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This insanely cool DIY smart home features Alexa’s AI and Ethereum’s blockchain

Jun18
by on June 18, 2018 at 6:21 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence, Gadgets, Hard Fork


Building the perfect home involves a lot of time, effort, and Amazon Echo Dots. One family decided to create the smartest house in the world, and by all accounts they’ve succeeded. Video monitoring? Check. AI-powered voice command interface? Check. Blockchain-backed automated chore tracking and rewards system? Wait, what? You’ve probably never heard of Farley Coin, one of the world’s most exclusive cryptocurrencies. And that’s because its creator, Matt Farley, isn’t your dad. If he was, you’d be able to earn points for brushing your teeth, finishing your chores, and doing your schoolwork. Those points could then be spent on lucrative…

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Pokémon GO now lets you befriend other animal kidnappers

Jun18
by on June 18, 2018 at 4:15 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, augmented reality, gaming


Niantic today announced it’ll soon be adding Friends and Trading features to Pokémon Go, meaning you have a new reason to reinstall the app on your phone. The details: The new features were initially hinted at during this year’s E3 presentation, and were finally revealed by Niantic today. Players can send each other friend requests, trade pocket monsters, and gift each other things. According to Niantic’s press release, there’s even a benefit to having friends: Once connected, friends they can team up together to battle at Gyms, participate in Raid Battles, or send Gifts to increase their Friendship level. Trainers can…

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YouTube Music launches in 12 more countries, including the UK and Canada

Jun18
by on June 18, 2018 at 4:09 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider


YouTube is gradually increasing the reach of its YouTube Music streaming service. As of today, the service is available in 12 more countries. This includes the bulk of Western Europe, plus Russia and Canada. The full list of countries to get YouTube Music are as follows: Austria Canada Finland France Germany Ireland Italy Norway Russia Spain Sweden The United Kingdom In addition, anyone in these countries can sign up to YouTube Premium — the company’s ad-free service, which includes access to the site’s original content catalog. YouTube has also said that anyone in the US, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, and…

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Nvidia’s AI creates amazing slow motion video by ‘hallucinating’ missing frames

Jun18
by on June 18, 2018 at 3:45 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence


Nvidia’s researchers developed an AI that converts standard videos into incredibly smooth slow motion. The broad strokes: Capturing high quality slow motion footage requires specialty equipment, plenty of storage, and setting your equipment to shoot in the proper mode ahead of time. Slow motion video is typically shot at around 240 frames per second (fps) — that’s the number of individual images which comprise one second of video. The more fps you have, the better the image quality. The impact: Anyone who has ever wished they could convert part of a regular video into a fluid slow motion clip can…

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