Amazon’s Alexa AI team had developed a new training method for the virtual assistant that could greatly improve its ability to handle tricky questions. In a blog post, team lead Abdalghani Abujabal details the new method, which combines both text-based search and a custom-built knowledge […]
Month: July 2019
Apple and Samsung earnings show most people don’t want $1000 phones
Apple and Samsung's most recent earnings reports show the same thing: most … Google recently launched its Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL which include … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Brivio, molotov nel parcheggio di una ditta: tre camion in fiamme
Attentato incendiario nella notte tra martedì e mercoledì a Brivio, nella Brianza Lecchese. In fiamme tre camion parcheggiati nel piazzale di una ditta di autotrasporti che si affaccia sulla Sp 342, lungo via Como. Un rogo doloso. Le telecamere di videosorveglianza hanno inquadrato un uomo […]
More details as Pitt Basketball gets ready for summer trip to Italy; Panthers to play 3 games
Initially announced back in early May, Jeff Capel and Pitt Basketball will head abroad to Italy this summer. This week, more details on the trip were … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel #tours
Kosovo-Svizzera: accordo per il riconoscimento delle pensioni
Dal 1 settembre i cittadini del Kosovo che hanno lavorato in Svizzera potranno finalmente ottenere le loro pensioni, dopo un'attesa lunga più di 10 … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Russia Is Going to Up Its Game for the 2020 Elections
One week after Robert Mueller’s testimony shined a spotlight, once again, on election interference, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is feeling the heat. The leader turned heads on the Senate floor Monday as he rose to decry critics who have dubbed him “a Russian asset” […]
Financial malware threat grows
The number of users hit by financial malware grew by seven percent during the first half of 2019 to reach 430,000 according to new research from Kaspersky which revealed the growing threat that banking Trojans pose to both businesses and individuals. This type of malware […]
Direct-to-consumer lingerie brand Lively acquired for $85M
Lively, a lingerie business founded and led by former Victoria’s Secret executive Michelle Cordeiro Grant, has sold to intimate apparel brand Wacoal for $85 million. The deal includes up to an additional $55 million in performance-based payouts. Lively, headquartered in New York, had raised $15 […]
NIH Promotes Big Data to Enhance Eye Disease ResearchBIG Data
Source: Thinkstock By Emily Sokol, MPH July 31, 2019 – Improving collaboration between specialists and integrating multiple datasets to leverage big data will be key for advancing research for dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD), according to a new report from a National Institute of Health (NIH) […]
Samsung targets iPad Pro with the Galaxy Tab S6
Once again, the rumors proved to be true, with Samsung going straight from the S4 to S6 for its premium tier. Vaguely confusing naming conventions aside (there’s also the lower cost S5E), the company’s got another solid entry on its hands, going after the same […]