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A similar photograph has also been used by UKsDaily Mailonline with faces of the victims pixelated. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. But it didnt apologize. Instead it justified its decision to use the photo. It acknowledged that some readers were upset by the photo. In essence, the paper is claiming that it has done nothing wrong by publishing images of the dead. Covering terror Reporting violent terrorist acts is one of themost challengingjobs for journalists....

Planting bee-friendly plants seems to be the new fad in many cities around the globe. In other countries, such as Canada,cities adopt pollinators. Some companies even undertakewildflower plantingefforts. Lavender attracts a variety of pollinating insects and is considered to be one of the most bee-friendly plants. It offers plenty of nectar (energy for pollinating insects) but its pollen is nutritionally imbalanced for bees. But its caloric value relies on the nectar and pollen used....

The internet is an inherently strange place. And in this space (here we are again), strange things happen. You know, like this: This bizarre occurrence was spotted by Reddit userYanekkeand shared onthe social networking site. If youre dubious, give it a try yourself. More likely than not, youll be confronted by some art that looks very similar to the above. I think we can all agree this whole thing is very… odd....

Much of the legal foundation for the units work is rooted in a 22-year-old comparison of bluejeans. 40% off TNW Conference! It said image examiners have never relied on those methods because they have been demonstrated to be unreliable. But the unitsarticlesandpresentationsonphoto comparisonshow its practices mirror those used in the studies. The bureau did not address examiners inaccurate testimony and other questionable practices. Their conclusions are, basically, my hunch is that X is a match for Y, he said....

Ugh, the Gregorian calendar is so boring. Get ready when that moon gets gibbous, yall. This January-ish roundup lands on the awe-inspiringWolf Moon! Since mylast post, the US patent office issued over 25,433 patents and published over 29,543 patent applications. Each patent asset adds a little something new to the human knowledge base. Ford aims to make this reality with its latest patent. A recently publishedpatentfrom Ford reveals a vehicle cleaning drone....

For our ongoing seriesFundamentals,were looking at different companies worldwide and the basic principles they were built on. This time: video game developer Guerrilla Games. Next year, it plans to move uptown. Right now, its 250 employees make do. It can afford to. But by the release of Killzone 3 in 2011, they were creatively tired of the universe. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Van Beek would laterdescribe it to GamesIndustryas going from making rollercoaster rides to building a whole theme park....

The enormity of the task is simply beyond human labor, especially fora platform that hashistorically struggledto become profitable. Deep learning could help take most of the burden of finding NSFW content off the shoulder of human moderators. The process is known as supervised learning and is currently the most popular way of doing deep learning. Basically, neural networks classify data based on their similarities with examples they have trained on....

If you had doubts, the call to action should put your fears to rest. The Fake News Media is out to get us, it reads. This is a fight we cant afford to lose. kindly contribute to FIGHT BACK. Contributions, conveniently, are set to $100 by default. The trouble starts on question 10, with problematic wording. This is commonly referred to as response bias, or a leading question, specifically. Conveniently, this is also the simplest way to ask said question....

Doogee and I think theyll forgive me for saying this has a propensity for releasing strange phones. Rememberthe Doogee Mix 2 phone? Yknow, the one which had to be flipped 180 degrees to make it take a selfie? Well, theDoogee S90is weirder.Unequivocally. Or perhaps theLenovo Moto Z Series, from 2016. Why youd want to is anyones guess, but its certainly nice to have. 40% off TNW Conference! We at TNW got our grubby paws on a S90 last week....

The hysteria about the future of artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere. This is the philosophy that, given enough data, machine learning algorithms cansolve all of humanitys problems. But theres a big problem with this idea. The pendulum has swung from the dystopian notion thatAI will destroy humanityto the utopian belief that ouralgorithmic savioris here. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. AI solutionism is on the rise and it is here to stay....

Too bad all four cameras suck. Unlike most of our in-depth reviews, Im just going to dive into the camera performance on this unit. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Thats inexcusable when cheaper phones with lower-grade hardware can snap decent pictures without skipping a beat. That said, the colors are more neutral and allow for greater flexibility when youre editing images. The 10-megapixel f/2.4 telephoto lens allows for 2x optical zoom, but its awful at capturing detail....

Should we be afraid of artificial intelligence? For me, this is a simple question with an even simpler, two letter answer: no. Humans tend to be afraid of what they dont understand. Fear is often blamed for racism, homophobia and other sources of discrimination. So its no wonder it also applies to new technologies they are often surrounded with a certain mystery. Some technological achievements seem almost unrealistic, clearly surpassing expectations and in some cases human performance....

Were huge fans of Apple laptops at TNW. Not only do most of us work on MacBooks many of us also have our own Apple laptops. Im sorry to report that Im one of those people. So, whenever Apple releases a new computer like the fresh-from-the-factory MacBook Air its a big deal. But if video isnt your thing? Well, theres an article for you below. Were decent like that. There were five things about the newest MacBook Air iteration that really stood out....