Why you should train your cat, and how to do it
The pandemic fueled a rise in first-time pet owners and people adopting puppies and kittens. While even inexperienced owners expect a new puppy will need some training, people rarely think the same applies to kittens......»»
Space Force sounds like a joke thanks to pop culture—that could be a problem for an important military branch
The U.S. Space Force has a serious role to play in the modern world. Its stated mission is to train and equip personnel to defend U.S. interests in space. Given the increasing military and economic importance of space, the USSF is likely to grow in i.....»»
Google Maps will now let you pay for parking and transit without leaving the app
Google Maps can already tell you which train to take or map out an optimal driving route. Now, it's simplifying travel even more by letting users pay for parking or public transportation right from their phones......»»
Powerful Japan quake sets off landslide, minor injuries (Update)
Residents in northeastern Japan on Sunday cleaned up clutter and debris in stores and homes after a strong earthquake set off a landslide on a highway, damaged buildings and parts of bullet train lines and caused power blackouts for thousands of peop.....»»
Cybernetics, Computer Design, and a Meeting of the Minds
An influential 1951 conference in Paris considered the computer as a model of—and for—the human mind In Paris. Exactly seventy years ago. He likely arrived in Paris from Darmstadt, Germany, by train that January. At 53, and a full professo.....»»
This new tool can tell you if your online photos are helping train facial recognition systems
When you post photos of yourself or friends and family online, you may not imagine they could be used to develop facial-recognition systems that can identify individuals offline. A new site hopes to raise awareness of this issue by offering a rare wi.....»»
Is high-speed rail travel on a track to nowhere?
The recently scrapped Singapore-Kuala Lumpur train link isn't the only such project to struggle......»»
Gwoop Academy wants to help you get better at video games
Every sport has its practice drills and exercises to help players hone skills between games. Why would esports be any different? Gwoop, a startup out of Minnesota, wants to be the place where gamers go to train between matches. They’re building.....»»
Train with the experts from Adobe, Microsoft, and more at SMX
Meet some of the marketing experts who will guide you on your learning journey this February. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article......»»
Audible Review 2021: How does Audible work and is it worth it?
I love listening to audiobooks on Audible. I hear them all the time. Listening to audiobooks has many benefits: First, there is the ability to listen to a book when you want to. While I'm in the car or train on the way to work or doing housework.....»»
Skyrim modders have a new machine learning tool that turns text to realistic NPC speech
VASynth creator Dan Ruta used NPC voices from various Bethesda video games to train the tool's machine learning AI models. He published multiple flavors of the app, including variations for Skyrim, Fallout 4, Oblivion, Fallout New Vegas, Morrowind, a.....»»
Clever new A.I. system promises to train your dog while you’re away from home
A prototype device is able to give out canine commands, check to see if they’re being obeyed, and then provide a treat as a reward when they are......»»
Google Trained a Trillion-Parameter AI Language Model
An anonymous reader quotes a report from VentureBeat: Google researchers developed and benchmarked techniques they claim enabled them to train a language model containing more than a trillion parameters. They say their 1.6-trillion-parameter model, w.....»»
Eight-year periodicity of train millipede confirmed
A trio of researchers with the Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute and Shizuoka University, both in Japan, has confirmed the eight-year periodicity of the train millipede. In their paper published in the journal Royal Society Open Science.....»»
Unusual snow kills 4, brings much of Spain to a standstill
A persistent blizzard blanketed large parts of Spain with an unusual amount of snow on Saturday, killing at least four people and leaving thousands trapped in cars or at train stations and airports that suspended all services......»»
Moscow train carriage helps rehome stray pets
The Tails and Paws train features posters of dozens of animals in need of a new home......»»
New Train Hall Opens at Penn Station, Echoing Building"s Former Glory
The Moynihan Train Hall, with glass skylights and 92-foot-high ceilings, will open Jan. 1 as an area for Amtrak and Long Island Railroad riders. The New York Times: For more than half a century, New Yorkers have trudged through the crammed platforms,.....»»
That time physicist John Wheeler left classified H-bomb documents on a train
The whereabouts of the documents remains a mystery to this day. Enlarge / In 1953, the eminent physicist and H-bomb advocate took an ill-fated overnight train from Philadelphia to Washington, DC, that would indirectly lead to the Robert Oppenhei.....»»
BigID keeps rolling with $70M Series D on $1B valuation
BigID has been on the investment fast track, raising $94 million over three rounds that started in January 2018. Today, that investment train kept rolling as the company announced a $70 million Series D on a valuation of $1 billion. Salesforce Ventur.....»»
How Europe"s Night Trains Came Back From the Dead
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNN: [O]ver the past decade, much of Europe's night train network has been cut. 2013 and 2014 saw the culling of lines from Paris to Madrid, Rome and Barcelona; Amsterdam to Prague and Warsaw; and Berlin to Pa.....»»