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This startup can teach a car how to drive itself in 20 minutes

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by on July 6, 2018 at 5:29 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence


Researchers from Wayve, a company founded by a team from the Cambridge University engineering department, have developed a neural network sophisticated enough to learn how to drive a car in 15 to 20 minutes using nothing but a computer and a single camera. Start your engines: The company showed off its robust deep learning methods last week in a company blog post showcasing the no-frills approach to driverless car development. Where companies like Waymo and Uber are relying on a variety of sensors and custom-built hardware, Wayve is creating the world’s first autonomous vehicles based entirely on reinforcement learning. What’s…

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Vivo’s powerful NEX is more than just a pretty bezel-less face

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by on July 6, 2018 at 3:43 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, gear, Mobile, Reviews


Back in February, when we were still recovering from the barrage of Android devices that had a notch cut out of their displays similar to the iPhone X, Vivo blew people’s minds with its Apex concept phone, which featured a truly bezel-less display. The company had figured out a way to hide sensors, the earpiece, and even the selfie camera with a bunch of innovations that we’d never seen before. Last month, it brought that concept to life with the launch of the NEX. It’s a remarkable achievement, and Vivo’s done a great job realizing most of the ideas behind…

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I’m fascinated by this startup founders’ amazing haircut

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by on July 6, 2018 at 3:37 pm
Posted In: Around the Web


Earlier today, I got an email about Swedish AI startup, Avionero. As a frequent traveler, the company’s product is pretty intriguing: it’s a bit like Skyscanner, but with a greater emphasis on data visualization and artificial intelligence, allowing you to find the cheapest flights with the least amount of pain. Avionero is currently available in beta, and, from what I can tell, only in Swedish. But the tech behind it seems promising. Avionero reckons it has a larger inventory of flights than any other comparison site, and has raised almost $1 million in a pre-seed round to bring its service…

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Experts throw shade on Australia’s $750M investment in IBM blockchain tech

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by on July 6, 2018 at 3:04 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Australia, blockchain, Hard Fork, Insider


The Australian government has announced it has awarded IBM with an impressively lucrative $750 million (AUD$1 billion) contract to develop blockchain and other related solutions, despite their bungling of the country’s national census in 2016. IBM‘s second chance comes in the form of a five-year deal that the Australian government hopes will save taxpayers $74 million. The agreement will see IBM develop AI, blockchain and quantum technology solutions geared for cybersecurity, data management and research. Some experts have flat-out criticized the deal. Dr. Wissam Raffoul, an information and communications adviser, told the Australian Financial Review: “If you engineer a bad…

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Be a hacker, save the world — and you can name your price to do it all

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by on July 6, 2018 at 2:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Offers


In recent years, hackers hired to find vulnerabilities have safeguarded customer information compiled by the IRS, helped patch security holes found in life-saving medical devices and uncovered frightening flaws allowing evil hackers to take control of a car from up to 12 miles away. You can enjoy the thrill of hacking while building a better, safer world and earning a nice living with the training in the Certified White Hat Hacker bundle — and you can get it for the price you want to pay.

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