Tag: software studies

• Nvidia launches Clara Guardian to power smart hospitals with surveillance, sensors, and edge AI

  May 15, 2020

  Nvidia today announced the launch of Clara Guardian, a smart hospital edge AI system that uses sensors like cameras to limit the spread of infectious disease and do things like… more ›

• ‘I Could Solve Most of Your Problems’: Eric Schmidt’s Pentagon Offensive

  May 2, 2020

  In July 2016, Raymond Thomas, a four-star general and head of the U.S. Special Operations Command, hosted a guest: Eric Schmidt, the chairman of Google. General Thomas, who served in… more ›

• Audio Deepfakes Result in Some Pretty Convincing Mashup Performances

  May 2, 2020

  Have you ever wanted to hear Jay Z rap the “To Be, Or Not To Be” soliloquy from Hamlet? You are in luck: What about Bob Dylan singing Britney Spears’… more ›

• Pandemic Turns China’s Local Leaders Into Livestreamers

  May 1, 2020

  This warm salutation comes not from a seasoned online broadcaster, but from a 49-year-old rural official hoping to sell some sweet potatoes to his audience. https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1005557/pandemic-turns-chinas-local-leaders-into-livestreamers more ›

• An ESPN Commercial Hints at Advertising’s Deepfake Future

  April 28, 2020

  With the pandemic having shut down production, companies are asking ad agencies to create commercials made up of digitally altered footage. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/22/business/media/espn-kenny-mayne-state-farm-commercial.html more ›

• Magic Leap’s $2.6 billion bait and switch

  April 28, 2020

  Two years ago I attended an “Innovation in Immersive Storytelling” event at Industrial Light & Magic, featuring the Chief Game Wizard of Magic Leap. I should have known then, from… more ›

• Instagram Filters Are Changing the Way We Think About Makeup

  April 28, 2020

  In the middle of a global health crisis, there’s one Instagram filter that skyrocketed to popularity: Butterfly Pretty. Most of us have already seen it from celebrities like Kylie Jenner,… more ›

• IT’S TIME TO BUILD

  April 22, 2020

  Every Western institution was unprepared for the coronavirus pandemic, despite many prior warnings. This monumental failure of institutional effectiveness will reverberate for the rest of the decade, but it’s not… more ›

• Clubhouse voice chat leads a wave of spontaneous social apps

  April 22, 2020

  Forget the calendar invite. Just jump into a conversation. That’s the idea powering a fresh batch of social startups poised to take advantage of our cleared schedules amidst quarantine. https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/18/clubhouse-app-chat-rooms/ more ›

• How Facebook Works for Trump

  April 19, 2020

  Donald Trump won the presidency by using the social network’s advertising machinery in exactly the way the company wanted. He’s poised to do it again. Updated on April 18 at… more ›