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How Facebook Keeps Messenger From Crashing on New Year's Eve

28 Δεκεμβρίου 2018 by paulkokos

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Messenger's 1.3 billion users send more messages on New Year’s Eve than on any other day of the yearOn New Year’s Eve, millions of people will use Facebook’s Messenger app to wish friends and family a “Happy New Year!” If everything goes smoothly, those messages will reach recipients in fewer than…

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Who’s Hiring and Who’s Firing: Tech Jobs Beyond the U.S. West Coast

28 Δεκεμβρίου 2018 by paulkokos

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Apple, Google, and Amazon aren’t the only tech companies embracing geographic diversity Massive expansion plans announced by Apple, which plans to add thousands of jobs in Texas, and Google, which will add thousands of jobs in New York, dominated engineering job news during the last quarter of 2018. Their announcements followed…

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The Biggest IT Failures of 2018

27 Δεκεμβρίου 2018 by paulkokos

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Technical mishaps occurred in trains, planes, automobiles, and many more placesThis year proved once again that IT-related failures “are universally unprejudiced: they happen in every country; to large companies and small; in commercial, nonprofit, and governmental organizations; and without regard to status or reputation.” Below is a review that just scratches the…

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Fujitsu Plans to Support Professional Judges With Lidar and AI at Gymnastics Meets

24 Δεκεμβρίου 2018 by paulkokos

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Fujitsu has developed a judging system that can objectively score a routine based on the angles of a gymnast's jointsPerhaps more than any other sport, gymnastics is both an art and a science. As an athlete executes their carefully-rehearsed flips and leaps, judges look to award or deduct points based…

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In the Quest for General Intelligence, AIs Are Chasing Chickens in Minecraft

21 Δεκεμβρίου 2018 by paulkokos

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Microsoft’s challenge requires AI agents to cooperate in a virtual universe Image: Microsoft Playtime: Microsoft researchers hope that after collaborating with other AIs in a virtual game, it will be easier for AIs to learn to work with humans in the real world. If artificial intelligence (AI) agents are to…

Video Friday: Happy Robot Holidays!

21 Δεκεμβρίου 2018 by paulkokos

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Your weekly selection of awesome (holiday themed) robot videosVideo Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your Automaton bloggers. We’ll also be posting a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months; here’s what we have so far (send us your events!): Robotic…

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Book Review: Architects of Intelligence

21 Δεκεμβρίου 2018 by paulkokos

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Martin Ford's new book, 'Architects of Intelligence,' explores the reality of AI through interviews with the people actually working on itArtificial intelligence seems to be the go-to solution to every problem there is (technological in nature or otherwise), and it’s only getting worse. A staggering number of both startups and…

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Q&A: How iRobot Engineered Its New Roomba i7+ Robot Vacuum and Clean Base

20 Δεκεμβρίου 2018 by paulkokos

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We talk to Ken Bazydola at iRobot about the world's fanciest robotic vacuuming systemIf you’re in the market for a very, very fancy robot vacuum, you’ll want to read our review of the iRobot Roomba i7+, which is as fancy as it gets. Persistent mapping and localization enable all kinds…

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Roomba i7+ Review: The Most Capable, Most Expensive Robot Vacuum

19 Δεκεμβρίου 2018 by paulkokos

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iRobot's newest flagship robot vacuum is the best there is, if you can afford itiRobot announced the Roomba i7+ in September. It’s their newest, fanciest, most spectacular robot vacuum, and will set you back an eyebrow-raising US $950. The i7+ includes both iRobot’s premium i7 vacuum, and a “+” in…

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New Ethernet Protocol Keeps the Industrial IoT in Sync

19 Δεκεμβρίου 2018 by paulkokos

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Factory machines will use time-sensitive networking to coordinate their work Illustration: Greg Mably Timing is the unsung hero of the Internet. Timing enables syncing databases halfway around the world, trading stocks from thousands of miles away and allowing calls and data to traverse mobile networks undistorted. Understanding when a packet…

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