In 2012, artificial intelligence researchers revealed a big improvement in computers’ ability to recognize images by feeding a neural network millions of labeled images from a database called ImageNet. It ushered in an exciting phase for computer vision, as it became clear that a model […]
Day: September 7, 2018
Huawei was caught cheating on phone benchmarks
When confronted, Huawei’s Wang Chenglu told AnandTech that it wanted toe embrace standardized benchmarks that were closer to real-world experience, and that it was fudging existing benchmark results because “others do the same testing.” It was a “common practice” in China, Wang said, suggesting that […]
Tasse locali, Piemonte nella “top5” d’Italia: nel 2017 hanno pesato sul reddito delle famiglie per …
Se a livello nazionale, infatti, le tasse locali hanno pesato sul reddito delle famiglie-tipo (due adulti lavoratori dipendenti, due figli minorenni a carico di … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Tor Project launches official mobile browser for Android
Tor Project, the group behind the anonymous Tor browser, has released an alpha version of its own anonymous browser for Android. Following this release, Orfox, the longstanding Tor Project-approved browsing app for Android, said it will be sunset by 2019. To run both apps, users will need […]
AOC launches a new G1 Series of affordable curved gaming monitors
AOC has no shortage of gaming monitors, but now the company is introducing a new G1 Series of affordable curved displays. The new G1 Series comprises four models, with the 24-inch C24G1, 27-inch C27G1, 32-inch C32G1 and another 32-inch model, the CQ32G1, which features a […]
“Cold case” risolto dopo 25 anni: arrestato il presunto killer di Diego Passafiume
Un "cold case", "caso freddo": così sono indicati oggi, anche grazie a una celebre serie tv Usa, i gialli di cronaca nera archiviati senza soluzione, dimenticati di fronte a emergenze più immediate, ma che all'improvviso vengono riaperti. E risolti. A … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit […]
Planet-hunting Kepler telescope declares that it is not, in fact, dead
It’s a really surprising and gratifying turn of events for a spacecraft that most of us had written off. At Engadget, we’ve written two separate “it’s the end for Kepler” articles, one from March and the other from July, when Kepler was put to sleep […]
Brazil’s National Museum Fire Proves Cultural Memory Needs a Backup
Fire doesn’t heed history. It doesn’t care about posterity or culture or memory. Fire consumes everything and anything, even if that thing is the last of its kind. On Sunday night, it came for the National Museum of Brazil, burning for six hours and leaving […]
Verizon declines to comment on WSJ report saying Tim Armstrong is in talks to leave Oath
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Tim Armstrong is in talks to leave Verizon as soon as next month. Armstrong heads up the carrier giant’s digital and advertising division, Oath (formerly AOL, prior to the Yahoo acquisition and the subsequent merger of the two […]
Watch England vs Spain in UEFA Nations League with a cheap Sky Sports Now TV Pass
How do I watch England vs Spain in the new UEFA Nations League tomorrow? That’s a question we’ve been hearing a lot today. As well as, “what the hell is the UEFA Nations League?” Well to answer the first question (we’ll let UEFA answer the […]
