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• Are High-Quality Free WordPress Themes a Thing of the Past?

  25-01-2021 23:41 via speckyboy.com
  
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• How AI can make the world more fair for ‘gifted’ kids

  25-01-2021 22:58 via thenextweb.com
  
  A team of researchers from Las Vegas recently developed an AI model capable of judging a human pianist’s skill level. On the surface, it might not sound like the kind of breakthrough research that could change the world overnight. And it’s probably not. But it represents what could be a crucial component in a machine learning stack that could make the world fair for smart kids. Education doesn’t work the same way for everyone. In the US, for example, most public school systems
  
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• Google Maps is adding COVID19 vaccine sites

  25-01-2021 22:31 via thenextweb.com
  
  With COVID19 vaccines beginning to make their way around the world, there’s a glimmer of hope for this pandemic to end sometime within the next year. Searches for “vaccines near me” have increased fivefold, according to Google, so in the coming weeks, the company will begin to make vaccination locations available on Google Maps and Search. The feature will roll out initially in Arizona, Louisiana, Mississipi, and Texas, “with more states and countries to come.” The
  
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• Create Advanced Contact Forms for WordPress Quickly

  25-01-2021 22:06 via joetechreviews.com
  
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• Maker of Sophia the robot plans to sell droids to people seeking company during COVID

  25-01-2021 20:09 via thenextweb.com
  
  The maker of Sophia the robot plans to sell droids to people craving company during the COVID-19 pandemic. Hanson Robotics aims to roll out four models — including Sophia — in the first half of 2021. “Sophia and Hanson robots are unique by being so human-like,” CEO David Hanson told Reuters. “That can be so useful during these times where people are terribly lonely and socially isolated.” The Hong Kong-based firm aims to sell “t
  
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• Report: Brexit could help China and the US in the global AI race

  25-01-2021 18:14 via thenextweb.com
  
  The EU is falling further behind the US and China in the AI race, and will lose more ground after Brexit, according to a new report. The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation assessed the trio’s AI capabilities by analyzing data across six categories: talent, research, commercial development, hardware, adoption, and data. The think tank found that while the US still holds a substantial overall lead, China is reducing the gap in several im
  
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• Fintech may end up the real buzzword of 2021. Here’s your chance to get in on the ground floor

  25-01-2021 15:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  TLDR: The Ultimate Fintech and Blockchain Bootcamp Bundle explains the revolution in financial services happening around the globe right now — and how you can join in. If you aren’t all that familiar with the term Fintech yet, you might want to address that deficiency. Because after a mostly stellar year for many companies applying new technology to financial businesses, even in the teeth of the pandemic, investors are dumping millions into growing and developing more tech-driven fi
  
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• Skyrim modders are using AI to generate new spoken dialogue

  25-01-2021 13:30 via thenextweb.com
  
  If you’re unimpressed by some of Skyrim’s hilarious dialogue, a new AI app called VASynth lets you take over the scriptwriting. The tool uses voice samples from Bethesda games to convert text into speech. You can generate dialogue in the style of many voices from the publisher’s back catalog, including Skyrim, Fallout 4, and Morrowind. YouTuber Adriac used it to produce a pretty impressive trailer — although the tone of voice sounds slightly artificial at times: Others a
  
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• Night at the Museum brought to life by new mixed reality tech

  25-01-2021 13:10 via thenextweb.com
  
  For millions of children, being dragged to a museum is a singularly painful experience, marked by time standing still rather than history coming to life – as it does in the film “Night at the Museum,” starring Ben Stiller. But that all could change with the development of new “mixed reality” (MR) technology, which could inject new forms of interactive storytelling into our museums – introducing holographic tour guides and immersive digital displays in place o
  
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• Engineers have built machines to scrub CO2 from the air – and it could halt climate change

  25-01-2021 11:22 via thenextweb.com
  
  On Wednesday this week, the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere was measured at 415 parts per million (ppm). The level is the highest in human history, and is growing each year. Amid all the focus on emissions reduction, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says it will not be enough to avoid dangerous levels of global warming. The world must actively remove historical CO₂ already in the atmosphere – a process often described as “negative emi
  
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• Not all developers want to be leaders — but here’s how to help the ones that do

  25-01-2021 10:30 via thenextweb.com
  
  For some developers, building software is only a small part of their bigger professional purpose. By nature, developers grow things — they make a product come to life, work with multiple moving parts, and constantly nurture projects to their maximum potential. They also have to regularly help teammates and negotiate deadlines with stakeholders. It’s not surprising then, that some developers discover that they prefer working with humans as well as computers. Still, it can be difficul
  
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• SpaceX breaks India’s record by launching 143 satellites on a single rocket

  25-01-2021 09:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  SpaceX created a unique world record of launching 143 satellites on a single vehicle on Sunday night. The firm broke the record previously held by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), which launched 104 satellites in 2017.  The US-based space company launched 143 satellites through its Falcon 9 rocket. The rocket took off at 10AT EST on Sunday from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The launch was originally slotted for the previous day, but there was a
  
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• GameStop stocks hit record high — thanks to Redditors

  25-01-2021 06:23 via thenextweb.com
  
  In an unusual event, video gaming company GameStop’s shares touched a record-high price of $76.76 — thanks to a battle between Redditors and short sellers. Just to give you an idea of this bizarre growth, GameStop’s shares were trading between $3-$4 this time last year. All of this began when short selling company Citron was scheduled to explain its stance on Gamestop on a live stream last Thursday. However, the company said it had to cancel the event because of too many
  
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