Archivo del Autor: Belen De Leon

Judah vs. the Machines: Kairos face recognition AI can tell how you feel, but does it know what you dream?

 Instead of humanity working together on our own collective sense of caring and empathy, we have made the brave decision to build computers that can interpret emotions for us. In this installment of Judah vs. the Machines, Judah Friedlander heads to Miami to discover the wits of Kairos, a computer vision technology that claims to “understand people with face recognition technology.” Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Fixing cities

 Exciting news for people who live, well, everywhere: Incremental changes happening across tech, local news and local government are finally making the world around you transparent. This isn’t some “smart cities” concept fantasy, like those corporate marketing videos you see. This is about all of us finally getting answers to the real problems facing cities today that affect… Read More

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See every major 'Game of Thrones' death drawn out by hand – CNET

Relive a less-graphic but wildly artistic version of every major character death from “Game of Thrones.”
Source: CNET

British Airways mercilessly Twitter-trolled by rival Ryanair – CNET

Commentary: Dealing with a massive IT disaster, the famous airline now has to put up with Twitter taunts from a competitor.
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Why Tom Kelley of IDEO is the ultimate disciple of ‘design thinking’

 In our 16th episode, we talk with Tom Kelly, a partner at IDEO, about the definition of innovation, how to take back your creative confidence, and the habits that can shape not only your current design team, but the up-and-coming design leaders of the world.
The word “innovation” has gotten overused. Kelley says innovation, at the most fundamental level, is a fresh… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Saluting veteran founders and their mission-driven startups

 Veterans seem much more likely to found companies centered on a social good mission. Read More

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Asus ZenBook Flip S UX370 Release Date, Price and Specs – CNET

The Asus ZenBook Flip S UX370 is a 13.3-inch 4K convertible laptop packing new Intel seventh-gen processors in the slimmest of slim bodies.
Source: CNET

Thin is in with the Asus ZenBook Flip S – CNET

Say hello to the thinnest convertible laptop ever made.
Source: CNET

WWDC and E3 predictions video – CNET

Here are some details to look out for as WWDC and E3 2017 loom on the horizon.
Source: CNET

Asus skips robots at this year’s Computex event and flaunts super-thin laptops instead

 Remember Zenbo, the cute humanoid robot that stole the show at Asus’ Computex press conference last year? Zenbo was absent from the stage this year, as were ZenFones. Instead, in an unusual departure for the event, which took place today in Taipei, Taiwan, the focus was solely on Asus’ new laptops, with the spotlight shining on the newest additions to its ZenBook line: the ZenBook… Read More

Source: TechCrunch