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Steam might get new chat features inspired by Discord

Jun06
by on June 6, 2018 at 5:13 pm
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If there’s one area where the industry-dominating platform Steam lags behind, it’s in the intricacy and usefulness of its chat function. That’s why reports that it’s bolstering voice chat and groups are encouraging. The details: A leaked screenshot, originally posted on Twitter and which can now be found on Reddit, appears to show group chat rooms on Steam’s interface. SteamDB’s Twitter also revealed assets for embeds, invite links, media uploads, and update voice chat. Players can permanently save chats, and assign nicknames to their friends. Some assets for an updated chat system were recently discovered. Includes references to: updated chat…

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Steam might get new chat features inspired by Discord

Jun06
by on June 6, 2018 at 5:13 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming


If there’s one area where the industry-dominating platform Steam lags behind, it’s in the intricacy and usefulness of its chat function. That’s why reports that it’s bolstering voice chat and groups are encouraging. The details: A leaked screenshot, originally posted on Twitter and which can now be found on Reddit, appears to show group chat rooms on Steam’s interface. SteamDB’s Twitter also revealed assets for embeds, invite links, media uploads, and update voice chat. Players can permanently save chats, and assign nicknames to their friends. Some assets for an updated chat system were recently discovered. Includes references to: updated chat…

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DHS to deploy facial recognition AI at US/Mexico border

Jun06
by on June 6, 2018 at 5:06 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence


The Department of Homeland Security will forge ahead with plans to implement its problematic Vehicle Face System (VFS), an AI-powered facial recognition system, at the US/Mexico border. After years of development, the Federal government will install the VFS system in Texas at the Anzalduas border crossing. Every person driving across the border will, at that time, have a photograph taken of their face in order to cross-reference their identity with various government databases, according to documents obtained by The Verge. The VFS system was developed to capture images of vehicle occupants through windshields. It can disregard reflections and, using depth…

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DHS to deploy facial recognition AI at US/Mexico border

Jun06
by on June 6, 2018 at 5:06 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence


The Department of Homeland Security will forge ahead with plans to implement its problematic Vehicle Face System (VFS), an AI-powered facial recognition system, at the US/Mexico border. After years of development, the Federal government will install the VFS system in Texas at the Anzalduas border crossing. Every person driving across the border will, at that time, have a photograph taken of their face in order to cross-reference their identity with various government databases, according to documents obtained by The Verge. The VFS system was developed to capture images of vehicle occupants through windshields. It can disregard reflections and, using depth…

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Scientists want to put ultrasound-powered nanarobots in your blood

Jun06
by on June 6, 2018 at 3:38 pm
Posted In: Around the Web


A team of scientists from the University of California at San Diego recently developed nanorobots to destroy bacteria and detoxify blood. The broad strokes: The nanorobots, which are made out of gold, are 25 times thinner than a human hair. They move in response to ultrasound stimulation, which means they require no fuel. Scientists coated the gold nanarobots with a hybrid ‘skin’ built from platelet and blood cell membranes, which serves two main functions: It stops proteins from attaching themselves to the nanorobots, a process called biofouling — which would render them useless. The membranes are like a VIP pass…

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