Tag: Computing
Facebook buys Ozlo to boost its conversational AI efforts
Facebook has gone ahead and purchased Charles Jolley’s conversational AI startup Ozlo. Jolley, formerly Head of Platform for Android at Facebook, will not be returning to the company. The Ozlo team is expected to join Facebook to work on natural language processing challenges. Ozlo launched with a consumer-facing app back in October 2016. Jolley told […]
Facebook said to be working on dedicated video chat device
Facebook is reportedly working on dedicated video chat hardware, per a new report by Bloomberg. The device is said to be the inaugural major product from Facebook’s hardware-focused Building 8 product development lab, and will include a notebook-sized display. “It’s intended to make video chat participants separated geographically feel like they’re together in the same […]
Researchers find that moderate screen use is OK for teens
Parents rejoice! Researchers have found that moderate screen use has no detectable link to well-being and levels of engagement. This means your kids can play on the iPad for a few hours but not all of them. The study, led by psychological scientist Andrew Przybylski of the University of Oxford, examined the habits of 12,000 […]
Who said it: tech CEO or communist leader? Take our quiz
This week Mark Zuckerberg announced plans to advance human potential and promote equality. But hes not the only tech billionaire in a Che Guevara shirt. Capitalism is catechism in Silicon Valley. The civic religion is entrepreneurism and evangelism is a marketing tool. But for an industry that worships at the altars of the marketplace, the […]
ACM Honors Computing Innovators Who Are Changing The World
New York, NY (PRWEB) April 14, 2015 ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, today announced the recipients of five prestigious awards for their innovations in computing technology. These innovators have made significant contributions that enable computer science to solve real world challenges. The awards reflect achievements in efficient networked systems, standard software libraries, social connections […]