Day: April 13, 2020

Google Cloud’s AI recog code ‘biased’ against black people – and more from ML land

Including: Yes, that nightmare smart toilet that photographs you mid… er, process Roundup Here’s your latest summary of recent machine-learning developments.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Amazon plans to hire 75,000 more workers in response to coronavirus – CNET

The company just completed an earlier hiring blitz of 100,000. …read more Source:: CNet


Amazon puts new online grocery customers on waitlist – CNET

The retailer is also setting aside hours at some Whole Foods locations exclusively to fill online orders. …read more Source:: CNet


This wireless water-resistant speaker is just $10 – CNET

Take your tunes into the shower or anyplace else splashy. Great gift idea for Mother’s Day! …read more Source:: CNet


Worried about your retirement savings? This app can help – CNET

Silvur aims to help baby boomers weather financial storms and plan for retirement. …read more Source:: CNet


Verizon introduces open-source, big data coronavirus search engine

So much sickness, so much data, so little time. To help make sense of coronavirus research Verizon Media has created Vespa, an open-source big data search engine. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Driving a 1971 Mercedes-Benz 280SE 3.5 Cabriolet was stressful but sublime – Roadshow

It’s not every day you get a $500,000 classic Benz stuck in some mud. …read more Source:: CNet


This 1971 Mercedes-Benz 280SE 3.5 Cabriolet is the antidote to gloomy weather – Roadshow

Driving a $500,000 Benz around German vineyards will put a smile on your face. …read more Source:: CNet


Suspicious senate stock sale spurt spurs scrutiny scheme: This website tracks which shares US senators are unloading mid-pandemic

Just in case any one else decides to do a Burr or Feinstein Well, if Congress won’t do it, we, the geek people, will have to instead, it seems.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Not a Fermion, Not a Boson. Scientists Find New Evidence of Two-Dimensional ‘Anyons’

Slashdot reader Nostalgia4Infinity shared this report from Science News: In the three-dimensional world we live in, there are two classes of elementary particles: bosons and fermions. But in two dimensions, theoretical physicists predict, there’s another option: anyons. Now, scientists report new evidence that anyons exist and that they behave unlike any known particle. Using a…