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The Technology That Could Save Us from Deepfake Videos - Cyabra
[Tech]
2020/02/06 09:05
Israeli startup Cyabra’s technology detects expertly doctored videos as well as the bots powering fake social-media profiles.It’s November 2020, just days before the US presidential election, and a video clip comes out showing one of the leading candidates saying something inflammatory and out of character. The public is outraged, and the race is won by the other contender.The only problem: t...
(Video) Self-Driving Mass Transit Arrives on American Streets - Easy Mile
[Business]
2020/02/06 09:04
An autonomous electric shuttle in Columbus, Ohio, is the latest in a U.S.-funded program testing new ways to knit cities together.When Interstate 71 arrived in Columbus in the 1960s, the South Linden neighborhood was largely cut off from the rest of the city, wedged between railroad tracks to the south and east and the new concrete highway to the west.More than a half-century later, autonomous...
Shipping Containers Turned Into Mirrored Architects' Studio
[Design]
2020/02/06 09:03
Belgian practice TOOP Architectuur has designed two mobile architects' studios for its staff made of repurposed shipping containers clad in mirrors and timber.One studio, called Cowes, is set within the rural landscape of Westouter, close to the French border.The other, called Colok, sits at the end of an inner-city garden in Lokeren in East Flanders. Together the project is called Diptych."The...
(Patent) Apple Working on Folding iPhone Display with More Robust Bend Radius
[Tech]
2020/02/05 10:10
Apple is continuing to look into the possibility of creating a foldable iPhone, one equipped with a hinge that allows a flexible display to be bent enough for the smartphone to fold, but preventing the display from developing a crease.The current trend in smartphones is the addition of a flexible display and movable sections, as evidenced by models from Samsung like the Fold and another rumored...
(PDF) Sensor Tower - Q4 2019 Data Digest
[Business]
2020/02/05 10:09
Learn which apps led the App Store and Google Play in global and U.S. downloads for full-year and Q4 2019.- See a breakdown of the top mobile games in the quarter and 2019 as a whole.- Understand which publishers added the most new users in 2019 and its fourth quarter, and how this changed from 2018.- Receive a breakdown of country-specific market performance, as well as year-over-year growth.-...
(Paper) AuraRing : Precise Electromagnetic Finger Tracking
[Tech]
2020/02/05 10:08
A researcher writes 'hello' on a computer screen by drawing out the letters in the air with a finger. The researcher is wearing the ring/wristband combo.With continuous tracking, AuraRing can pick up handwriting — potentially for short responses to text messages.Smart technology keeps getting smaller. There are smartphones, smartwatches and now, smart rings, devices that allow someone to use s...
(IPO) One Medical Claims to be the Future of Healthcare. But It Relies on a Broken System
[Investing]
2020/02/05 10:07
One Medical, which makes going to the doctor easier, has raised millions in an IPO despite losses. Can it survive a possible shakeup to the healthcare system?On Friday, One Medical, a concierge primary care brand with better tech than the average private practice, went public, raising $245 million. The company has pitched itself as the future of modern medicine, but its model relies on keeping...
U.S. Pet Food Market Grows 7% Despite Grain-Free Decline
[Business]
2020/02/05 10:06
Pet food sales reached US$36 billion in 2019, according to Nielsen, even though grain-free sales decreased.The U.S. pet food market grew 7.3% in 2019, reaching US$36 billion, according to Maria Lange, vice president of strategic verticals pet and cannabis for Nielsen. That growth happened despite the continuing decline of sales of grain-free pet food, she said.Lange presented this and other dat...
WaveOptics Launches Waveguide That will Bring AR Wearables to the Mass Market
[Product]
2020/02/05 10:05
As multiple companies work toward commercializing consumer AR glasses, it’s becoming clear that miniaturizing and reducing the power drain of the core technologies are the key challenges still facing designers today. U.K.-based display maker WaveOptics hopes to move the industry forward with a new visual solution, Katana, which it notes is the lightest and thinnest waveguide display available,...
