Wie identifiziert man eine Person auf einem Video oder Bild, die ihr Gesicht versteckt und vielleicht nur ihre entblößte Hand zum Victory-V erhebt? Genau so: Ahmad Hassanat von der Mu'tah University in Jordanien hat zusammen mit ein paar... | Continue reading
Initially, the Internet was built for text, and technology has learned how to read at a pretty advanced level. However, the web has become increasingly visual, and tech has not fully kept up: the Internet can read, but it can’t see. In 2016, that will change. Image recognition an … | Continue reading
Goldgenie has announced its 24K gold-plated "Stardust" Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge - for a cool $3,000. Do you think this is a good investment or a good way to get your phone stolen? | Continue reading
Russmedia Digital GmbH: Wie hat die digitale Vernetzung die Tourismusbranche verändert? Experten präsentieren Strategien und Erfahrungsberichte, geben Tipps und Handlungsempfehlungen. Sind auch Sie dabei! Schwarzach (ots) - VOL.AT FORUM Tourismus: Digitalisierung & ... | Continue reading
After the Olympics, and many other human sports, have become mired in cheating allegations, you might be excited to hear that from 2017, we may no longer need people to compete for gold at all. Following the World Drone Prix in Dubai this weekend, which saw a 15-year-old British … | Continue reading
Minecraft has long been a testing ground for people to explore and experiment, but the sandbox game will soon host players of a very different kind: artificial intelligences.Starting in July, Minecraft will be used to test the logic of AI programs. Imagine having an AI buddy that … | Continue reading
Microsoft has quietly unveiled a new platform designed to harness the power of Minecraft to expedite artificial intelligence (AI) development. Developed by a team led by Katja Hofmann, a researcher at Microsoft’s Machine Learning and Perception Group in the company’s Cambridge-ba … | Continue reading
Cryptsy used to be one of the more prominent Bitcoin and altcoin exchanges in the realm of digital currency, even though there have always been minor issues with the platform since day one. Things took a turn for the worse when Cryptsy owner Paul Vernon announced the exchange had … | Continue reading
Tired and unmotivated all the time? Learn the signs of burnout and how event planners can avoid it. Burnout is a common occurrence in many creative fields, including event planning. As planners, we run the gauntlet of stressful situations: financial decisions and their impact, lo … | Continue reading
Microsoft has quietly stopped supporting bitcoin payments just over one year after it (quietly) added support for the crypto currency within its Windows Store. Read More | Continue reading
ISES' Accelerate conference will span three days and multiple London-based venues in 2016, as well as include the inaugural Creative Disruptors Awards. | Continue reading
Den fantastischen Soundtrack von Hotline Miami, dem ersten Teil der erstaunlichen Videospiel-Reihe, gibt es jetzt endlich auch auf Vinyl - "Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number" konnte man bereits vor drei Jahren kaufen.Eine Vorfinanzierungsaktion von L... | Continue reading
So many factors may have worked for making your app popular. It may have been a great PR campaign, or you hit the right chord with your influencer marketing strategy. The point is that all these viral factors are short-lived. Once the initial buzz dies down, most apps seem to los … | Continue reading
A report from China suggests that the upcoming Meizu Pro 6 flagship smartphone will come with 6GB of RAM and a Samsung Exynos 8890 processor. | Continue reading
An aging population and increased urbanization are set to dramatically change America's transport needs, and the government wants to do something about it. In 2015, the Department of Transportation unveiled its Smart City challenge, a competition for mid-sized cities to their ret … | Continue reading
Microsoft first started accepting Bitcoins as a payment method for Xbox games and Windows apps around a year ago. Bitcoins could be used to fund a Microsoft Account, allowing owners to purchase content from the Windows and Xbox games, music, and video stores. Microsoft has ended … | Continue reading
IMG's five-kilometre running event, The Color Run has added Renault, Capri-Sun and Alpen to its roster of partners for 2016. | Continue reading
Optimizing for mobile goes beyond just having a responsive website. Here are the 4 hacks for optimizing your site for optimal user experience. | Continue reading
While the majority of fans might rely on their knowledge of the game, popular sports analysts, water cooler talk and a gut feeling, machine learning scientists are building a predictor tool to help the masses complete the ultimate bracket and win a few bucks from the office pool. … | Continue reading
I've been in Seoul, South Korea for the past week covering the gripping Go face-off between human champion Lee Se-dol and DeepMind AI AlphaGo, and it's been endlessly fascinating. There wasn't a game today, though, so I headed on down to the arty student district of Hongdae to do … | Continue reading
Bad Füssing (ots) - Der niederbayerische Kurort Bad Füssing hat das Jahr 2015 zum zwölften Mal in Folge mit einem Plus bei den Gästeankünften abgeschlossen. Europas... | Continue reading
Samsung has posted three clever new commercials promoting the water-resistance rating and Gear VR compatibility of the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge featuring Lil' Wayne and Wesley Snipes. | Continue reading
Microsoft has stopped accepting Bitcoin payments for apps and content in its Windows 10 store for desktop and mobile, reveals an updated support page spotted by Softpedia. That’s a bummer for fans of the cryptocurrency hoping for it to gain more mainstream traction. The company a … | Continue reading
