Google Research: Self-supervised learning is transforming medical imaging

But it also faces a serious barrier: The shortage of labeled training data. To overcome this hurdle, scientists have explored different solutions to various degrees of success. Google is one of several organizations that has been exploring its use inmedical imaging. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. One of the key challenges of deep learning is the need for huge amounts of annotated data. Large neural networks require millions of labeled examples to reach optimal accuracy....

November 15, 2021 · 2 min · 320 words · Crystal Greene

How to hire a developer straight out of bootcamp — without getting burned

Thats not to say coding bootcamps are bad. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. In my experience, not all bootcamps are created equal. They vary widely in acceptance processes, curriculum, program structure, and quality of instructors. Theyre designed to push candidates through courses that will have them writingsomecode fairly quickly. This doesnt mean your startup should write off coding bootcamp graduates altogether. Heres how to hire a software developer straight out of bootcamp without getting burned....

November 15, 2021 · 2 min · 251 words · Natalie Turner

IBM achieves true ‘quantum supremacy’ with most powerful computer ever built

IBMmighthave just changed the computing game in a major way. Eureka?IBM CEO Arvind Krishna gave Axios on HBOthe exclusive. According to them, the Eagle processor is capable of doing things no supercomputer can do. Healthy skepticism:Were not sure exactly what Eagle does. Modern quantum computers usually solve bespoke problems that have little-to-no impact on society. This is because the technology is in its infancy. IBM says its system has done that....

November 15, 2021 · 2 min · 220 words · Derek Ramirez

Scientists are on the brink of unraveling the mysteries of the dark side of the Moon

Seven months after it was launched, the US robotic rover Perseverancesuccessfully landedon Mars on February 18, 2021. Perseverance and Zhourong were the fifth and sixth planetary rovers deployed in the last decade. The first one was AmericasCuriositywhich landed on Mars in 2012,followed byChinasthreeChangEmissions. It was also able to provide insights into how the planet evolved. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Our teamdeveloped anew methodcapable of detecting these layers by using the radar signatures of hidden rocks and boulders....

November 15, 2021 · 1 min · 83 words · Tyrone Costa

Some company built a virtual Apple Car out of the tech giant’s patents

Lets take a closer look. Regarding the exterior, the company has drawn inspiration from Apples current and previous products. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Is this a well-estimated guess? Well, only time will tell. Intriguingly, though, Vanarama has used patentUS10309132B1, which points towards a revamped pillarless vehicle structure. However, the most fascinating speculations concern the interior. If the renderings are correct or close enough, at least you might forget about bulky edges and borders....

November 15, 2021 · 1 min · 205 words · Angela Leonard

Stablecoins could wreak havoc on the financial system

The market seems to have benefited from the public having time on their hands during pandemic lockdowns. Alongside this has been an explosive rise in the value of stablecoins like tether, USDC and Binance USD. Like other cryptocurrencies, stablecoins move around on the same online ledger technology known as blockchains. A substantial proportion of buying and selling of crypto is done using stablecoins. So whats the problem and what can be done about it?...

November 15, 2021 · 2 min · 315 words · Bryan Mcpherson

Tesla Model Y owner files formal complaint: ‘The car by itself took control’

The accident took place on November 3, somewhere in Brea, California. Specifically, the car kept entering the wrong lane and didnt respond to driver input. Car is severely damaged on the driver side. And frightening, to be honest. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Seeing some issues with 10.3, so rolling back to 10.2 temporarily. hey note, this is to be expected with beta software. It is impossible to test all hardware configs in all conditions with internal QA, hence public beta....

November 15, 2021 · 1 min · 130 words · Samantha Lee

The AGI hype train is running out of steam

The AGI hype train has hit some heavy traffic. While futurists and fundraisers used to make bullish predictions aboutartificial general intelligence, theyve become quieter lately. Peter Thiel the tech billionaire andrumored vampire says Silicon Valley big brains have lost enthusiasm for AGI. Thiel described Musk as a weathervane for the zeitgeist, whos stopped talking about AGI because interest has declined. 40% off TNW Conference! Imbuing machines with human-like intelligence remains immensely challenging....

November 15, 2021 · 1 min · 163 words · Stephanie Kim

This vinyl player is a gift any audiophile will freak over. And you’ll love this pre-Black Friday sale price

Flash forward less than 15 years and things have seriously changed. Oh yeah, baby…vinyl is rejuvenated and back with a vengeance. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Of course, turntables today arent the same as those ancient record spinners your parents and grandparents spun. Fitted with a full-sized metal alloy platter, this player significantly reduces vibrations and signal disturbance. Finally, users can also use the PT-18K to create their own digital music library....

November 15, 2021 · 1 min · 92 words · Christopher Suarez

This digital microscope streams the miniature world to your device, now at a special pre-Black Friday price

Either way, you could view your images a lot more efficiently than through those tiny viewing scopes. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. By using the code SAVE15NOV during checkout, you cancut your final price down to just $47.56.

November 14, 2021 · 1 min · 40 words · Jessica Jordan

What Google’s €2.4 billion appeal loss says about Big Tech’s business models

They may now have to re-think their entire business models as a result. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Foundem found itself demoted from Googles search results. Unless you specifically searched for it, it would only appear after several pages of browsing. Without consumers redirected from the dominant search engine, Foundem never really took off. Over the years, several other comparison services such as Expedia and Yelp joined the complaint....

November 14, 2021 · 1 min · 212 words · Victoria Martinez

What is Bitcoin’s fundamental value?

As it hits new highs, there is no shortage of bold predictions about Bitcoinreaching US$100,000or more. If it gets above its previous high, it must keep going up. There is also charting or technical analysis looking at graphs and seeing patterns in them. There may be fancy terms such as resistance levels and Tenkan-Sen. There is talk about fundamentals. Lets examine this last idea. Does Bitcoin have a fundamental value?...

November 14, 2021 · 3 min · 449 words · Aimee Bartlett

The Pixel Fold may not match the Pixel 6’s camera, and that’s good news

Google has sure gotten a lot of mileage out of that Sony IMX363 sensor. Ive been thinking about this leak a lot. At first glance, thats a shame. ThePixel 6 and 6 Proshowed that Google wasfinallygetting serious about hardware. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. But after my initial disappointment, Ive come to realize this news might actually be pretty great. It points to one important possibility: a cheap folding phone....

November 13, 2021 · 2 min · 246 words · Timothy Wilson