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During the last ten years we have witnessed the growth and flourishing of ad tech. Since then, many good things have been said about the roaring success of industry giants. Now its time to unveil their fails and learn our lessons. We live in the heyday of recently-born advertising technology. Ads served automatically grew from 0 to 30 million impressions per day. Every year something great happened. Google, Facebook, and Amazon rose to their indisputable prominence....
Its a private quest every woman has been on since her pre-teens. And it could be the perfect moment to shake up the bra industry. The smart fabrics industry is expected to see exponential growth with aforecasted valuation of $4.08 billion by 2023. At the same time, a growing number of women are entering the market. Women really focus on end-use, need, and function. The universitys research also found that the impact of wearing ill-fitting bras goes beyond physical discomfort....
The numbers rely on the mathematical concept of exponential growth. And without drastic action, cases could double every five or six days. The consistent doubling of cases in a fixed period is the hallmark of exponential growth. This number is key todetermining how widespreada disease will become. For COVID-19, early estimates of the basic reproduction number have itsomewhere between 1.5 and 4. The infographic assumes a figure somewhere in the middle, at 2....
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This is one thing that boththe pioneersandcritics of deep learningagree on. Reducing the data-dependency of deep learning is currently among the top priorities of AI researchers. Self-supervised learning is one of several plans to create data-efficient artificial intelligence systems. But heres what we know about LeCuns masterplan. A clarification on the limits of deep learning 40% off TNW Conference! Supervised learning is the category of machine learning algorithms that require annotated training data....
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The best sounding audio product is the one that exhibits the least audible flaws. Its hard to meaningfully evaluate high-end speakers just by the things they do right. 40% off TNW Conference! It all starts with the bass. It is the Achilles heel that often makes a speaker sound great in one room and awful in another. Correcting these errors usually requires large and ugly bass traps or strategically placed subwoofers and extensive EQ....
Online dating is nothing new. But now, its the only dating. I try the latter. My online romance begins on Hinge, the dating app designed to be deleted. The company has kept its slogan since non-essential human contact became a crime. It still wants you to meet off-app but now only online. 40% off TNW Conference! But in these desperate days of self-isolation, it doesnt take too long to meet someone else online....
Despite everything thats going on in the world at the moment, I have been very lucky. Here in the Netherlands, were still allowed to go cycling, so long as it observes social distancing. Besides its catchy name, what does Canyon say about its Ultimate CF SLX Disc eTap 8.0? 40% off TNW Conference! CF standards for carbon fiber and the SLX bit is Canyons naming convention for its super-light frames....
Insights from mathematical modelling are vital to ensuring that authorities can prevent as many deaths as possible. The S-I-R model 40% off TNW Conference! People who have not yet had the disease are labelled susceptibles. Everyone is assumed to be born susceptible and capable of being infected. Those who have contracted the disease and are capable of passing it to susceptibles are the infectives. The third group are euphemistically referred to as the removed class....
Were exposed to risk every day. From crossing the road to using our phones on the toilet. The insurance industry is built on this principle. Policies offer protection in the event the odds arent in your favor. The field of actuarial science is devoted to this cause. Actuaries use mathematical formulas based on historical trends to model events of uncertainty. This gives insurers an idea of the likelihood of a certain event taking place....
