MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) wants to ensure your streaming video experience stays smooth. A research team led by MIT professor Mohammad Alizadeh has developed an artificial intelligence (dubbed ‘Pensieve’) that can select the best algorithms for ensuring video streams both without interruption, and at the best possible playback quality.… Read More
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On Wednesday night ABC will be airing the CMA Music Festival, Nashville’s paean to the boot-scootin’, honky-tonkin’, hoedown throw-down music that the Grand Ole Opry helped build. As part of the celebrations, some of country music’s rising and established stars are going to be streaming in 360 video on YouTube — airing select songs from their performance as if… Read More
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A new Pokemon filter on Snapchat lets you transform into a Pikachu.
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Google adds more than 20 languages to its dictation software, as well as the ability to search for emojis via voice.
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Attention nonprofits and NGOs! Apply to showcase in Startup Alley at TechCrunch Disrupt SF on Wednesday, September 20th. Applications are open from now till August 21st. Read More
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The Gillmor Gang — Doc Searls, Denis Pombriant, Keith Teare, Frank Radice, and Steve Gillmor. Recorded live Sunday, August 13, 2017. The battle for the center screen — Facebook Watch, Disney v Netflix, Twitter turns the tables on cable news. 2 weeks ago: G3: Care Bares recorded Thursday, July 27, 2017 with Mary Hodder, Elisa Camahort Page, Maria Ogneva, Francine Hardaway, and… Read More
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Nearly 40 mpg from a crossover. We’re very OK with that.
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Starting to think that we wouldn’t get any new information about ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ until December? Not so fast.
Source: Wired
Rok Mobile’s new option costs at least $5 less per month than any other unlimited-data plan — and comes with a surprising extra. Plus: $230 off a loaded iPad Pro and $17 for an amplified TV antenna.
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The security startup has added a few new features to its DIY cameras.
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