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AI Weekly: The promise and limitations of machine programming tools
Elevate your enterprise data technology and strategy at Transform 2021. Machine programming, which automates the development and maintenance of software, is becoming supercharged by AI. During its Build developer conference in May, Microsoft detailed a new feature in Power Apps that taps OpenAI’s GPT-3 language model to assist people... Read more
People keep finding late loved ones on Google Maps
For years, Google Maps has offered Street View, which stitches together panoramic camera images to recreate a digital facsimile of physical spaces in the real world that you can explore online. Some people are discovering that if they scroll through the platform long enough and use a time travel... Read more
Best Buy Flash Sale: 60-inch TV, Philips Hue lights, smart plugs and more
This story is part of Amazon Prime Day 2021, CNET’s guide on everything you need to know and how to make sure you get the best deal. Best Buy’s Bigger Deal sales event continues with their own lightning-style deals. Get big savings today on a smart Hisense 65-inch TV,... Read more
This story originally appeared on Atlas Obscura and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. For months the waters around Istanbul, Turkey, have been coated with a gloopy film. Sometimes creamy, sometimes khaki, it can appear slightly dreamy or superlatively gross, depending on the vantage. From overhead, it’s almost... Read more
Cybersecurity is the next frontier for AI and ML
Elevate your enterprise data technology and strategy at Transform 2021. Before diving into cybersecurity and how the industry is using AI at this point, let’s define the term AI first. Artificial intelligence (AI), as the term is used today, is the overarching concept covering machine learning (supervised, including deep... Read more
Google Doodle commemorates Juneteenth and abolition of slavery in US
Google’s Juneteenth Doodle features images of celebrations past and present. Google In 1865, Union troops arrived in Texas to inform Black slaves they had been freed from bondage by federal order two years earlier, a historic moment now commemorated every June 19 with a new federal holiday called Juneteenth.... Read more
Beware ‘Smokescreen Trolling,’ Trump Followers’ Favorite Tactic
Earlier this week, on Flag Day, Senator Ted Cruz tweeted a video in which he gazed at Old Glory and recited the Pledge of Allegiance. “This didn’t use to be controversial,” he lamented. Rhetorically, there’s no way to describe the post other than “trolling.” And politically, there’s no... Read more
Aiven: 91% of developers say open source is in their future
Elevate your enterprise data technology and strategy at Transform 2021. Enterprise adoption of open source software has grown rapidly, and 91% of developers said in a recent survey they expect open source to be part of their make up a part of their organizations software plans in the years... Read more
Best Prime Day gaming deals so far: Amazon Luna, Resident Evil Village and more games are already on sale
This story is part of Amazon Prime Day 2021, CNET’s guide on everything you need to know and how to make sure you get the best deal. Amazon Prime Day officially starts June 21, but it is so big some sales on games are available right now. Resident Evil... Read more
22 Last-Minute Deals on Father’s Day Gifts (2021)
Apple iPad for $299 ($30 off): It’s nice to have an iPad around the house. They’re great for email, streaming TV, reading, and a bunch of other tasks. There are fancier versions, but the standard iPad is likely good enough. This is a fairly standard discounted price on Amazon... Read more