Microsoft provides Azure Bot service to developers

©Provided by: pestaola.gr The Microsoft Azure Bot service is widely available to developers, along with Microsoft Cognitive Language Understanding. In fact, Microsoft’s move is to make it easier for developers to design applications that allow the use of bots for a wide range of usage scenarios. Developers are trying to Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Artificial Intelligence: What it is and how it dramatically changes our world

©naftemporiki.gr Artificial Intelligence: What it is and how it dramatically changes our world Artificial Intelligence has been impressively evolving in recent years and -although it is often a matter of exaggeration or even destruction scenarios- it is enough to focus on real technological progress to realize its exciting potential. By Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

What the new world of big data brings to us

Everyone knows that Internet has changed the way businesses work, governments run and people live. But a new, less apparent, technological trend is proving to have equally great transformational power: “Big Data”. This is essentially a huge change in the way information is stored. Over the past two decades, an Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Analysts’ predictions for the Internet of Things

© Provided by: pestaola.gr According to Forrester Research, the Internet of Things during 2018 will be used by businesses. There are many areas that will link their operation to the Internet of Things, such as data management, big data analytics, data security issues and other areas, which are estimated to Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Humanoid robot that “does sports” and “sweating!

©naftemporiki.gr Humanoid robot that “sports” and “sweats” A team of Japanese specialists in robotics has built a new “human-like mimetic to man” that has a boy’s musculoskeletal complexity: The so-called “Kengoro” is able to display his “human” abilities through a series of exercises, including bends and sit-ups. As the New Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Instagram now allows you to track topics (follow hashtags)

© Provided by: capital.gr The hashtags are the basic tool for characterization in postings made in Instagram and one of the basic tools in the user’s hands to do his related searches for material that interests him. The service behind the social networking platform has announced that users can now Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Chrome will block annoying ads from February

© Provided by: capital.gr Google announced in June its effort to boost Chrome to such an extent that it can automatically block annoying ads. This announcement was made after the big development of ad blocking programs in the form of extensions, and now the company itself has decided to take Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Facebook will alert users when their photos are uploaded

© Provided by: pestaola.gr Facebook announced yesterday that it would start using face recognition technology to inform users of the service when other users “upload” their photos. According to the company’s announcement the use of this feature will be optional while it is done to protect the privacy of the Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Facebook: New button allows you to get rid of your annoying friends

©Provided by: PROTO THEMA S.A. Facebook: New button to get rid of your annoying friends Are some Facebook friends annoying, but you can not (do not want to) erase them? You may be one of those who will benefit from the new wake-up button that the network will launch  in Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Broadband connection via … wet twine (rope)!

©naftemporiki.gr Broadband connection via … wet twine (rope) Engineer at a small, British Internet service provider has managed to make a broadband connection work by using two meters … wet twine (rope). Andrews and Arnold’s engineer who carried out the experiment made it essentially for fun. This connection was at Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Google: New apps turn you into comic!

© Sofokleousin.gr Google: new apps turn you into comic! (vid) Now whoever -and whenever wants to- can become a comic character, and behind this entertaining innovation is of course the giant of technology called Google, which has launched new Apps. Google is developing new photo applications and has officially announced Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

New augmented reality effects on Facebook

© Provided by: capital.gr Facebook has announced a new augmented reality tool suite that its members will be able to use in messages they exchange via Messenger. “World effects” -as it characterizes them- allow the user to convert three-dimensional objects into photos and videos and use them for messages they Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Microsoft adds AI features to Office 365

© Provided by: pestaola.gr Microsoft adds new tools with Artificial Intelligence features to Word, Excel, and Outlook applications in the Office 365 suite. More specifically, in an event organized by the San Francisco company on Artificial Intelligence, Office Insights was announced, a machine learning function that will analyze data from Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

NASA: Artificial Intelligence for New Generation Space Communications

©naftemporiki.gr “Modern space communication systems use complex software to support scientific and exploratory missions,” says Zanet Briones, lead researcher on this project at … NASA’s spacecrafts are generally based on human-controlled wireless systems to communicate with Earth – but as the volume of data grows, the US space agency is Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

TITAN V: The world’s most powerful graphics card for PCs, from NVIDIA

© naftemporiki.gr TITAN V: The world’s most powerful graphics card for PCs, from NVIDIA NVIDIA presented the world’s most powerful graphics processor (GPU), as the company claims: It’s TITAN V, which, according to the company, is the most powerful GPU for a PC -at this moment- in the world and Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

The 3-D printers -in a while- will print everything and fast

© Provided by: PROTO THEMA S.A. The 3-D printers -in a while- will print everything and fast The progress in three-dimensional printers is continuous and in a few years there will be almost nothing that can not be produced by such a device. Two new innovations come to confirm this: Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …