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Five New Machine Learning Tools To Make Your Software Intelligent

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Google, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft and other tech giants standing on the bleeding edge of AI/ML innovation are actively investing in the democratization of artificial intelligence. In the recent years, these companies have open-sourced many AI/ML libraries, tools or started offering these solutions as a part of their commercial offerings and cloud services. In this article, I'm going to review five machine learning tools that have been recently released for AI startups, developers and researchers . TensorFlow Object Detection API Object Detection API is a new feature integrated into TensorFlow, Google’s state-of-the-art software library for machine learning. The API provides a convenient way for ML developers and researchers to identify objects in images using optimized computer vision algorithms developed at Google. Object Detection API functionality comes with the MobileNets single shot detector optimized to run on mobile devices. Designed for the limited computat

Google’s 19th birthday doodle: But we don’t know whose birthday it is

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Google’s Doodle has surprises every time you spin the wheel, but it can get tiresome after a point As it turns out, it is Google’s 19th birthday on Wednesday. And to celebrate it, the tech giant has plastered a rather elaborate doodle on the search engine’s homepage. It illustrates a proper party spread, with a cake, some candles, and party hats too. Amid all this explosion of color, it is easy to miss out on the spin wheel that sits just behind the chocolate (as it looks like chocolate) cake. Google calls this the surprise spinner, and you click on that to play the spin wheel game. This game is available on the web version as well as the mobile version of the Google.com homepage. Keep hitting the play button to reveal a new surprise every time. When you spin a wheel, it finally comes to a halt at one of the surprises. You get the option of either spinning the wheel again (which is relevant if you have been spending too much time with this) or clicking to open the surprise. A

Apple drops Bing search for Google

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Apple has switched the default provider of its web searches for Siri on iOS and Spotlight on the Mac to Google from Microsoft's Bing. Apple has switched the default provider of its web searches for Siri on iOS and Spotlight on the Mac to Google from Microsoft’s Bing. Now if you ask Siri to search something on the internet, you will get Google results instead of Bing on iOS and Spotlight – a system-wide desktop search feature of Apple’s macOS and iOS operating systems. Apple’s web browser Safari on Mac and iOS already use Google search as the default provider, thanks to a deal worth billions to Apple (and Google) over the last decade, Tech Crunch reported on Monday. “Switching to Google as the web search provider for Siri, Search within iOS and Spotlight on Mac will allow these services to have a consistent web search experience with the default in Safari,” Apple said in a statement. “We have strong relationships with Google and Microsoft and remain committed to delivering

PV Sindhu Nominated For Padma Bhushan By Sports Ministry

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In March 2015, PV Sindhu became the youngest recipient of the Padma Shri. Shuttler PV Sindhu was on Monday nominated for the prestigious Padma Bhushan -- India's third-highest civilian award. The Indian ace's career graph has been on an upward curve since last year when she became the first Indian to win a silver medal at the Olympic Games. In March 2015, Sindhu became the youngest recipient of the Padma Shri. Following her brilliant performances last year, the Indian shuttler has gone from strength to strength this year. Sindhu became only the second Indian to win a silver at the World Championships after Saina Nehwal. "Yes, we have recommended Sindhu for Padma Bhushan," a Sports Ministry official told PTI. Besides her World Championship silver at Glasgow, Sindhu became the first Indian to clinch the Korea Open Superseries title to add to her 2016 China Open Superseries Premier and India Open Superseries titles. "Very happy that my name has

Apple iPhone 8, 8 Plus pre-bookings start in India: Offers on Flipkart, Amazon, Reliance Jio

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Apple's iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus pre-bookings are now open in India, though the phones will officially be in stores from September 29. Here are details on top offers for iPhone 8. Apple’s iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus pre-bookings are now open in India, though the phones will officially be in stores from September 29. Apple iPhone 8 goes on sale today in countries like US, UK, China, Australia and others, which are part of the first wave of the launch. This is the first time we’re seeing the iPhones launch in India so quickly, in just a week after the global launch. Flipkart, Amazon, Reliance Jio are all accepting pre-bookings for the iPhone 8 series, and here’s a look at the details, offers from some of the players. Apple iPhone 8 pre-booking offers on Flipkart   Those who pre-book the iPhone 8 on Flipkart can get an extra Rs 3000 off over the regular exchange value. This is valid if you are trading in an old working smartphone to get discount on the price of your new iPhone 8. F

