect365, which touts more than 100 million (mostly female) users, is the latest startup to embrace blockchain technology and tokenize its platform. Through a collaboration with Kin (a cryptocurrency developed by messaging giant Kik), the beauty app will soon reward users with cryptocurrency for their activity on Perfect365. To earn tokens, users will have to complete surveys and other tasks on Perfect365. With an audience made up of 92 percent women, Perfect365 claims the Kin integration aims to introduce cryptocurrency to a group which has mostly remained absent from the blockchain space. Indeed, recent survey by social…

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Beauty app teams up with Kik to bring cryptocurrency to 92 million women

Sep19
by on September 19, 2018 at 3:31 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


AR-powered vanity platform Perfect365, which touts more than 100 million (mostly female) users, is the latest startup to embrace blockchain technology and tokenize its platform. Through a collaboration with Kin (a cryptocurrency developed by messaging giant Kik), the beauty app will soon reward users with cryptocurrency for their activity on Perfect365. To earn tokens, users will have to complete surveys and other tasks on Perfect365. With an audience made up of 92 percent women, Perfect365 claims the Kin integration aims to introduce cryptocurrency to a group which has mostly remained absent from the blockchain space. Indeed, recent survey by social…

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Europol: Criminals are still using Bitcoin, but ISIS loves ZCash

Sep19
by on September 19, 2018 at 3:21 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Europol has found that Bitcoin is still the chosen cryptocurrency of the internet underworld. The insight comes from Europol’s latest Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA) report. Among other things, the research claims cybercriminals still favor Bitcoin over other cryptocurrencies – despite its lack of anonymity features. Europol also notes Bitcoin’s share of the cryptocurrency market has dropped significantly, from over 80 percent to less than 35 percent (it’s worth pointing out Bitcoin currently accounts for 55 percent of the market, according to CoinMarketCap). “The abuse of cryptocurrencies by cybercriminals continues to play a pivotal role in the commission, perpetration…

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