It has become notoriously difficult to replicate experiments in the AI field. Generally speaking, getting neuronal networks to perform well can be like an art and tweaks to the network often go unreported in publications. Also, as networks grow in size and complexity, studying those models is expensive, if not impossible for all but the […]
Archiv für den Monat: September 2019
The Fantasy of Opting Out | The MIT Press Reader
In a world where the cost of opting out is getting constantly higher, the pressure of not to opt out is mounting. Almost every platform tells users that by opting out from cookies, link and click tracking, personal information, etc. they won’t be able to fully benefit from the platform (services). Some platforms even go […]
Facebook’s Latest Purchase Gets Inside Users’ Heads—Literally | WIRED
Facebook purchased CTRL-Labs (pronounced “Control” labs), a company that allows uses to control computer interafaces with brainpower. They use a mix of machine learning and neuroscience to accomplish that. While they are not the only company that tries to do that, CTRL-Labs is considered to have a quite pragmatic approach to brain computer interfaces. Users […]
OpenAI has released the largest version yet of its fake-news-spewing AI – MIT Technology Review
A half-size version of the now infamous language model of OpenAI has been released and the group examined the impact of their decisions so far in a recent paper. OpenAIs decision not to publish the whole model was heavily critized. Vanya Cohen, a recent master’s graduate from Brown University, went on to recreate an open-source […]
Teleportation Device – Anxious Machine (podcast) | Listen Notes
On the relationship between reading and technology: Humans have been reading for thousands of years, but ever since the invention of television, people have been worried that reading is in decline. The latest worry is that, even if the Internet has caused an uptick in the quantity of our reading, we’re reading on screens instead […]
iPhone 11, iPadOS and iOS 13 for PWAs and web development
A very good overview on Progressive Web App related changes on iOS 13. No push notifications, but there might be some movement in this area in the (near?) future. Just speculating: maybe Apple will add them without much fanfare in a minor update (say iOS 13.3) just like they added Progressive Web App support in […]
Der mobile IKANGAI Newsletter Service im Vergleich mit WhatsApp
Mobile Newsletter über Plattformen wie WhatsApp oder FB Messenger zu versenden, erfreuet sich enormer Beliebtheit bei vielen Unternehmen, insbesondere im Medienbereich. Allerdings schiebt WhatsApp Newslettern mit Dezember einen Riegel vor. Also höchste Zeit, um sich nach Alternativen umzusehen. Im Folgenden vergleichen wir WhatsApp Newsletter mit der mobilen Newsletter Lösung von IKANGAI. WhatsApp Newsletter IKANGAI Mobile […]
Was ist die WhatsApp Newsletter Alternative und wie funktioniert sie?
Mit dem Ende von WhatsApp Newslettern im Dezember, sehen sich viele Unternehmen und Organisationen gezwungen, sich nach einer Alternative umzusehen. Mit dem von IKANGAI angebotenen mobilen Newsletterservice bekommen Unternehmen ein Tool, mit dem sie wie gewohnt ihre User informieren können. Nachrichten werden an alle Abonnenten geschickt, die sich für das Newsletterservice angemeldet haben. Die Anmeldung […]
Credit card privacy matters: Apple Card vs. Chase Amazon Prime Rewards Visa – The Washington Post
It started with a banana. Chilling article on how your personal data is collected, cross-referenced and used for all kind of purposes. However, recent data scandals were eye-opening to a broader public and people are starting to take notice how privacy affects our daily lives in often unforeseen ways. Therefore businesses should pay close attention, […]
Always In — Real Life
Interesting article on how wireless headphones became augmented reality devices. Those devices are changing our behaviour: notice for example how people keep their AirPods on when they are talking to others. In doing so, wearers signal that they are not fully present and relegate the immediate environment to the background. By not having to look […]