Artificial intelligence has proven that complicated board and video games are no longer the exclusive domain of the human mind. From chess to Go to StarCraft, AI systems that use reinforcement learning algorithms have outperformed human world champions in recent years. But despite the high individual performance of RL agents, they can become frustrating teammates when paired with human players, according to a study by AI researchers at MIT Lincoln Laboratory....

— ustwo games (@ustwogames) July 31, 2019 If you’re not familiar with the series, it’s puzzle game you have to move around the character and structure in order to reach to a certain point. Watch these trailers to get a taste of it. The game studio released the original monument valley with design and graphics inspired by M.C Esher’s work in 2014. And it was a monumental hit. The company followed it up with a sequel in June 2017....

The news comes from a Bloomberg report that cites “people familiar with the matter,” who say the news hasn’t officially been announced to Boeing’s employees but can be “teased out from subtle wording changes in financial statements.” I guess we’ll just have to take their word for it, for now. [Read: Remembering the Nucleon, Ford’s 1958 nuclear-powered concept car that never was] Here’s what Boeing told Bloomberg on the matter: While that might be diplomatic business speak unwilling to tell it like it is, it certainly sounds like the 747 will be no more as orders dry up....

Previous rumors had suggested the iPhone 9 would use the iPhone 6’s design, including a 4.7-inch LCD and TouchID, in order to reduce costs. But code in iOS 14 also points to a larger 5.5-inch model with roughly the same specs otherwise. 9to5Mac says ”evidence indicates that both will run with the A13 Bionic chip,” the processor in the iPhone 11 family. They will also pack NFC scanning, which was not possible on the iPhone 8 or iPhone X....

The Guardian reports that a project to grade the translation software within Skype and Cortana ran for years in Beijing. An anonymous worker, who was part of the project, revealed there were “no security measures” to protect the recordings from unauthorized access. This became especially apparent when they transitioned to working at home: The worker told the Guardian that they’d been hired with almost no vetting. They had no cybersecurity assistance, and were in fact encouraged to do things that would make anyone with a modicum of knowledge of the field cringe....

Economists appear to have reached a general consensus that artificial intelligence is among the four great “general purpose technologies” to come along since the 1800s. Gill argues that AI, like steam power, electricity, and information systems technology, will directly impact the way business is conducted at the global scale by 2030. According to Gill: The country that ends up nailing all three will end up leading. China’s big advantage is government investment in machine learning technologies....

Genelec, a Finnish audio company, makes similar claims on its website, but it gets a pass from me. Not only does the company provide extensive measurements for each of its speakers online — each of which demonstrates a neutral response — but its speakers are prominent in the recording industry. Chances are you’ve probably heard at least some music made with Genelec speakers. The subject of today’s review is the Genelec 8341A, part of the company’s state-of-the-art ‘The Ones‘ series....

Job done. Time to go to the pub? Not quite. I suppose I should delve into why I think the Microsoft Pro Intellimouse is such a stellar peripheral worthy of your hard-earned cash. It’s simple: Microsoft got the fundamentals spot-on It’s time to party like it’s 1996 Microsoft has been involved in the peripheral game for a long time. The first Intellimouse came out in 1996 – which, as Microsoft points out, is one year before the first DVD was released in the US....

I shouldn’t have bothered. The Poly/Plantronics RIG 700HX (for some reason, the company decided to use its older branding with this headset) is a genuinely competent bit of kit, offering rich and detailed sound that’s centered around a comfortable and well-designed frame. It’s got more than enough features to keep avid gamers happy. And, to my delight, it’s also got a somewhat conservative design, making it appropriate for the office where subtlety is often appreciated....

Over the past year, ride-hailing apps including Uber and Lyft have faced increased scrutiny over worker and rider safety. In October, a House committee officially called on these companies to improve their safety measures over concerns regarding existing background check procedures on drivers, and the way sexual assault and harassment reports were handled. Back in August, Lyft was hit with seven sexual assault lawsuits from women who allegedly were raped or assaulted by their drivers....

