March 19, 2024

Start-ups

Cowboy launches all-road electric bike to attract riders beyond European city centers | TechCrunch

Cowboy is better known for its sleek electric bikes that you can see in many major cities across Europe. And if you look at the persons riding those Cowboy bikes, most of the time, you’ll see a young adult heading to an office with a laptop in a backpack. That’s why the company is launching a brand-new bike called Cowboy Cross. It’s an all-road model that aims for comfort and long-distance trips. I had the

Romain Dillet March 19, 2024

Robotics

ABB Robotics unveils new AMR with Visual SLAM navigation – The Robot Report

Listen to this article ABB says it will continue to advance its portfolio to meet the growing market needs for mobile robots. | Source: ABB ABB Robotics has announced its first Flexley Tug T702 autonomous mobile robot (AMR). ABB equipped the Flexley Tug with AI-based Visual SLAM navigation technology and its new AMR Studio software. The company says this technology simplifies configuration and can reduce commissioning time by up to 20%. The Zürich, Switzerland-based company’s

The Robot Report Staff March 19, 2024

How to Make a RAG System to Gain Powerful Access to Your Data

This article will show you how to make an RAG system that makes your data easily accessible via prompting. Eivind Kjosbakken · Follow Published in Towards Data Science · 13 min read · 5 hours ago — A RAG system is an innovative approach to information retrieval. It utilizes traditional information retrieval approaches like vector similarity search combined with state-of-the-art large language model technology. Combined, these technologies make up a robust system that can access

Eivind Kjosbakken March 19, 2024

Dune — A Hidden Network

Milan Janosov · Follow Published in Towards Data Science · 9 min read · 5 hours ago — In this article, with Patrik Szigeti, we designed a data and network methodology supported by graph visuals to outline the complex social network behind the original Dune trilogy. Following the success of Dune both at the box office and with the critics in 2021, Dune: Part Two was one of the most anticipated movies of 2024, and

Milan Janosov March 19, 2024

Imposter Syndrome Is an Invention: Interview With Angelina Severino, Design Lead at Gamgee Amsterdam | HackerNoon

Too Long; Didn’t Read Angelina Severino is a Brand and Product Design Lead with more than 15 years of experience in agencies and startups. Angelina is a Top Design Mentor at ADPList, and a Career and Leadership Mentor at Women in Tech where she offers guidance and support to female design professionals to help them succeed in their tech careers.

Angelina ★ Severino March 19, 2024

Software

AI: Friend or Foe? What’s Behind Our Fear of Artificial Intelligence?

Artificial intelligence gives humanity tremendous opportunities. With that, great risks. We celebrate online translators, amicable chatbots, well-drawing neural networks, and robot vacuum cleaners. We jubilate everything that makes life easier — not to mention scientific achievements. That said, we seem to be afraid of AI. But why? Is it even justified? Let’s find out. First Steps in AI The first research on AI began in the 1930s. At that time, AI was already deemed a

Pavel March 19, 2024

Hardware

Windows Update Is Wreaking Havoc On AMD Ryzen Handhelds, Try These Workarounds

Do you have a Windows-based gaming handheld? Unless it’s an MSI Claw, it almost certainly uses AMD Ryzen mobile hardware. In that case, you might want to hold off on your Windows Updates for a while—assuming you have configured your system with that capability. If you haven’t, then you’re probably experiencing reduced performance due to a faulty update that many users say causes unplayable game performance. Windows 11’s recent KB5035853 update, in combination with the

Zak Killian March 19, 2024

Navigating New RWA Horizons: Rick Schmitz on Bridging Blockchain and Traditional Finance | HackerNoon

Too Long; Didn’t Read This final interview in my series explores Rick Schmitz’s work on integrating RWA with DeFi. As LTO Network’s CEO, his legal and blockchain expertise revolutionizes business solutions, blending traditional finance with digital assets through innovative tokenomics and governance.

Mickey Maler March 19, 2024

ScreenAI: A visual language model for UI and visually-situated language understanding

Posted by Srinivas Sunkara and Gilles Baechler, Software Engineers, Google Research Screen user interfaces (UIs) and infographics, such as charts, diagrams and tables, play important roles in human communication and human-machine interaction as they facilitate rich and interactive user experiences. UIs and infographics share similar design principles and visual language (e.g., icons and layouts), that offer an opportunity to build a single model that can understand, reason, and interact with these interfaces. However, because of

Google AI March 19, 2024

Astera Labs IPO will reveal how much investors want in on AI | TechCrunch

While the technology world breathlessly awaits Reddit’s public debut, another company you might never have heard of is about to go public: Astera Labs. And it may be a more important test of investors’ returning appetite for tech IPOs. Astera this week announced in a public filing that its public debut would be bigger than it initially planned in every way: It will sell more shares — 19.8 million versus the previous plan of 17.8

Julie Bort March 19, 2024