Nowadays, it’s not rare to meet people who want to pursue a career or a hobby in gaming or game development. If you’re one of those individuals who have a passion for gaming but don’t know where to start, then this bundle may be for you. Get in-depth learning materials from seasoned experts and bring that game you’ve always dreamt of to life with The Beginner’s Guide to Game Development Bundle....
In court documents released yesterday, the SEC outlined that Kik’s sale of one trillion “Kin” tokens was not registered with the SEC. As such, the SEC claims it is an “illegal securities offering of digital tokens.” From May to September 2017, Kik sold its digital tokens to over 10,000 investors all over the world and raised around “$100 million in US dollars and digital assets,” the document reads. “Kik had lost money for years on its sole product, an online messaging application, and the company’s management predicted internally that it would run out of money in 2017,” the SEC said in an accompanying statement....
Last Tuesday, we announced that we’re rescheduling our yearly conference, moving it from June to October, due to the spread of the Coronavirus. We’ve faced a myriad of challenges before at TNW, but this is still a completely unprecedented event for us. However, despite the severity of the situation, I’m grateful for the lessons we learned. So let me share them with you. Years ago, we suffered when Eyjafjallajökull — the unpronounceable volcano in Iceland — erupted in 2010....
Simply dubbed Advanced Color Grading, the tool upgrades the existing Split Tool feature, which lets you set different hues to the shadows and highlights. Advanced Color Grading instead gives you control over shadows, highlights, and midtones, with controls designed as color wheels rather than the previous slides. There’s also a separate global color wheel that can be applied on top of your other changes, as well as a blending tool for finer control over edits....
The VIP EV sales experience One thing Lucid Motors knows is its customer. They know this person has means, is accustomed to the finer things, and is not opposed to being recognized for their accomplishments. In other words, treated like a VIP. Lucid takes this to the Nth degree with the buying process for one of its luxury electric cars. Welcome to the Lucid Studio. The Lucid Studio experience If you are interested in shopping the Lucid Air there will be no casually walking up to one, or several, on a dealer lot or in a showroom....
Adams, a 27 year-old from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, ran a small social media empire dubbed ‘State Snaps.’ It spanned millions of followers across Snapchat, Instagram, and Twitter and depicted “images and videos of young adults engaged in crude behavior, drunkenness, and nudity,” according to a press release from the US Department of Justice. Adams was a student at Iowa State University when he founded State Snaps in 2015, and his followers often used the phrase “Do it for State” – presumably a play on “do it for the Vine” – hence his interest in the domain name....
It comes after District Judge Robert Kelly threw out Karpelès’ request to dismiss the suit, which alleges he hid problems at the exchange from its users, Reuters reports. The case was brought forward by Gregory Pearce, a former Mt. Gox customer, who is representing himself as well as other victims affected by the exchange‘s failure. According to documents submitted in court, Pearce claims Karpelès was aware of “security bugs in the system but did not make these defects known to the public....
However, a new report from ZDNet suggests that instead of 10.6 million, more than 142 million customers might have been affected. The earlier data leak included personal details of guests such as names, addresses, phone numbers, and email IDs. The report notes that a hacker has posted a listing on the dark web claiming to sell a database with MGM customer records for $2,939. The listing highlights that while February’s reports pointed out MGM Resorts’ data breach, it missed out on MGM Grand Hotel data leak....
As with the Office icons last year, the new designs combine depth, gradients and soft edges for a decidedly more welcoming aesthetic than the old metro design Microsoft has been iterating on since Windows 8. It has some of Google’s Material Design bubbliness, but its use of depth and gradients give Fluent a more 3D, tangible feel. That makes sense, given Microsoft expects to use this design language across not only Windows, but Xbox and HoloLens as well....
Now Microsoft has improved on it with the Surface Go 2. Long story short: the company is keeping the same $399 starting price, but bumping up the specs to make the Go 2 a little more useful. Most notable is the screen. It’s just a little bit larger, at 10.5-inches rather than 10, but on a small form factor, every last bit counts. Plus it’s still a high-quality display for the price bracket, with a 1920 x 1280 resolution (220 ppi) and 1500:1 contrast ratio....
