September 2, 2024

Robotics

Counting inventory with Nokia AIMS smart drone technology

In Episode 161 of The Robot Report Podcast, co-hosts Steve Crowe and Mike Oitzman discuss the latest news. On today’s show, we talk with Paul Heitlinger, general manager of Nokia Autonomous Inventory Monitoring Service, or AIMS. We learn about Nokia’s new service, the technology behind it, and why the company is now entering the warehouse management space. Show timeline 6:45 – News of the week 35:23 – Interview with Paul Heitlinger, general manager of Nokia

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Hardware

Dune game dev: Xbox Series S is a ‘challenge’

Funcom’s chief product officer Scott Junior is the latest game developer to acknowledge the Xbox Series S’ challenging power profile. 3 VIEW GALLERY – 3 IMAGES Gen 9 consoles introduced an interesting fracture point for Xbox. In a bid to secure more players and fill out console install bases, Microsoft opted to split its new console lineup into two parts: The budget-friendly $299 Xbox Series S, and the powerhouse $499 Xbox Series X. This price

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Hardware

‘I’ve made some of the worst game choice decisions,’ Xbox CEO Phil Spencer says

From Guitar Hero to Destiny, Xbox gaming CEO Phil Spencer recounts some of the missed opportunities for big publishing and partner deals for the Xbox brand. 2 VIEW GALLERY – 2 IMAGES Like most hit-based industries, no one knows what games will actually do well. The interactive entertainment space is full of unknowns, but gaming leads to a distinct type of guesswork and hindsight-fueled rumination. Mega-hits can come out of nowhere thanks to viral social

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Software

Lumoz Quidditch Match is live! Claim 50 Million Points and 30+ top-tier ecosystem project rewards! | HackerNoon

Dear Wizards, We are thrilled to announce that after over two years and nearly 1,000 days of preparation, Lumoz is about to launch its third and final incentive testnet — the Lumoz Quidditch Match. This will be an unprecedented adventure. The Lumoz Quidditch Match officially started on August 27th, and we are offering 50 million Lumoz Points, equivalent to 50 million MOZ Tokens (with a 1:1 conversion rate), as rewards. This event is open to

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Hardware

NVIDIA GeForce RTX GPU badge gets a new AI-related tagline – a simple tweak, or worrying omen?

NVIDIA’s marketing department has made an interesting move by introducing a new case badge for its GeForce RTX range of GPUs which specifically mentions AI usage. 2 Some gamers fear that eventually, GeForce gaming GPUs could become extinct, barged out by NVIDIA’s plans for AI domination VIEW GALLERY – 2 IMAGES Tech Powerup noticed the new official badge – that’ll be slapped on laptops packing GeForce graphics cards, and maybe even some prebuilt desktop PCs

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Hardware

Rocksteady’s QA team shrinks amid disappointing Suicide Squad sales

Batman Arkham developer Rocksteady is downsizing its quality assurance teams as it faces the “unfortunate reality” of lower-than-expected game sales. 2 VIEW GALLERY – 2 IMAGES After a string of hits with the wildly successful Batman Arkham series, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League was a big miss for Rocksteady. The game failed to meet sales expectations, and also did not monetize as well as WB Games would have liked. All-told, WB lost around $200

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Hardware

Facebook partner admits smartphone microphones listen to people talk to serve better ads

Have you ever been talking about something with someone and then picked up your phone and saw whatever it was you were talking about as an advertisement? 3 VIEW GALLERY – 3 IMAGES Sometimes, the timing of tailored advertisements on social media platforms, particularly Meta-operated platforms such as Facebook and Instagram, can be incredibly jarring, especially if there is only a matter of seconds between the conversation ending about that product and then it suddenly

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The Noonification: What Is a Digital Garden? (9/2/2024) | HackerNoon

How are you, hacker? 🪐What’s happening in tech this week: The Noonification by HackerNoon has got you covered with fresh content from our top 5 stories of the day, every day at noon your local time! Set email preference here. By @hackernooncontests [ 3 Min read ] Join the AI Writing Contest by Bright Data and HackerNoon! Share your insights on AI, LLMs, and web scraping for a chance to win from a $2500 prize

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AI

Encoding Categorical Data, Explained: A Visual Guide with Code Example for Beginners

DATA PREPROCESSING Six ways of matchmaking categories and numbers Samy Baladram · Follow Published in Towards Data Science · 10 min read · 12 hours ago — Ah, categorical data — the colorful characters in our datasets that machines just can’t seem to understand. This is where “red” becomes 1, “blue” 2, and data scientists turn into language translators (or more like matchmakers?). Now, I know what you’re thinking: “Encoding? Isn’t that just assigning numbers

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