London's Metropolitan Police Service has deployed live facial recognition technology at multiple points around the city. Signs will alert people that facial recognition is in use, but the cameras will scan crowds indiscriminately in search of wanted individuals.
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If you're a fan of Apple products then today is your lucky day. Amazon is offering Apple's MacBook Air with a significant discounts. There also some well priced TVs you can buy to get ready for next week's big football game.
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Highly sensitive instruments in Antarctica have been detecting extremely energetic particles emerging from the icy surface, and the Standard Model says that shouldn't happen.
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Sonos is attempting to clarify its recent policies on legacy equipment after widespread unhappiness from its customer base. There are genuine advantages to using technology too stupid to stop being "smart."
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CEO Anne Wojcicki confirms the company is laying off 100 people, or about 14 percent of its workforce. She speculates privacy concerns are the driving force behind the company's declining sales.
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Prep to validate your skills in IT's top systems and tools.
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Apple wants Siri to be the 'navigation manager' for your car. It would find the very best parking space, or what Siri believes is the best Mediterranean cuisine, using hand, eye and phone gestures, plus voice.
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Intel is rumored to have considered, but decided against, deploying PCIe 4.0 on its upcoming Comet Lake desktop refresh. As always, take with a grain of salt.
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Microsoft has published detailed guidelines for how to design effective apps for foldable PCs and tablets. Google dropped the ball when it came to Android tablet support; hopefully, Microsoft will do better.
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Researchers from MIT and the Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI) have combined two neural network models to generate more accurate GPS maps with easily accessible satellite images.
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