Add another AI startup to Apple’s growing list of 2020 acquisitions. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the company bought a firm called Vilynx earlier this year. The startup had been training an AI that could understand the content of a video by looking at its visual, audio and text cues. Vilynx used the capabilities of its technology to create tags that made videos more searchable. Apple…
Google Doodle honors London’s first black fireman Frank Bailey
November 26, 2020
Today’s Google Doodle in the UK is honoring yet another of Britain’s trailblazers Frank Bailey on what would have been his 95th birthday.
Born in Guyana, on this day in 1925, Frank Arthur Bailey worked on a German trade ship in the late 1940s and early 1950s. His work…
Bicycles, and especially e-bikes, are often the quickest way to cut through urban traffic. And so it makes perfect sense to see them being transformed into ambulance e-bikes for first responders.
That’s exactly what a team at the tech firm Wunderman Thompson Paris set…
YouTube for Android TV v2.12.08 brings limited 8K streaming support
November 26, 2020
While there are a number of 8K TVs with Android TV support, standard Android TV boxes were capped at 4K when streaming YouTube content — even if higher resolution videos are available on the platform.
8K video streaming support is now rolling out in a limited fashion for Android TV with YouTube for Android TV version 2.12.08 according to guys over at Android Police. As we have said, this is a…
Audi updates 2021 e-tron electric SUV with new 22 kW onboard charger and steering wheel
November 26, 2020
The 2021 Audi e-tron electric SUV is coming and the German automaker has made a few interesting updates, including a new optional 22 kW onboard charger and a new steering wheel.
The Audi e-tron already had a good level 2 charging capacity with its 11 kW onboard charger…
How to enable split-screen multitasking in Android 11 [Video]
November 26, 2020
If you have a large display on your smartphone, did you know you can enter split-screen for most of your apps and even some games? The split-screen process changed with Android Pie and has remained the same through to Android 11 now that gestures are the main UI input…
KYMCO F9 unveiled as ‘cool urban electric motorcycle’ with 2-speed automatic transmission
November 26, 2020
Taiwanese scooter and motorbike manufacturer KYMCO just held its 2021 Time to Excite digital press conference to unveil several new models. In keeping with the its electrification trend over the last few years, 2021 also saw a new electric model, the KYMCO F9, added to the company’s lineup.
KYMCO Chairman Allen Ko described the F9 upon its unveiling as “A cool urban electric motorcycle…
Thanksgiving Day has arrived and for 2020, it’s going to be a very different experience for most people. To celebrate the day, though, Google has posted a new homepage Doodle to celebrate Thanksgiving 2020 and the history of the Thanksgiving holiday.
Live now on…
How Hasty uses automation and rapid feedback to train AI models and improve annotation
November 26, 2020
Computer vision is playing an increasingly pivotal role across industry sectors, from tracking progress on construction sites to deploying smart barcode scanning in warehouses. But training the underlying AI model to accurately identify images can be a slow…
This is how we’ll merge with AI
November 26, 2020
The relationship between humans and AI is something of a dance. We and AI come close together operating collaboratively, then are pushed away by the impossibility, only to stumble but return attracted by the potential. It is perhaps fitting that the dance community is beginning to embrace robots, with AI helping to create new movements and choreography, and with robots sharing the stage with human…
