Lego reveals new characters and vehicles from the upcoming Star Wars film for the Force Friday II marketing extravaganza.
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Obsessing over price alone is a noob’s mistake.
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Tom Calderone, Spotify’s head of video and podcasts, is departing the company amid a shift in content strategy.  The news was first identified by Bloomberg. The digital streaming business, known for its music playlists, had expanded into other categories like original video, but the company has confirmed that it’s changing its approach. Said a spokesperson, going forward… Read More
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Machine learning has turned out to be a very useful tool for translation, but it has a few weak spots. The tendency of translation models to do their work word by word is one of those, and can lead to serious errors. Google details the nature of this problem, and their solution to it, in an interesting post on its Research blog. Read More
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The biggest Lego set ever made — and for $800, it can be yours.
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An end to an Obama era program that shields immigrants brought illegally to the US when they were kids would be “a step backwards” for the US, Microsoft says.
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As artificial intelligences become ever more powerful in the future, it will be crucial that smart product owners understand their capabilities, and have control over how their AI operates.
The post Should your own AI rat you out? It’s complicated, says the man building it appeared first on Digital Trends.
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LG and Sony launched phones, and there were a bunch of new headphones and smart speakers.
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The invite mentions a “comfy couch” and “popcorn.” Are they referring to the announcement or the product?
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Okay, full disclosure, I never read any Baby-Sitters Club book. But you know what I’m talking about, right? We all had some endless series we read where a few kids just like us navigated the vicissitudes of life, teaching us lessons along the way. I’m hoping that The Friendship Code, which aims to do that — but with tech and coding woven in — will become that series for… Read More
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