Enlarge / Project Blink can edit video using text search and word processing techniques. (credit: Adobe) Yesterday, Adobe announced Project Blink, an AI-powered web app that can recognize objects, people, sounds, and words spoken in Read more…
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the cause of mysterious GPS interference that, over the past few days, has closed one runway at the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and prompted some Read more…
Enlarge / An ABB industrial robot folding a shirt using AUTOLAB’s new “SpeedFolding” method. (credit: UC Berkeley AUTOLAB) While it’s possible that someone out there enjoys folding clothes, it’s probably not a beloved pastime. Accordingly, Read more…
Enlarge / An airplane with a Starlink Aviation terminal installed. (credit: Starlink) Close-up view of the Starlink Aviation terminal. (credit: Starlink) SpaceX is now advertising Starlink Aviation, promising 350Mbps broadband with unlimited data for each Read more…
Enlarge / Is living in a language-rich world enough to teach a child grammatical language? (credit: kate_sept2004 via Getty) Unlike the carefully scripted dialogue found in most books and movies, the language of everyday interaction Read more…
Enlarge (credit: Busa Photography) ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. On a summer day last year, a group Read more…
Enlarge / Fiber conduits being installed for Los Altos Hills Community Fiber. (credit: Los Altos Hills Community Fiber) Sasha Zbrozek lives in Los Altos Hills, California, which he describes as “a wealthy Silicon Valley town,” Read more…
Enlarge (credit: Sean Justice/Getty) Ten years ago, 12-year-old Rory Staunton dove for a ball in gym class and scraped his arm. He woke up the next day with a 104° F fever, so his parents Read more…
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) For almost two years, Microsoft officials botched a key Windows defense, an unexplained lapse that left customers open to a malware infection technique that has been especially effective in recent months. Read more…
Enlarge / A colorful 3×3 matrix. (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty Images) Matrix multiplication is at the heart of many machine learning breakthroughs, and it just got faster—twice. Last week, DeepMind announced it discovered a Read more…