OpenAI today announced it will begin tracking machine learning models that achieve state-of-the-art efficiency, an effort it believes will help identify candidates for scaling and achieving top overall performance. To kick-start things, the firm published an analysis suggesting that since 2012, the amount of compute needed to train an AI model to the same performance on classifying images in a…
One of Android’s best accessibility features is “Live Caption.” Introduced in Android 10, “Live Caption” uses device resources to generate captions for any media that’s playing and now, it’s coming to Google Chrome.
Spotted by , Live Caption has appeared in…
Slack is one of the best tools for allowing teams to collaborate on work online, and now it’s getting an updated experience on Android. A complete redesign for the Slack app is now rolling out and it’s a huge departure from what we had before.
For the past few years…
Apple’s new 13-inch MacBook Pro up to $131 off, official iPhone 11/Pro/Max cases on sale, more
May 5, 2020
Today’s best deals include the first discounts on Apple’s new 13-inch MacBook Pro, plus various first-party iPhone 11/Pro/Max cases, and Apple Watch Series 3 returns for a notable price drop. Hit the jump for all that and more in the latest 9to5Toys Lunch Break.
13-inch MacBook Pro sees first discounts
Yesterday Apple refreshed its 13-inch MacBook lineup and now we’re getting a solid…
Google today announced Web Vitals, an initiative to provide web developers and website owners with a unified set of metrics for building websites with user experience and performance in mind. Web Vitals is the set of quality signals that Google believes are “essential to…
GigaSpaces, a startup developing in-memory computing solutions for AI and machine learning workloads, today announced it has raised $12 million. The funds will be used to scale expansion and accelerate product R&D, according to CEO Adi Paz.
It’s often been argued that…
In a preprint paper published this week on Arxiv.org, scientists at Microsoft, the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, and the University of Washington describe PlotMachines, an AI system that learns to transform outlines into stories by tracking plot threads. PlotMachines — whose code is available on GitHub — could bolster the development of systems capable of writing case studies…
Dazzle Rocks has raised $6.8 million in funding to bankroll its massively multiplayer online mobile game that is a sandbox world (think similar to Microsoft’s popular Minecraft).
Galaxy Interactive, via its Galaxy EOS VC Fund, led the round with additional participation by…
Google Drive has now officially gained support for biometric locks and unlocks with the iPhone and iPad Face ID and Touch ID systems.
The feature is now rolling out widely after being quietly confirmed last month according to The option is now appearing as part of the…
In keeping with their recent update promptness, Samsung is now pushing the May 2020 security patch for 2019’s flagship Galaxy S10 series.
With the May 2020 security patch also rolling out for the Google Pixel series, it’s credit to Samsung for ensuring that they are patching security holes alongside Google. Although on the other hand, given that OEMs are aware of the issues long in advance…
