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- N. Korean envoy blasts Malaysians, calls for joint probe
- First-Grade Teacher Suspended Over 'Illegal Aliens' Post: School District
- Russia's UN envoy Vitaly Churkin dead at 64
- Philippines: framework of South China Sea pact possible soon
- Bye Bye, Bao Bao: Beloved Panda Cub Travels Back to China
- The Great Cheese Scare
- Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos resigns after controversial pedophilia comments
- Iraqi forces on Mosul hilltop gird for fierce fight ahead
- Iceland's President said he would ban pineapple on pizza if he could
- ‘A Serbian Trap’: Freezing conditions in Belgrade are not the biggest problem for refugees in Belgrade
- Samsung Gear VR To Come With Own Controller
- Woman Rescues Cop By Jumping on Attacker's Back: 'This Is a True Hero Right Here'
- Here’s how badly the Galaxy Note 7 destroyed Samsung’s reputation in the US
- Iraqi forces battling Islamic State about to reach Mosul airport
- Dozens of headstones toppled at Jewish cemetery in Missouri
- Draft DHS guidelines sharpen focus on those here illegally
- Le Pen in Lebanon holds first head of state meeting
- Elderly woman finds £5 note worth £50,000, donates the money to young people
- Brazil's race to save drought-hit city
- Philippine minister stands by call to shut mines as review begins
- Drunken driver gets 12 years plus in death of police officer
- Iran Launches ‘Advanced’ Rockets In Military Exercise
- This new iPhone 8 feature might end up blowing our minds
- Testosterone gel shows no benefit for older men's memories
- Death toll rises to 39 in Mogadishu bombing
- China wields stick with North Korea, but is still pushing for talks
- Beta Shows Off New Trials Models
- SpaceX celebrates successful launch from historic NASA launch pad in Florida
- The Latest: Crowd holds vigil for slain Whittier officer
- UPS has a functioning drone delivery concept, and it makes more sense than Amazon’s
- AP Exclusive" Malnutrition killing inmates in Haiti jails
- Syrian army pounds rebels in pre-talks shelling
- Iran summons Turkish envoy over comments by president, foreign minister
- Cop Helps Girl, 10, With Math Homework After She Messaged Police Department on Facebook
- Ski resort razed by the Taliban lifts Pakistan's domestic tourism
- 6 Ways to Take Control of Your Retirement
- Duck boats face increasing calls for improvements, bans
- Pence reassures Europe, demands NATO pay up
- New free iPhone app lets you instantly unshare photos you’ve sent through iMessage
- LG's new G6 smartphone to offer dual back and front cameras
- Le Pen refuses headscarf, nixes talks with Lebanon cleric
N. Korean envoy blasts Malaysians, calls for joint probe Posted: 20 Feb 2017 04:10 PM PST
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First-Grade Teacher Suspended Over 'Illegal Aliens' Post: School District Posted: 20 Feb 2017 05:45 PM PST |
Russia's UN envoy Vitaly Churkin dead at 64 Posted: 20 Feb 2017 06:46 PM PST
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Philippines: framework of South China Sea pact possible soon Posted: 21 Feb 2017 05:30 AM PST |
Bye Bye, Bao Bao: Beloved Panda Cub Travels Back to China Posted: 21 Feb 2017 02:06 PM PST |
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Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos resigns after controversial pedophilia comments Posted: 21 Feb 2017 02:17 PM PST |
Iraqi forces on Mosul hilltop gird for fierce fight ahead Posted: 21 Feb 2017 09:16 AM PST |
Iceland's President said he would ban pineapple on pizza if he could Posted: 21 Feb 2017 09:00 AM PST
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Posted: 21 Feb 2017 09:35 AM PST
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Samsung Gear VR To Come With Own Controller Posted: 20 Feb 2017 08:23 PM PST |
Woman Rescues Cop By Jumping on Attacker's Back: 'This Is a True Hero Right Here' Posted: 20 Feb 2017 04:35 PM PST |
Here’s how badly the Galaxy Note 7 destroyed Samsung’s reputation in the US Posted: 20 Feb 2017 12:28 PM PST It goes without saying that the spontaneous combustion of Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 was a big deal, but rarely do we get an opportunity to see the impact of tech gaffes on public sentiment quantified. A new Harris Poll ranking the "reputation quotient" of the 100 most recognizable brands in the United States provides just that, and the picture isn't good one for Samsung. In fact, it's pretty dire.
