Oct 27, 2020
News
If you’ve ever used a
neural network to solve a
complex problem, you know they
can be enormous in size,
containing millions of
parameters. For instance, the
famous BERT model has about
~110 million. To illustrate
the point, this is the number
of parameters for the most
common architectures in
(natural language
processing) NLP, as
summarized […]
Oct 27, 2020
News
Elon Musk appears to be
following through with his
plan to “own no
house.” Variety reports
the enigmatic billionaire
recently parted with Gene
Wilder’s former Bel Air
estate — the second
of seven properties up for
sale. Musk sold the house for
$7 million to an LLC run by
Hollywood
screenwriter/producer
Elizabeth Hunter, the spouse
of […]
Oct 27, 2020
News
A new AI system that detects
flares erupting from stars
could help astronomers find
habitable planets, according
to the tool’s inventors.
The neural
network detects the light
patterns of a stellar flare
— which can
incinerate the atmospheres of
planets forming nearby. The
frequency and location of the
flares can therefore indicate
the best places to search for
[…]
Oct 27, 2020
News
When it comes to autonomous
transportation, people
primarily talk about cars,
buses, and lorries. For cities
like Amsterdam, its waterways
are an important method of
moving people and cargo
around. So, it’s another
territory autonomous vehicle
researchers are exploring as a
futurist way of transport.
Recently,
researchers MIT‘s
Computer Science and
Artificial Intelligence
Laboratory (CSAIL)
successfully […]
Oct 27, 2020
News
The Apple Watch is a thing of
absolute beauty. But, while
using the Series 6, I was
struck with a thought: will
the Apple Watch design ever
actually change? The
Curpertino-based company
isn’t exactly known for
left-field approaches to
product design. It’s all
about evolution, about
tinkering and perfecting. This
leads to clear aesthetic
growth […]
Oct 27, 2020
News
A new study suggests that we
may reach price parity between
electric vehicles and their
combustion counterparts a
little sooner than we first
thought. As it stands, the
consensus is that EVs and
regular cars will reach price
parity within the next decade.
This is expected to happen
when batteries cost $100
per/kWh, after that,
[…]
Oct 27, 2020
News
Sony today announced
that Destruction
AllStars, originally intended
to be a PlayStation 5 launch
title, has instead been
delayed. It'll instead be
released next February, where
it'll ...
Oct 27, 2020
News
YouTube today announced a
series of updates meant to
make its mobile app more
useful, including a
streamlined player experience
and new gestures. A few months
ago, YouTube introduced the
ability to easily create video
chapters by simply typing some
timestamps in your
video’s description. The
company is building on this
feature today by adding
[…]
Oct 27, 2020
News
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