Integrating Robotics in the Enterprise Infrastructure
Chatbots: Yet another rapidly expanding robotic form, chatbots are being used essentially for providing better customer service and enhancing customer engagement. Chatbots can be the perfect tool for 24/7 customer service and can provide quick resolutions for customer queries, troubleshooting or for … Read More
Newgioco Group Launches First Phase of Artificial Intelligence Technology on ELYS Platform
CHATBOT is a revolutionary AI betting technology using customized pattern recognition and machine-learning algorithms to determine the relevant features of customer interactions and to develop a comprehensive customer betting profile. CHATBOT learns quantitative relationships between betting … Read More
Snapchat lays off 100 engineers; Will launch new AR Spectacles next year
Back in 2016, the popular image messaging and multimedia mobile app, Snapchat rebranded itself as Snap Inc, while making a debut in hardware products. Spectacles, as they were called, were plastic sunglasses with an integrated camera on one of the lenses that allowed you to record video snippets … Read More
Instagram vs. Snapchat: a battle to the last feature
The end of February wasn't kind to Snapchat-maker Snap: it rolled out a redesign that users decided they hated, and a single Kylie Jenner tweet about the app sent the company's stock into a spiral. But, really, Snap's struggles preceded all of that, due in no small part to rival …
Snap reportedly cutting 10 percent of its engineers
Snap Inc., the developer of Snapchat, has around 3000 employees. It's had a couple of small layoffs in the past, but with growth slowing for its messaging app, it's planning to cut about 10 percent of its engineers or about 100 people, according to financial news network Cheddar and The …
Al Southwick: Oxford, Mass and the future of democracy
The Atlantic has a double-page display that starts an article titled “America Is Not a Democracy.” A high-end think piece typical of our establishment media. The opening paragraphs caught my attention: “For years the residents of Oxford, Massachusetts, seethed with anger at the company that controlled … Read More
Letter: Forecasting the need for state renewable energy bill
I have fond childhood memories of building snowmen and ice skating in February. There was no snow or ice to be found during the record-shattering, 71-degree weather Worcester experienced Wednesday two weeks ago ("Records melt away: Worcester hits 71 degrees," Telegram & Gazette, Feb. 22). Read More
Worcester schools call another snow day Thursday
Worcester woke up to about a foot of snow Thursday morning, with more still drifting down. There is no school in Worcester Thursday, the second snow day in a row. Sterling took the snow cake — with one resident reporting 17.8 inches of snow. At the other end of the …
Major League Baseball is doubling down on YouTube TV
Major League Baseball announced on Thursday that it has renewed its partnership with YouTube TV, making YouTube TV the “presenting sponsor” of the 2018 and 2019 World Series. This means that everywhere you see the World Series logo, you'll also see the YouTube TV logo. But YouTube TV will … Read …
YouTube TV will soon include MLB’s streaming service
Baseball fans looking for a way out of cable TV's clutches might finally have their answer: MLB.tv is coming to YouTube TV. MLB and YouTube are expanding the partnership that began in 2017 to include a bunch of sponsorship extras, which largely just means a load more promotional activity before … …