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Sony’s AI drummer is so good you’d think it’s human

Aug06
by on August 6, 2019 at 11:20 am
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence


AI generating music is pretty commonplace now. Apps such as Mubert even let you play generative music on your phone. Now, Sony has just developed an AI that adds kick-drum beats to pre-existing songs, and make them more catchy. The AI adds “musically plausible” kick drum beats invariant to tempo and time-shift. The research team used 665 pop, rock, and hip-hop tracks to train the model where rhythm instruments including bass, kick and snare are available as separate 44.1kHz audio tracks. In the recently released research paper, the team said it lays out the track as a sequence of mapping code of kick…

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Secretive ‘Machete’ hacker group steals GBs worth of sensitive files from the Venezuelan military

Aug06
by on August 6, 2019 at 10:49 am
Posted In: Around the Web


Researchers at cybersecurity firm ESET have unearthed a targeted cyber-espionage campaign that sets out to steal sensitive documents from Venezuela’s military forces “The attackers exfiltrate specialized file types used by geographic information systems (GIS) software,” said ESET researcher Matias Porolli. “The group is specifically interested in files that describe navigation routes and positioning using military grids.” About 75 percent of the malware infections – all operated by Machete – were located in Venezuela, with other victims spread out across Ecuador, Colombia, and Nicaragua. First documented by Kaspersky in 2014, the Machete group has been active at least since 2010, focusing…

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Huawei owns itself with ballsy ‘who owns us’ Twitter poll

Aug06
by on August 6, 2019 at 9:43 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Asia


Huawei‘s head of PR will probably have some explaining to do after today’s stunt (although I commend them for their bravery). The company put out a poll from its official Twitter account asking its followers who they thought owns Huawei — along with the incredibly catchy hashtag #WhoRunsHuawei. Who do you think owns Huawei? #WhoRunsHuawei — Huawei (@Huawei) August 2, 2019 After the intense media coverage of Trump blacklisting Huawei earlier this year — and the following fallout — it shouldn’t come as a surprise tthat 42 percent of more than 56,000 respondents thought it was owned by the Chinese…

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Huawei owns itself with ballsy ‘who owns us’ Twitter poll

Aug06
by on August 6, 2019 at 9:43 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Asia


Huawei‘s head of PR will probably have some explaining to do after today’s stunt (although I commend them for their bravery). The company put out a poll from its official Twitter account asking its followers who they thought owns Huawei — along with the incredibly catchy hashtag #WhoRunsHuawei. Who do you think owns Huawei? #WhoRunsHuawei — Huawei (@Huawei) August 2, 2019 After the intense media coverage of Trump blacklisting Huawei earlier this year — and the following fallout — it shouldn’t come as a surprise tthat 42 percent of more than 56,000 respondents thought it was owned by the Chinese…

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How to cheat your way to the perfect life in The Sims 4

Aug06
by on August 6, 2019 at 9:36 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. Life is hard enough without trying to perfect the existence of your Sim too. You’ve got bills to pay, 100 babies to feed, and a countdown of your mortality — it’s exhausting, and what game’s fun if you can’t cheat? None.  Unlike most games, the creators of The Sims actually encourage a little cheating, stating it’s “a big part of the game.” So with this in mind, and our conscience clear, we’ve compiled a…

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