In last year's reputation ratings, Samsung landed in the seventh position out of 100 companies, beaten only by Amazon, Apple, and Google on the tech side of things. Fast forward to today, and Samsung has found itself barely squeezing into the top half of the chart with the number 49 spot on the rankings. As big of a drop in the charts as it has taken, it's interesting to note that Samsung's actual reputation rating only actually dropped from 80.44 to 75.17. Harris considers a rating of 80+ to be "Excellent," and groups ratings of 75 to 79 into the "Very Good" category. Additionally, both Apple and Google took hits in their ratings as well, though not nearly as drastic — Apple fell from 83.03 to 82.07 and Google dipped from 82.97 to 82.00. The study is conducted via interviews with US adults, each of which are asked to rate companies that they are familiar with. According to the methodology of the research, each company received a rating from approximately 300 respondents. The timing of the study wasn't particularly favorable to Samsung, having been conducted from late November to mid December of 2016, which was precisely when Samsung was in the midst devising a way to remotely kill off the Note 7s that were still in the hands of owners. |
Iraqi forces battling Islamic State about to reach Mosul airport Posted: 20 Feb 2017 10:22 AM PST
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Dozens of headstones toppled at Jewish cemetery in Missouri Posted: 21 Feb 2017 02:25 PM PST |
Draft DHS guidelines sharpen focus on those here illegally Posted: 20 Feb 2017 12:36 AM PST |
Le Pen in Lebanon holds first head of state meeting Posted: 20 Feb 2017 09:44 AM PST
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Elderly woman finds £5 note worth £50,000, donates the money to young people Posted: 20 Feb 2017 05:05 AM PST
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Brazil's race to save drought-hit city Posted: 21 Feb 2017 08:36 AM PST
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Philippine minister stands by call to shut mines as review begins Posted: 20 Feb 2017 04:54 AM PST
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Drunken driver gets 12 years plus in death of police officer Posted: 21 Feb 2017 09:43 AM PST |
Iran Launches ‘Advanced’ Rockets In Military Exercise Posted: 20 Feb 2017 02:52 AM PST |
This new iPhone 8 feature might end up blowing our minds Posted: 20 Feb 2017 06:33 AM PST Amid rumors that the iPhone 8 will incorporate advanced facial recognition features, the Hebrew-language website Calcalist (via Times of Israel) is reporting that Apple recently acquired Realface, an up-and-coming Israeli startup with impressive real-time facial recognition software.
Lending credence to rumors that the iPhone 8 may forgo the use of Touch ID in favor of facial recognition, Realface's software is said to be sophisticated enough such that it can reliably be used as a foundation for mobile-based biometric authentication. As is often the case when Apple acquires a company, Realface's web presence has already been wiped from the web. Still, thanks to the magic of Google, we were able to poke around and dig up some intriguing nuggets of information about the company's promising technology. Realface boasts that it's AI software rests upon deep learning methods and is so reliable and quick that the end-result is an absolutely seamless user experience. "Our technology provides our customers and end-users with the highest level of authentication and security available on all platforms," says Realface. "We have proprietary IP in the field of frictionless face recognition and effective learnings from facial features." Incidentally, Realface's technology is also capable of filtering out photos of faces and advanced sculptures designed to trick the software into thinking that a device's camera is honed in on an actual human face. Further, Realface claims that its software can recognize faces with a 99.67% success rate, an impressive figure that is even higher than the average 97.5% success rate exhibited by humans. To this point, a profile on Realface from last year relays that the company's technology is so advanced that it can even distinguish between identical twins with alarming and impressive accuracy. Below is a quick and dirty demo of the software in action. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNlkxGmIgW0 What's particularly interesting is that Realface's technology is not only capable of discerning individual faces, but can also analyze specific facial expressions as a means to determine a user's mood. If this sounds somewhat familiar, Apple last year acquired Emotient, a company with similar AI technology of its own. Now as for what Apple is planning to do with its growing portfolio of AI-based facial recognition software, well, that's the million dollar question. While initial speculation centered on Apple rolling out augmented reality features, perhaps similar to what the beloved MSQRD app does, more recent rumblings suggest that Apple wants to position facial recognition as a means to identify users and securely authorize sensitive transactions. Again, there are even reports that facial recognition might ultimately serve as a replacement for Touch ID. While this seems far-fetched, Ming Chi-Kuo -- an analyst with the best track record regarding Apple rumors -- seems to think otherwise. In a recently issued research note, Kuo claims that the iPhone 8's rumored edgeless design cannot, for whatever reason, coexist peacefully with Touch ID. Consequently, Kuo relays that Apple wants to eventually replace Touch ID with a facial recognition solution. When it comes to Apple, the old adage that when there's smoke, there's fire is generally true. That being the case, it stands to reason that facial recognition will be a huge and incredibly exciting component of the iPhone 8 user experience. |
