WAMBUGU: What a buzz the new iPhone has created
By SAM WAMBUGU More by this Author If you are a fan of Apple products, September is usually a month to look forward to. Last Wednesday, Apple, the iPhone maker, released its new flagship, the iPhone 7, and its cousin, iPhone 7 Plus. This has come a month after Apple celebrated selling its billionth phone since iPhones were introduced to the market nine years ago. The question is: Is it worth buying? Or, by extension, is it an innovative product worthy of all the attention it is getting? Th..>> view originalThe Apple dream car might not happen
Having mostly perfected computers of various shapes and sizes, it is compelling to imagine Apple’s head of design, Jony Ive, now crafting a minimalist dream car with a revolutionary user experience. But according to several recent reports, Apple’s secret automotive project seems to have some issues. “Dozens of employees” in Apple’s car project “have departed in recent weeks,” the FT reports. The company has had more than 1,000 people working on its so-called “Project Titan,” but “it has struggl..>> view originalGoogle DeepMind AI achieves near-human level speech capabilities
DeepMind, the Google artificial intelligence division behind the champion-defeating AlphaGo bot, has revealed that it’s managed to create some of the most realistic, human level speech ever achieved from a machine. Called WaveNet, the new AI is said to act as a deep neural network that’s capable of generating speech by sampling real human speech and forming raw audio waveforms. Testing among English and Mandarin Chinese listeners has found that WaveNet is already better than existing text-..>> view originalPlayStation 4 Pro vs. Xbox Project Scorpio vs. Nintendo NX – Comparison
Sony has unveiled its next generation video games console the PlayStation 4 Pro, which was for a long time codenamed the PlayStation Neo. This new machine from the Japanese technology giant will arrive in the stores in October, well ahead of the potential release dates of its competitors; the Xbox Scorpio and Nintendo NX. But based on what we know about these three machines thus far, how do they stack up against one another? PHOTO: SONY PlayStation 4 Pro vs Xbox Scorpio vs Nintendo NX – Hard..>> view originalPokemon Go Buddy Chart: Kilometer Requirements for Each Species
‘Pokemon Go’ is available now for iOS and Android devices. (Nintendo) The new Pokemon Go buddy system has finally arrived. This new feature allows players to select one of their Pokemon as a “buddy.” From then on, that buddy will walk with you throughout the game, appearing next to your avatar on the bottom left of the screen. The idea is that for every few kilometers you walk, you will receive a piece of that Pokemon’s candy. That candy, of course, is what you use to evolve your Pokemon. So wi..>> view originalReports: Facebook Trending promoted 9/11 hoax story
Last Friday, the phrase “September 11th Anniversary” appeared in Facebook’s controversial “Trending” section. On the actual day of the attacks, however, the phrase is missing from the much-talked about part of the social media giant.Last month, the company removed humans from processing trending stories to promote on their site. It appears the algorithm installed in their place may have made another bad error when it comes to America’s worst terrorist attack.The Washington Post, along with seve..>> view originalIt's Been A Nightmarish Past Week For Samsung And The Galaxy Note 7
Well, no one quite expected this is how things would turn out. Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 was supposed to be the next big thing in the mobile scene, becoming the standard by which future phones were to be measured. Needless to say, things haven't turned out that way, and in fact, things have likely gone the exact opposite way that Samsung would have liked. Simply put, it has been a nightmarish past week for Samsung and the Galaxy Note 7 — exploding batteries, recalls, government advisories and tum..>> view original
Thursday, September 15, 2016
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