Inevitably, one day you’re going to die. While you may think your online identity will go to the grave with you, that’s not always how it works out. Without setting your account to self-implode or handing your login details to a trusted person, companies like Facebook and Google will carry on storing your data and everything else they’ve got on you. You’re probably blissfully unaware of how much data Google has stored on you....

The changes, which were updated on the company’s website Tuesday afternoon, signals an approximately 17% increase for the R1T, pushing the base price to around $78,975 from $67,500. The R1S goes up approximately 20% to $84,000 from $70,000. And here’s the worst part: these price increases not only impact prospective buyers, but also existing reservation holders. The only exceptions are customers who are in the final steps of completing their transaction with Rivian, meaning the vehicle’s ready or is entering production....

For the first few days, DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks on Ukrainian websites dominated the news. More recent coverage has centered around Russia’s censorship, and Big Tech’s response to the war. All that has affected what the internet looks like in both countries. Russia’s tight grip It’s no secret that Russia has its internet following a controlled narrative spun by its authorities. Just before the invasion, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed Russian people through Telegram, because it wasn’t likely that the neighboring country’s media would air his message to its citizens....

The phone will start at the same $1,980 price that was originally announced way back in February. You can expect the 5G model to tack on an extra few hundred dollars. Samsung’s latest flagship will be available in a locked version from AT&T, or an unlocked variant from Best Buy and Samsung Experience Stores. Curiously, it’s unclear whether Samsung will be selling the phone online just yet, as the company says you can visit Samsung....

The carrier company has already onboarded a bunch of partners including, banks like Standard Chartered and Shinhan. Plus, SK Telecom’s own services like T-pass and Samsung’s payment system are secured by this method. SK Telecom is no stranger to QRNG chips. In 2016, the firm researchers published a detailed paper describing the function and utility of its 5mm square chip. It used a phone camera to measure fluctuations in an LED’s intensity to generate random numbers....

Welcome to another edition of Bitcoin Today, where I, Satoshi Nakaboto, tell you what’s been going on with Bitcoin in the past 24 hours. As Kierkegaard used to say: If you love yourself, you won’t do drugs! Bitcoin Price We closed the day, November 05 2019, at a price of $9,342. That’s a minor 0.74 percent decline in 24 hours, or -$70.46. It was the lowest closing price in one day....

Welcome to another edition of Bitcoin Today, where I, Satoshi Nakaboto, tell you what’s been going on with Bitcoin in the past 24 hours. As Sloterdijk used to say: Time to learn some stuff about Bitcoin! Bitcoin price We closed the day, March 30 2020, at a price of $6,429. That’s a decent 8.51 percent increase in 24 hours, or $504. It was the highest closing price in two days....

Welcome to another edition of Bitcoin Today, where I, Satoshi Nakaboto, tell you what’s been going on with Bitcoin in the past 24 hours. As Schopenhauer used to say: Bob’s your uncle! Bitcoin Price We closed the day, October 12 2019, at a price of $8,336. That’s a minor 0.25 percent increase in 24 hours, or $20. It was the highest closing price in one day. We’re still 58 percent below Bitcoin’s all-time high of $20,089 (December 17 2017)....

Welcome to another edition of Bitcoin Today, where I, Satoshi Nakaboto, tell you what’s been going on with Bitcoin in the past 24 hours. As Rousseau used to say: Yippee! Bitcoin Price We closed the day, September 28 2019, at a price of $8,245. That’s a minor 0.06 percent decline in 24 hours, or -$5.35. It was the lowest closing price in one day. We’re still 58 percent below Bitcoin’s all-time high of $20,089 (December 17 2017)....

Welcome to another edition of Bitcoin Today, where I, Satoshi Nakaboto, tell you what’s been going on with Bitcoin in the past 24 hours. As Nightingale used to say: Time is money! Bitcoin Price We closed the day, September 20 2019, at a price of $10,181. That’s a minor 0.82 percent decline in 24 hours, or -$84.68. It was the lowest closing price in eight days. We’re still 49 percent below Bitcoin’s all-time high of $20,089 (December 17 2017)....