The timing makes sense, anyway. The Surface Book 2 is now nearly 2 years old, so its due for an update, especially considering some of the notable improvements that have been made with Intel and Nvidia’s latest-generation chips. The Surface Pro, on the other hand, is one and a half years old and could also see benefits from Intel’s more power-efficient 10th-generation chipsets. The Pro 7 is also rumored to come in a variant running a Qualcomm’s 8cx processor....
The initiatives aim to combat the so-called “data desert” that’s left machine learning algorithms without enough relevant training data to be effective for people with conditions such as ALS. One project, called Object Recognition for Blind Image Training (ORBIT), seeks to change this by building a new public dataset of videos submitted by people who are blind or have low vision. The data will be used to develop algorithms for smartphone cameras that recognize important personal objects, such as someone’s cell phone or face mask....
PizzaGAN, the newest neural network from the geniuses at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and the Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI), is a generative adversarial network that creates images of pizza both before and after it’s been cooked. Credit: MIT CSAIL No, it doesn’t actually make a pizza that you can eat – at least, not yet. When we hear about robots replacing humans in the food industry we might imagine a Boston Dynamics machine walking around a kitchen flipping burgers, making fries, and yelling “order up,” but the truth is far more tame....
Computer artist Glenn Marshall recently developed one of my favorite techniques yet: a text-to-image generator that transforms any picture into the style of famous artists. The system morphs an input image towards the suggestion of a text prompt, such as “Salvador Dalí Art.” Over repeated mutations and iterations of each frame, the AI gradually finds features and shapes that match the text description until it produces a final composition. [Read: How to use AI to better serve your customers] Marshall named the technique Chimera, after the mythical beast formed from various animal parts, which has become a byword for something that exists only in the imagination and isn’t possible in reality....
These giant galaxies are much bigger than most of the others in the Universe and are thought to be quite rare. Although millions of radio galaxies are known to exist, only around 800 giants have been found. This population of galaxies was previously hidden from us by radio telescopes’ limitations. But the MeerKAT has allowed new discoveries because it can detect faint, diffuse light which previous telescopes were unable to do....
Eliud Kipchoge last year became the first athlete to run a marathon in under two hours after much training and careful preparation. Regardless of whether you’re aiming for a new world record or you just want to achieve a respectable time for your age, if you’re training for a marathon you might well want to know what you’re on course to accomplish. There are so many different equations claiming to predict marathon performance....
While these glasses are a few months to a few years away, developers will need to start thinking about what applications they might build for the new hardware. Currently, most AR developers rely on Google’s ARCore or Apple’s ARKit to build applications that live on phones and tablets. In this story, we’ll take a look at what applications we’ll first see on these glasses, and what the challenges in building them might be....
Last night, the ride-hailing companies were going to suspend their services in response to a recent court ruling that required them to recognize their drivers as employees, The New York Times reports. Despite the injunction, the reprieve allows the companies to continue operating until yet another decision is made, later this year. Further hearings will be held in October. [Read: Google admits its Android Auto assistant is a little, umm, slow] There seems to be general routine in this case: a court tells Uber and Lyft to classify drivers as employees, they appeal, they continue operating as normal, the case escalates, they appeal, they continue working as usual....
Sometimes though, these features even leave the realm of social media platforms. Case in point: even Netflix is copying TikTok now. The company today officially unveiled a feature called Fast Laughs — first spotted late last year — which essentially lets you quickly swipe through clips from comedies on the streaming platform. — Netflix Is A Joke (@NetflixIsAJoke) March 3, 2021 The feature gets its own tab at the bottom of the mobile app, and lets users play the shows or movies directly from the clip, add them to your watch later list, and share with others....
The leading price point in the market is under $50, with a 36% market share, according to research firm Counterpoint. This is the segment OnePlus wants to dominate with its sub-$40 Nord Buds. It’s a no-frills release from the company that attempts to give you just the basics of wireless audio — and it pretty much nails it. I’ve been using these buds for more than a week now, and for their price, I am pleased with them....