Testosterone gel shows no benefit for older men's memories Posted: 21 Feb 2017 01:54 PM PST |
Death toll rises to 39 in Mogadishu bombing Posted: 19 Feb 2017 11:25 PM PST
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China wields stick with North Korea, but is still pushing for talks Posted: 20 Feb 2017 03:52 AM PST
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Beta Shows Off New Trials Models Posted: 20 Feb 2017 08:45 AM PST |
SpaceX celebrates successful launch from historic NASA launch pad in Florida Posted: 20 Feb 2017 01:35 AM PST |
The Latest: Crowd holds vigil for slain Whittier officer Posted: 20 Feb 2017 10:09 PM PST |
UPS has a functioning drone delivery concept, and it makes more sense than Amazon’s Posted: 21 Feb 2017 03:32 PM PST Companies like Amazon are going all-in on drone deliveries and have already shown off warehouses that send packages out to customers exclusively via drone. For delivery companies like UPS, the idea of converting operations to rely exclusively on drones is laughable, but that doesn't mean they won't find a way to utilize the new technology to streamline the delivery process. This week, UPS tested out a delivery drone concept that doesn't so much do away with its iconic brown box trucks as augment them.
The test was conducted using a specially equipped UPS delivery truck which has a drone compartment built right into its roof. When the driver stops to deliver a package, the drone can be sent out to deliver one to a nearby location as well. UPS used the example of a rural delivery where sending a driver and truck down a long, winding road would be less efficient than sending the drone to deliver the package instead. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xx9_6OyjJrQ Once the drone has completed its delivery it automatically docks with the truck once again, and long arms grab and situate the device so that it can be recharged for the next stop. The drone is capable of carrying packages as heavy as ten pounds, which is double the five pound weight limit of Amazon's initial drone delivery tests. Due to current FAA regulations which require drones to remain within visual of its operator — and avoid flying over buildings or people — even UPS's modest drone ambitions have some serious limitations. However, there's hope that those restrictions will be made a bit more workable in the future. |
AP Exclusive" Malnutrition killing inmates in Haiti jails Posted: 20 Feb 2017 08:13 AM PST |
Syrian army pounds rebels in pre-talks shelling Posted: 20 Feb 2017 12:11 PM PST
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Iran summons Turkish envoy over comments by president, foreign minister Posted: 20 Feb 2017 10:34 AM PST
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Cop Helps Girl, 10, With Math Homework After She Messaged Police Department on Facebook Posted: 20 Feb 2017 01:59 PM PST |
Ski resort razed by the Taliban lifts Pakistan's domestic tourism Posted: 20 Feb 2017 03:25 PM PST
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6 Ways to Take Control of Your Retirement Posted: 21 Feb 2017 07:45 AM PST
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Duck boats face increasing calls for improvements, bans Posted: 20 Feb 2017 10:20 AM PST
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Pence reassures Europe, demands NATO pay up Posted: 20 Feb 2017 11:50 AM PST
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New free iPhone app lets you instantly unshare photos you’ve sent through iMessage Posted: 21 Feb 2017 09:51 AM PST When your relationship with someone is going well, you're often liable to send photos that may be a bit, err, compromising. That's all well and good, until things turn south and your relationship comes to an end. In the moment, it's not always easy to think about that uncomfortable possibility, but the fact of the matter is that no matter how close you might feel to your partner now, romantic relationships begin and end all the time. And if and when your current relationship does end, you're left in the compromising position of having an ex out there who is armed with plenty of photos that you would rather keep private. Well, now there's a free app that helps you plan ahead. It's not foolproof by any means, but it sports a nifty feature that allows you to grant and revoke access to any photos you share easily remotely, in real time. ON/OFF Photo by iOS app developer hong kijong is a free iPhone app available now on the App Store. Using the app, you can quickly and easily share any photo in your camera roll through Apple's standard Messages app. The beauty, however, isn't in the sharing of photos — it's in the fact that at any point in time, you can unshare photos with a single tap. This quick video with a hauntingly eerie computer voice narrating it explains how it works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq-iWIPCnTg Here's the app's full description, followed by a link to download it for free:
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LG's new G6 smartphone to offer dual back and front cameras Posted: 20 Feb 2017 03:40 AM PST
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Le Pen refuses headscarf, nixes talks with Lebanon cleric Posted: 21 Feb 2017 09:48 AM PST |
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