Online learning startup Coursera today debuted CourseMatch, an AI tool that matches classes in schools’ on-campus course catalogs to relevant offerings in Coursera’s catalog. It’s a part of the startup’s Coronavirus Response Initiative that launched in early March, and Coursera says it’s intended to enable universities to facilitate learning as governments mandate the shutdown of…
Clova AI Research uses unsupervised learning to deliver state-of-the-art image style transfers
April 16, 2020
AI researchers in South Korea created an AI system named U-GAT-IT, an unsupervised learning model for image-to-image translation. They said U-GAT-IT outperforms four other top generative networks created with unsupervised learning in almost every instance.
Image-to-image…
Fleet optimization startup Autofleet today announced that it secured $7.5 million in equity financing, the bulk of which CEO Kobi Eisenberg says will be put toward global expansion and R&D. The hope is to further develop AI that forecasts demand prediction, placement…
Kebotix, a startup developing AI tools to expedite the discovery of chemicals, today announced that it has raised $11.5 million. Investors were evidently impressed by the company’s machine learning and robotic process automation suite, which enables Kebotix’s private and public sector partners to uncover materials faster than with manual techniques.
Chemical development is a complex process…
Aspyr announced today Star Wars Episode l: Racer is coming out for PlayStation 4 and Switch on May 12.
Episode I: Racer is, surprise, a racing game based off of the podracing sequence from 1999’s Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. The game also released in 1999…
The latest TSMC earnings report suggests that the company is reasonably optimistic about demand for the new iPhone SE, but is far less certain what may happen in regard to the iPhone 12 launch later in the year.
The iPhone A-series chipmaker beat analyst estimates for Q1…
The new iPhone SE was finally announced yesterday, and boasts the latest A13 chip and a high-quality single rear lens. But as ever, Apple doesn’t disclose the entire spec sheet.
Instead, we have to turn to carrier sites — or wait for reviews to drop. In this case, a Chinese reseller reports that the new iPhone SE features 3 GB of RAM and houses a 1821 mAH battery.
Apple’s official line on…
HP Envy 17: A laptop you can use in quarantine
April 16, 2020
It’s a hell of a time to be launching a new product, but HP is doing just that with today’s launch of its new HP Envy 17 laptop.
HP is launching a new version of its veteran laptop model just in time for people to work from home. HP is targeting creators, or people who…
A Nokia-specific leakster account has been talking about the color options of the company’s upcoming Nokia 9.3 PureView flagship. Somewhat surprisingly the poll was acknowledged by Juho Sarvikas, Nokia’s CPO, who dropped a pretty massive hint about the…
iOS 13 offers greater privacy controls than ever before when it comes to how it handles apps’ access to your location data. Whether there’s a specific app you want to check on or would just like to do a general audit, follow along for which iPhone apps have access to your location data and how to change it.
With iOS 13, all apps have to include a “While Using” option in addition to…
