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Nvidia launches Jarvis conversational AI framework in general availability

Join GamesBeat Summit 2021 this April 28-29. Register for a free or VIP pass today. At its GTC 2021, Nvidia this morning announced the general availability of its Jarvis framework, which provides developers with pretrained AI models and software tools to create interactive conversational experiences. Nvidia says that Jarvis models, which first became available in May 2020 in preview, offer…
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Nvidia launches TAO, an enterprise workflow for AI development

Join GamesBeat Summit 2021 this April 28-29. Register for a free or VIP pass today. During its GTC 2021 virtual keynote, Nvidia introduced a new product designed to help enterprises choose, adapt, and deploy machine learning models. Called TAO and available starting today in early access, it enables transfer learning as well as other machine learning techniques from a single, enterprise-focused…
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MobileNews

Google and Apple block NHS COVID-19 contact tracing app update over privacy issues

The UK government is bungling yet another aspect of the pandemic response as it appears Google and Apple have blocked a recent update to the NHS COVID-19 contact tracing app over location sharing issues. According to the BBC, this recent update was supposed to be made available on the Google Play Store and Apple’s App Store simultaneously as nationwide lockdowns ease over ahead of the full…
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NewsPhotography

Leica APO-Summicron-M 35mm F2 ASPH lens samples

We recently took delivery of Leica’s new APO-Summicron-M 35mm F2 ASPH, and in the short time between its arrival and when it had to be sent back, we prepared a preliminary sample gallery in and around sunny Seattle. The Leica APO-Summicron-M 35mm F2 ASPH is an…
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Ducati backtracks on past commitment to electric motorcycles, touts ‘synthetic fuel’ instead

Despite electric motorcycles gaining an ever increasing share of the motorcycle market, Ducati is throwing cold water on the idea of a Ducati electric motorcycle. That stands in stark contrast to comments made by Ducati’s CEO Claudio Domenicali in 2019. Less than two years ago, Domenicali hinted that Ducati had already begun work on an electric motorcycle and that the world could expect to see…
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