Star Fox Zero includes an invincible mode for players new to the series, Nintendo design chief Shigeru Miyamoto has said. Speaking in an interview with Time… | Continue reading
The Register hat Microsoft zur Rede gestellt: Wie kommt der Konzern auf die Idee, einem Sicherheitsupdate auch ein Stück Nagware unterzujubeln? Ging Microsoft damit einen Schritt zu weit beim Versuch, für sein neustes Betriebssystem zu... | Continue reading
Coinify APS, a Denmark-based blockchain currency payment provider, is facilitating the first real estate purchase in Denmark using bitcoin. Coinify processed a transaction worth 117 BTC (290,000DKK, $50,000 USD). The Just-Sold group real estate agency signed up for a Coinify merc … | Continue reading
Dutch studio Concrete has completed the Amsterdam based restaurant Happyhappyjoyjoy, a collection of colors and typical Asian flavors. | Continue reading
Student lending company Future Finance has enlisted House of Experience to deliver a campaign that is designed to target its student audience. | Continue reading
Lemon flavoured bakes are the best. Especially this time of year when you crave more zesty, fresh flavours. These lemon drizzle cake slices are perfect for when you fancy lemon cake but don’t want to make a huge cake with giant slices (or you do, but know you shouldn’t) and if us … | Continue reading
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Best Buy will start accepting pre-orders for the LG G5 on March 18th. The handset is expected to ship out to customers in early April. | Continue reading
As Apple continues to publicly battle the FBI, which wants the company to unlock an iPhone used by the terrorist at the center of the San Bernardino shooting, John Oliver has finally taken on why encryption is important. Oliver explained why everyone should care about encryption … | Continue reading
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A team led by a 15-year-old pilot from England took first place Saturday in the World Drone Prix, a new contest hoping to take flight both in this Mideast country fascinated by the technology and with sports fans worldwide.Luke Bannister of Somerset … | Continue reading
Today is Pi Day, and Microsoft is celebrating the mathematical constant with some impressive deals on Dell laptops. In keeping with the Pi theme, Microsoft is taking 31.4 percent off Dell's latest XPS 13, so it starts at just $685.31 instead of $999. Only the base Core i5 model r … | Continue reading
Telegram has announced a handful of updates today as the mobile messaging company doubles-down on its group-chat efforts. First up, Telegram is pushing the upper limit of groups from 1,000 people to 5,000 people — this comes just four months after the company increased the limit … | Continue reading
ADAC: München (ots) - An diesem Wochenende beginnen in sieben Bundesländern die Osterferien. Und das wird auf den wichtigen Reiserouten in Deutschland zu spüren sein. Allerdings erwartet der ADAC noch keine allzu langen Staus. Am Freitag wird es rund um ... | Continue reading
BlaBlaCar: Hamburg (ots) - Noch weiß niemand, wie das Wetter an Ostern wird, doch eines ist sicher: Hoch BlaBlaCar sorgt für eine stabile Preislage beim Reisen auf Langstrecken. Statt sich über Preissteigerungen zu den reisestarken Feiertagen Ende März zu ... | Continue reading
Die Sache mit den Copter-Rennen wird rapide ernst: Jetzt hat der 15-jährige Luke Bannister 250.000 Dollar gewonnen, indem er 150 Teams beim ersten World Drone Prix in Dubai schlug. Insgesamt gab es bei dem Wettbewerb eine Million Dollar zu gew... | Continue reading
St Christopher's will be transformed into a floral oasis from Wednesday (16 March), as artist Rebecca Louise Law installs 1,200 fresh flowers within the precinct. | Continue reading
Last month, the LA Clippers — owned by world's-happiest-man-dunking, Steve Ballmer — unveiled a new mascot: Chuck the Condor. Chuck has a big blue beak, a happy-go-lucky grin, and is hated by Clippers fans. Kanye West, who apparently attended a Clippers game on Sunday, is no exc … | Continue reading
World ATM Congress: Madrid (ots/PRNewswire) - Das vierte Jahr in Folge kommen Führungskräfte im Bereich Flugverkehr zusammen, um die Zukunft der globalen Luftfahrt zu planen. Jetzt Ausstellungsplätze für 2017 verfügbar. Der vierte jährliche World ATM Congress ... | Continue reading
The Division is the UK's biggest ever game launch during the first three months of any year.The online shooter's arrival last week was the biggest Q1 debut for any game since previous record holder, PS2 racer Gran Turismo 4 back in 2005.Ubisoft previously said that The Division w … | Continue reading
CosmosDirekt: Saarbrücken (ots) - - Etwa 568.000 Staus wurden im Jahr 2015 auf deutschen Autobahnen verzeichnet.(1) - Autofahrer sollten einige Dinge beachten, um sicher durch den Stau zu kommen. Während manche die Osterferien noch ein letztes ... | Continue reading
If you were hoping that John Oliver would do a deep dive on the iPhone encryption debate: good news. Today’s the day. Read More | Continue reading
In einem Artikel im hauseigenen Blog hat John MacFarlane, CEO von Sonos, einerseits Entlassungen und im gleichen Atemzug einen Strategiewechsel des Lautsprecher-Herstellers angekündigt. Für MacFarlane ist die Zukunft der Musikindustrie kl... | Continue reading
AIDA Cruises: Rostock (ots) - Am 14. März 2016 hat AIDA Cruises im Rahmen einer feierlichen Zeremonie den ersten Neubau einer neuen Schiffsgeneration von Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (MHI) in Nagasaki übernommen. In Anwesenheit von Michael Thamm, CEO Costa ... | Continue reading
Cainiao, a three-year-old Alibaba-backed company specializing in logistics, has confirmed its maiden external funding round from Temasek Holdings and GIC in Singapore, Malaysia’s Khazanah Nasional and China-based Primavera Capital. Read More | Continue reading