Artificial Intelligence Is Learning How To Develop Games

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Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology are developing an AI that can recreate a game engine simply by watching gameplay. This technology, as detailed in a press release, is being created in an effort to aid video game developers to "speed up game development and experiment with different styles of play." During their most recent experiments, the AI watched two minutes of Super Mario Bros. gameplay and then built its own version of the game by studying and framing, and predicting future events. "To get their AI agent to create an accurate predictive model that could account for all the physics of a 2D platform-style game, the team trained the AI on a single 'speedrunner' video, where a player heads straight for the goal," Georgia Institute's communications officer Joshua Preston explained. This school of thought, he added, made the most difficult scenario possible for training the AI. By allowing the AI to study the actual frames of

Mexico City earthquake: Mexico City earthquake: More than 200 dead, including 21 primary school children

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Mexico was struck by a powerful earthquake on Tuesday that killed at least 149 people and toppled several buildings in the capital.The death toll climbed throughout the night as rescue workers continued digging through rubble, with 21 children at a collapsed primary school among those killed. The 7.1 magnitude earthquake came on the anniversary of a devastating 1985 temblor that caused major damage to Mexico City, and struck as many people took part in an earthquake drill It also came less than two weeks after another major quake killed 90 people in the country's south. Thousands fled into the streets in panic as the powerful quake rocked several states in the centre of the country.The epicentre was Atencingo in Puebla state, around 75 miles south-east of Mexico City, and struck at a depth of 32 miles, according to the US Geological Survey, at 1.14pm local time. People trapped in rubble Tony Gali, the governor of Puebla, said that church steeples had been t

Nokia 9, Nokia 2 design language leaked, release date still unknown

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HMD Global is working on two new smartphones - Nokia 9 and Nokia 2. While the Nokia 9 will be a high-end phone, Nokia 2 is said to be a budget device Rumors are swirling that HMD Global is preparing to release the Nokia 9 to steal the thunder from Apple and Samsung. While the company is tight-lipped about the flagship smartphone, a new leak reveals the design language of the Nokia 9. A leaked image on the Chinese social media platform Baidu purportedly shows off the Nokia 9 in full glory. In the image, we can clearly see the back side of the upcoming premium smartphone. It has a 3D glass build, akin to Samsung Galaxy S8 and Moto X4. It’s possible the Nokia 9 might include support for wireless charging. Also, it isn’t hard to notice a vertically-aligned dual-camera setup at the back. Nokia 8 has just been launched, but it looks like the company is already working on a new flagship. Previous reports have claimed that Nokia 9 is in the works with a large 5.5-inch or 5.7-inch displ

Arun Jaitely to launch Google payment app 'Tez' on Monday

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Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will launch Google's Unified Payments Interface (UPI)-based digital payment service called "Tez" on Monday. "FM Shri @arunjaitley to launch the Google Digital Payment app 'TEZ' on Monday, 18th September 2017 in the national capital," the Finance Ministry confirmed in a tweet on Saturday. The report of Google entering India's fast-growing digital payment ecosystem appeared in the media on Thursday, following which Google India sent out an invite for an event in New Delhi on September 18. "As we continue to make strides in ensuring that our products continue to serve the needs of everyone, we invite you to a press conference to share details on the launch of a new product developed grounds up for India," the invite read. "Tez" (meaning fast in Hindi) may work like Android Pay. UPI is a payment system launched by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and regulated by the Reserve Bank

August 22, 2017: The day the ‘Hawk’ Google local algorithm update swooped in

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Have you noticed a recent shift in Google's local search results? Columnist Joy Hawkins shares everything you need to know about the 'Hawk' update, which seems to have killed some of the changes we saw with Possum. What changed? The update, which I have dubbed "Hawk," changed how the local filter works. To get some history here, Google actively filters out listings from the local results similar to other listings that already rank. Basically, Google picks the most relevant listing of the bunch and filters the rest. It's very similar to what they do organically with duplicate content. (Note: Google is typically loath to confirm algorithm updates , usually only saying that it rolls out several updates daily, so these observations are based on an analysis of how local results have changed rather than on any official announcement or acknowledgment.) The filter has existed for a long time to help ensure that multiple listings for the same company don't monopo

Best School Management Software

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