One longstanding goal of AI research is to allow robots to meaningfully interact with real-world environments. In a recent paper, researchers at Stanford and Facebook took a step toward this by extracting information related to actions like pushing or pulling objects with movable parts and using it to train an AI model. For example, given a drawer, their model can predict that applying a pulling…
Equifax will pay $640 million for Kount’s AI-driven identity and fraud prevention tools
January 9, 2021
Equifax announced today that it would pay $640 million to acquire Kount, a company that uses artificial intelligence to drive its fraud prevention and digital identity services. In a press release, Equifax executives said the deal would allow the company to further expand…
AI Weekly: The future of tech policy after an attempted coup
January 9, 2021
On Wednesday, we witnessed a coup attempt fueled by racism, disinformation, and the President of the United States. Video of the U.S. Capitol breach shows that Trump supporters were permitted to violate multiple federal laws, desecrate the people’s house, undermine…
If you’re running, the last thing you want to do is break your stride to fiddle with your phone or watch for whatever reason. Answering calls, changing tracks, marking lap times, all of it distracts you from the pursuit of a better time when you’re striking the sidewalk. That’s the problem that ArcX believes it’s fixed with its silicon ring with a small joystick on one end. The idea being…
Latest Apple Arcade games for iPhone, iPod touch, Mac, Apple TV [Oceanhorn: Chronos Dungeon]
January 9, 2021
Apple Arcadelaunched with close to 100 titles and the service is seeing new games added regularly. Follow along with our guide on the latest from Apple’s gaming service.
New for January 8: Oceanhorn: Chronos Dungeon.
You can learn more about and downloadall the…
Here’s how to use your Apple Watch as a viewfinder and remote for your iPhone’s camera
January 9, 2021
As pointed out by multiple viral posts on Twitter this week, the Apple Watch has a nifty feature that allows it to serve as a viewfinder and remote for your iPhone’s camera. Here are the full details on how this works, plus one alternative if you’re looking for a…
Twitch will refresh the PogChamp emote image every 24 hours
January 9, 2021
A couple of days after Twitch yanked one of its oldest and most popular emotes, PogChamp is back with a twist. For the foreseeable future, Twitch will change the image every 24 hours.
Soon after PogChamp vanished from the platform, Sean “Day9″ Plott, a well-known StarCraft II player and commentator, suggested using an image of a random Twitch community member anytime someone used the…
Feature Request: Apple should evolve iPhone calls with option for FaceTime Audio default
January 9, 2021
2021 is here and 5G is coming online around the world. US carriers have decent coverage nationwide with mid and Sub-6GHz spectrum 5G but issues like call quality and reception are still a problem even with the latest-gen cellular network. I think it’s time for Apple to…
How does Panasonic stand out in a crowded TV market? By courting new PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X owners, apparently. The electronics giant has unveiled its 2021 flagship OLED TV, the JZ2000, and its centerpiece is an HCX Pro AI Processor that not only improves picture…
Android 12 wish list: Features we would love to see [Video]
January 9, 2021
Android 12 may not be here in a full release capacity until the latter half of 2021, but that hasn’t stopped us from dreaming up a wish list of things we really hope to see in the next OS build.
There were quite a few people disappointed with Android 11, which felt a little harsh. Google can’t be expected to completely reinvent the dominant mobile OS year-over-year. We do agree that certain…
