Star Wars Inside Intel is a StarWars.com feature where Lucasfilm’s Emily Shkoukani, whose job is to know as much about a galaxy far, far away as possible, explores obscure facts about Star Wars lore and continuity. In this creepy installment for Halloween season, Emily takes a look at a mysterious cult of Force worshippers… First […]
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What Makes a Champagne Vintage Great? Ask a Deep Learning Model
Bollinger is data mining its meticulous records to predict vintage years and weather the challenges of climate change.
This Chatbot Aims to Steer People Away From Child Abuse Material
Pornhub is trialing a new automated tool that pushes CSAM-searchers to seek help for their online behavior. Will it work?
Google Assistant’s Future Is Looking Us Right in the Face
Google says its voice assistant is getting more conversational, and that face unlocking is ready to replace wake words. But don’t hold your breath.
Europe Is Building a Huge International Facial Recognition System
Lawmakers advance proposals to let police forces across the EU link their photo databases—which include millions of pictures of people’s faces.
With Peloton Guide, the Fitness Company Bets Big on Body Tracking
Peloton has made a device that uses a camera to track your strength-training workouts. The “camera” part, though, still needs to prove itself.
This New Platform Can Give AR Apps a Memory Boost
Perceptus can identify and continuously remember the objects in the physical world, grounding augmented reality with more real-world context.
The Biggest Deepfake Abuse Site Is Growing in Disturbing Ways
A referral program and partner sites have spurred the spread of invasive, AI-generated “nude” images.
No longer in preview, Microsoft Azure Purview is ready to help govern your data
Microsoft’s data classification tool is now out of preview. We talked to Microsoft’s Mike Flasko about its future.