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Go live with a friends on Instagram lets anyone invite a guest

Starting today, we’re introducing a fun way to go live with a friend. Now, you can hang out and go live together, whether you’re just doing homework or catching up on your day.   Live video helps you share in an authentic way, but sometimes it can be intimidating when you’re on your own. It’s […]

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Comma AI’s EON Dashcam DevKit are a stepping stone to autonomous driving

Announcing the EON Dashcam DevKit You all know comma.ai for its dashcam software chffr. chffr runs on iOS and Android, and is just about the best dashcam experience you can get…in an app. But we want to go beyond that, so we built a dedicated device.   The EON Dashcam DevKit, a dedicated hardware dashcam. […]

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Xperia Hello robotic

Sony’s Xperia Hello robotic assistant can now be an expensive member of your family

Sony’s new robotic assistant known as the Xperia hello is currently ready for Japanese homes. The swiveling smart speaker we 1st saw as a prototype last year features big animated eyes and a 4.55 in. LCD in its belly. The Xperia robot runs android and responds to voice, gestures, and facial expressions. It also can […]

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Google wants to help developers make better websites

Developers already have access to variety of tools that allow them see how real-world users experience their websites, but until now they weren’t able to see how their web site user expertise compared to others. Enter the Chrome User experience Report, a public dataset of key user expertise metrics gleaned from Chrome users who have […]

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soft sensor

Tactile tech soft and stretchable sensor can turn anything into a controller

A new type of soft and stretchable sensor could find uses in applications ranging from athletics and health monitoring to prosthetics and virtual reality.   The technology, called iSoft, is capable of sensing in real-time, or without delay, and can perform “multimodal” sensing, or sensing a variety of stimuli such as continuous contact and stretching […]

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Google Lens is rolling

Google Lens is rolling out to the first-gen Pixel and Pixel XL in Photos app

Google is working on some impressive AI tricks. And, several of them are finding their way to the public. we can already interact with the company’s digital assistant on our phones and thru Google Home. Now, Google Lens is arriving on the original pixel and pixel XL. As android Police notes, a number of users […]

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Automated video creation

Wibbitz raises $20M for Automated video creation startup

Wibbitz, which uses AI to make short videos supported text news stories, has raised $20 million in series C funding.   The money comes from some of big names within the media world, with Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments (a subsidiary of German media conglomerate Bertelsmann) leading the round and participation from The Weather Channel, The […]

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Automatically creates an avatar from a photo ‘Facebook research’

Creating avatars. Who’s got time for it?! Computers, that’s who. You’ll ne’er have to waste another second choosing your hair style, skin tone or facial hair length if this analysis from Facebook finds its method into product form.   In a paper (PDF) presented at the International Conference on computer Vision, Lior Wolf et al. […]

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