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Author: Adam E. Williams
Author: Adam E. Williams
Baidu and Pony.ai become first robotaxi services to operate without safety drivers in Beijing – #baidu #pony #ai #driverless #robotaxi #Beijing #China #safety | #RoadmapforSuccess
Image: Baidu Baidu and Pony.ai have been given permission to operate their autonomous vehicles without safety drivers in Beijing, a first for robotaxi services in China (via CNBC). Although both companies now no longer need a staff member in the driver’s seat, they’ll still need a supervisor present somewhere in the vehicle. Baidu and Pony.ai
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This is what a deepfake voice clone used in a failed fraud attempt sounds like – #incaseyoumissedit #deepfake #fraud #voiceclone | #RoadmapforSuccess
Who’s calling? | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Blog note: This is a fascinating article on what a deepfake is and the dangers as well as a YouTube video added to explain more fully what a deepfake is and the tech behind it all. One of the stranger applications
Read MoreCowpox Will Give Ya Horns – #PeculiarPodcast #Humor #DontBeSoSerious #Seattle #PatCashman #TGIF #incaseyoumissedit | #RoadmapforSuccess
Some people blame this podcast for the bad luck of the people Pat and Lisa talk about. Mort Sahl is gone, but the memories will always go on. Seems like the argument over vaccines is decades old…. Seattle Radio personalities (and we use that term loosely) Pat Cashman and Lisa Foster are BACK and on
Read MoreTesla’s humanoid Optimus robot to cost “more than FSD” – #incaseyoumissedit #robotics #optimus #tesla #elonmusk #telemetry #AI #ML | #RoadmapforSuccess
Blog notes: Robots are cool! Sure there is the fear of an iRobot or Blade Runneresque type scenario, however seeing the evolving growth and technology, I am so curious to see how the ML and AI will integrate telemetry solutions, GPS, visually aware mapping systems (such as not only navigating footprints of buildings and such
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Knotwords mashes Wordle with crossword puzzles – #incaseyoumissedit #knotwords #wordle #puzzles | #RoadmapforSuccess
For years, designer Zach Gage has been enamored with the works of famed Japanese game publisher Nikoli. The company is best known for popularizing sudoku, and is renowned for its minimalist takes on puzzles like nonograms (which Nintendo fans might recognize as Picross). For Gage, creating that kind of clean, straightforward, and accessible puzzle was
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New technology export rules in China could affect TikTok sale to a US company – #tiktok #technology #export #China #US #sale | #RoadmapforSuccess
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Plans for a TikTok sale may have a new obstacle, with China implementing new rules on AI technology exports, The New York Times reported. The new export control rules, which focus on technology the Chinese government considers sensitive, could mean that TikTok’s parent company, Beijing-based ByteDance, might need
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Apple News just lost The New York Times – #apple #news #thenewyorktimes | #RoadmapforSuccess
Photo by James Bareham / The Verge The New York Times has announced that, as of today, it will no longer be distributing articles in the Apple News app, making it one of the largest publishers to end its association with Apple’s publishing platform. In a memo announcing the change, Meredith Kopit Levien, chief operating
Read MoreMastercard partners with Microsoft to help users shop online safely – #mastercard #microsoft #partner #onlne #shopping #safety | #RoadmapforSuccess
American multinational financial services corporation Mastercard Inc. has announced the launch of an enhanced identity solution to tackle digital fraud, thereby improving the online shopping experience. Mastercard has developed the next-generation identity technology with the help of Microsoft. Mastercard has integrated Microsoft’s Dynamics 365 Fraud Protection’s proprietary risk assessment “to better enable real-time intelligence sharing
Read More11 New 3D Cities are now available – #incaseyoumissedit #bing #bingmaps #webxt #services #gps #mapping #3D #cities | #RoadmapforSuccess
It is no secret the Microsoft Maps team partners with world builders from the video game industry to create experiences like Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 (https://www.flightsimulator.com/). Microsoft takes petabytes of high-definition aerial imagery from specialized cameras and feeds them into a specialized Azure pipeline to automatically create detailed, fully textured, 3D models. This rich 3D
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