Monthly Archives: December, 2021
Intel’s Lesson for Alphabet The Information – The Information
Intels decision to take its Mobileye unit public is a smart way to let investors buy directly into the technology side of the self-drivingcar business. Plenty of people surely have little interest in owning Intel directly, given the troubles its had in chips.
UC Berkeley’s Sergey Levine Says Combining Self-Supervised and Offline RL Could Enable Algorithms That Understand the World Through Actions – Synced
The idiom actions speak louder than words first appeared in print almost 300 years ago.
Heres Exactly How Deep Breathing Can Improve Digestion, According to an RD – Well+Good
Breathing and digestion are both involuntary processes in your body. However, youcan exert a little control over your breath.
Suspicion of the pharma industry runs deep – SWI swissinfo.ch – swissinfo.ch
Pandemic fears and frustrations are mounting. What if vaccine deals had been out in the open? Jessica covers the good, the bad, and the ugly when it comes to big global companies and their impact in Switzerland and abroad.
Greg Tate was the GOAT of Black cultural writing we could all learn from his genius – TheGrio
AUSTIN, TX MARCH 12: Greg Tate attends I Am Richard Pryor Premiere during the 2019 SXSW Conference and Festivals at Stateside Theater on March 12, 2019 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Nicola Gell/Getty Images for SXSW) Greg Tate was a giant. He was a stone cold genius who he tossed off brilliant thoughts as small talk and at the same time he was a teddy bear
ColdQuanta and Strangeworks Announce Addition of Hilbert Quantum Computer to Strangeworks Ecosystem – The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel
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UW-Green Bay’s Rising Phoenix Program Expands with Computer Science Pathway for Students Across the Region – Inside UW-Green Bay News – UWGB
Program addresses the computer science workforce shortage in Northeast Wisconsin Green Bay, Wis.The Rising Phoenix Early College High School Program is expanding through a new collaboration between UW-Green Bay and the Computer Science Talent Ecosystem Youth (CSTEY). The Rising Phoenix Computer Science Pathway program is modeled after the inaugural Rising Phoenix cohort with the Manitowoc Public School District that launched in Fall 2020 by expanding the program across the CESA 7 region. According to CSTEY, computer science is one of the fastest growing careers in the region with at least 2,000 new jobs created by 2022.
Machines that see the world more like humans do – MIT News
Computer vision systems sometimes make inferences about a scene that fly in the face of common sense. For example, if a robot were processing a scene of a dinner table, it might completely ignore a bowl that is visible to any human observer, estimate that a plate is floating above the table, or misperceive a fork to be penetrating a bowl rather than leaning against it. Move that computer vision system to a self-driving car and the stakes become much higher for example, such systems have failed to detect emergency vehicles and pedestrians crossing the street.
Apple, Boys & Girls Clubs team up to offer coding opportunities to kids, teens – Apple Newsroom
December 6, 2021 UPDATE Apple teams up with Boys&GirlsClubs of America to bring new coding opportunities to young learners across the country In celebration of Computer Science Education Week, Apple and Boys & Girls Clubs of America today launched a new program that will bring coding to Boys & Girls Clubs in more than a dozen US cities. This new collaboration will bring coding with Swift to tens of thousands of students across the country, building on Apples existing partnership with Boys & Girls Clubs of America through the companys Community Education Initiative in support of its Racial Equity and Justice Initiative. Using iPad and Apples free Everyone Can Code curriculum and with ongoing professional support from Apple educators kids and teens at local Boys & Girls Clubs will integrate coding into their programming, giving students the opportunity to create and collaborate on the basics of app design and development, with an emphasis on critical thinking and creative problem-solving.
UCF Professor Greg Welch Named to the National Academy of Inventors – UCF
UCF Professor Greg Welch is one of 164 national faculty members who have been named to the National Academy of Inventors and one of only 10 from Florida this year.