Google is trying to do away with CAPTCHA. Well, not quite. It’s trying to make CAPTCHA an undetectable user experience with a new system called Invisible ReCAPTCHA, which uses algorithms to determine whether you’re human or not, without any interaction required from you at all. This isn’t the tech giant’s first foray into streamlining CAPTCHA, …
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Photoshop battles on Reddit never get old. I found one battle today that’s so good I had to share. The subject: A giant robot-panda statue, created by artist Bi Heng and living in Shenyang, China. The stated purpose of the project was to remind people that we mustn’t sacrifice nature for the sake of technical progress. The Yin-Yang symbol on …
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If you’re obsessed with “Westworld” or “Ex Machina,” you might be preparing for humankind’s impending doom. You know, the dawn of artificial intelligence. Facebook has this advice: Take a deep breath. The social network on Thursday launched a campaign aimed at demystifying AI by educating people on the basics of how it works. In a handful of short videos, Facebook …
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Xiaomi‘s phones sales may have dropped some, but the Chinese device maker isn’t worried. “Basically we’re giving [handsets] to you without making any money,” said Hugo Barra, Xiaomi’s global vice president, in an interview with Reuters. “We could sell 10 billion smartphones and we wouldn’t make a single dime in profits.” Xiaomi’s Mi Mix is one amazing almost bezel-less phone …
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Electronics manufacturer Xiaomi may be a relatively small Chinese company, but it’s setting its sights worldwide. Recently, Xiaomi announced that it’ll unveil an all-new product at CES 2017 on January 5. Based in Beijing, Xiaomi made its name selling electronics of all kinds — including phones, fitness bands, electric bikes, robot vacuums and even a rice cooker — at lower …
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Walmart can’t wait for Cyber Monday, so it’s moving its online sales kickoff up a few days to Black Friday. The retail giant said Monday it will launch a “Cyber Week” of online holiday deals beginning on Friday, the day that post-Thanksgiving Day shoppers typically flock to the retail store to slug it out over merchandise. Cyber Monday is traditionally …
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If you thought Apple making an iPhone without a headphone jack was wild, wait until you hear this. Hitachi is working on building cameras that don’t have lenses. Instead, the company claims, pictures taken with the camera will be refocused after being captured. Similar to Apple’s claim that taking out the headphone jack allows for bigger batteries and other parts …
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If you’re looking for holiday shopping ideas, there are some products you can get only one place — the Apple Store. No, we’re not talking about the iPhone. We’re talking about some other third-party products like the $40 Play-Doh Touch Shape to Life Studio, the $179 Roli Blocks for music creation, and the $130 Lifeprint photo printer that lets you …
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Now playing: Watch this: The Google Pixel’s camera continues to wow us 3:03 Google Pixel owners, I have good news: Gone are the days of installing an OS update on your Android device, causing you to spend hours looking at a funky Android robot on the screen and waiting for apps to update. Starting with Android 7.1 Nougat (currently available …
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Now playing: Watch this: GoPro’s Omni rig tackles 360 VR head-on 2:41 GoPro wants to make professional 360 VR easy enough for anyone to give it a go. The Omni is a synchronized six camera array. Because it’s a GoPro device, naturally it uses six Hero4 Black cameras. For those willing to hand over $5,000 (around £4,060 or AU$6,530 converted) …
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