Unactivated Windows 11 systems could soon block access to Microsoft Edge settings – gHacks Tech News
01 Jun

Unactivated Windows 11 systems could soon block access to Microsoft Edge settings – gHacks Tech News

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Microsoft is testing new activation related restrictions on Windows 11 currently that affect the system's integrated Microsoft Edge browser. Windows 11 can be installed without a product key. This leaves the operating system in an unactivated state. While the system works fine for the most part, it does display reminders and a watermark, and does prevent access to certain personalization options, such as setting wallpapers (there is a way around that). Windows 11 works fine in most areas. You can install programs, use the Microsoft Store, update the operating system, or make administrative changes. Soon, Microsoft may block access to…
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Research vs. development: Where is the moat in AI?
01 Jun

Research vs. development: Where is the moat in AI?

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Time's almost up! There's only one week left to request an invite to The AI Impact Tour on June 5th. Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to explore various methods for auditing AI models. Find out how you can attend here. Research and development (R&D) is really a chimera — the mythological creature with two distinctive heads on one body.  Researchers have strong academic backgrounds and regularly publish papers, apply for patents and work on ideas that are likely to come to fruition over the course of years. Research departments deliver long-term value, discovering the future by asking tough…
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A Japanese billionaire canceled his trip to the moon on a SpaceX rocket after too many delays
01 Jun

A Japanese billionaire canceled his trip to the moon on a SpaceX rocket after too many delays

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Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has canceled his star-studded trip to the moon aboard a rocket designed by Elon Musk's company, SpaceX.The project's official website, dearMoon, published a statement on Saturday. Maezawa, the founder of online retailer Zozotown, first announced the project in 2018 and described it as "the world's first civilian circumlunar voyage aboard SpaceX's space vehicle, Starship."SpaceX and dearMoon made plans to take flight by the end of 2023. "Unfortunately, however, launch within 2023 became unfeasible, and without clear schedule certainty in the near-term, it is with a heavy heart that Maezawa made the unavoidable decision to cancel the…
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Starliner’s first crewed flight gets scrubbed just before launch
01 Jun

Starliner’s first crewed flight gets scrubbed just before launch

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The first crewed launch of Boeing’s Starliner capsule has once again been called off, this time after an automatic hold was issued by the ground launch sequencer less than four minutes before liftoff. As a launch commentator explained during NASA’s livestream, the ground launch sequencer is the computer that takes over the terminal count and essentially launches the rocket. “The reason for that hold is not known at this time,” he said. Starliner’s next chance to fly is tomorrow at 12:03PM ET, but whether it does will depend on the outcome of the team’s investigation into today’s issue.In a brief…
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Robotic interface masters a soft touch
01 Jun

Robotic interface masters a soft touch

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The perception of softness can be taken for granted, but it plays a crucial role in many actions and interactions -- from judging the ripeness of an avocado to conducting a medical exam, or holding the hand of a loved one. But understanding and reproducing softness perception is challenging, because it involves so many sensory and cognitive processes. Robotics researchers have tried to address this challenge with haptic devices, but previous attempts have not distinguished between two primary elements of softness perception: cutaneous cues (sensory feedback from the skin of the fingertip), and kinesthetic cues (feedback about the amount of…
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A simple (but not obvious) way to improve query performance | Deephaven
01 Jun

A simple (but not obvious) way to improve query performance | Deephaven

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Every programming language has unique ways to improve efficiency. However, some strategies are universal -- for instance, not performing the same calculation any more than necessary.Eliminate unnecessary calculations in Deephaven with a simple rule of thumb.Deephaven tables are powerful. The engine has optimized many of the operations users can perform to be lightning-fast without any legwork. Nevertheless, there are still some considerations that need to be made to ensure queries run efficiently. For instance, using built-in query language methods in query strings is faster than using Python methods.The query below uses built-in query language methods. Still, it could be improved…
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Creating In-Video Search
01 Jun

Creating In-Video Search

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In-video search is ability to search for a specific content within a video. This can include searching for particular words spoken, objects shown or description of a scene. With the current advancement in transformers the process of in-video search have become more accurate and fairly simple. Although most of the transformers doesn’t have a joint embedding space for multiple modalities but there are few models like Meta’s ImageBind that a joint embedding space between text, image, audio, depth, thermal and IMU, or OpenAI’s CLiP model have joint embedding space between text and image. We can use these models to create…
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A retired US Navy 4-star admiral arrested in connection with an alleged bribery scheme
01 Jun

A retired US Navy 4-star admiral arrested in connection with an alleged bribery scheme

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A retired four-star US Navy admiral was arrested Friday in connection with an alleged bribery scheme that involved a government contract.Robert P. Burke, 62, who from 2020-2022 oversaw US naval operations in Europe, Russia, and most of Africa, has been charged with bribery, conspiracy to commit bribery, performing acts to affect a personal financial interest, and concealing material facts, according to a Department of Justice (DOJ) press release.He could face a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison if convicted, said the DOJ.Burke denies the charges, reported the US Naval Institute News. Yongchul "Charlie" Kim and Meghan Messenger, the co-CEOs…
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