Like it or not, Twitter on Tuesday retired its star button that users click to “favorite” a post and replaced it with a heart. The messaging platform said the new system of “likes,” which is also used by Facebook, offers a better way for users to express their views. But it quickly sparked an outcry…
WASHINGTON: Scientists are developing new technologies that will allow computers to recognise non-verbal commands such as gestures, body language and facial expressions. For most people, using a computer is limited to clicking, typing, searching, and, thanks to Siri and similar software, verbal commands. “Compare that with how humans interact with each other, face to face…
IBM hopes it has a new use for Watson, its artificial intelligence business. The company announced on Wednesday that it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire most of the assets of the Weather Company, including its Weather.com website, a large number of weather data collection points, consumer and business applications and a staff…
A team of researchers from the US and Germany has now found a way to make robots walk and run just as we do, thereby opening the doors for them to be deployed in the armed forces and in other services in the future. “We have basically demonstrated the fundamental science of how humans walk,”…
A new device that uses wireless signals to identify human figures through walls is being developed by the science and Artificial Intelligence Lab of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The new technology, called RF-Capture, “could trace a person’s hand as he writes in the air. It could also distinguish between 15 different people through…
Facebook is changing its Messaging policy, making it easier to get in touch with people not on your friend list. All you need is to know the person’s name. Facebook is getting rid of the “Other” tab in your messages, which is only available on the web version. If you’ve never seen it, just click…
Twitter is now allowing users to follow more people. The company has increased its follow limit from 2,000 to 5,000. The company shared the news via the company’s support page and stated that every user can follow 5000 people total. You might be curious since there are users who follow well over 5,000 users already. What…
BENGALURU: Flipkart will now have an offline sales presence in what is being seen as a major move to reach out to those segments of the population that are not comfortable with the internet. It is starting what it calls an assisted e-commerce model and, for now, this will be restricted to phones. Under this,…
In case you haven’t been paying attention, computers around you are getting increasingly smaller. The market is already jammed with miniature portable computers, and now there is another interesting addition to the mix. InFocus, an American electronics company has announced the launch of Kangaroo. At just 124mm length, 80.5mm width, and 12.9mm girth, the Kangaroo…
The world’s first 3D blood vessel bio-printer, which makes it possible to produce personalised functional organs, has been developed by a Chinese company. According to biotechnological company Sichuan Revotek Co, Ltd based in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, the significant breakthrough has been achieved through its self-developed stem cell bio-ink technology, 3D bio-printer and cloud computing platform….
