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While things like rain or hills can keep people from cycling, a major impediment is the risk of getting hit by a car. It’s hard to identify the safest routes to ride, especially for beginner […]

The World Video Game Hall of Fame on Thursday inducted four honorees, paying tribute to games that challenged players and changed the industry.This post was originally published on this site

Japanese gaming giant Nintendo forecast Thursday that it would sell 15 million units of its hotly awaited Switch 2 console in the current financial year but warned US tariffs could hit its bottom line.This post […]

Redesigning social media to suit different needs of users could make their time online more focused, according to new research by University of Bristol academics.This post was originally published on this site

A new system that improves on the detection of pronunciation errors among non-native speakers could improve English language learning. The technology, discussed in the International Journal of Computing Science and Mathematics, uses speech recognition tools […]

The growing use of smart home devices is undermining the privacy and safety of domestic workers. New research from King’s College London reveals how surveillance technologies reinforce a sense of constant monitoring and control by […]

Wouldn’t it be great if music creators had someone to brainstorm with, help them when they’re stuck, and explore different musical directions together? Researchers at KAIST and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) have developed AI technology […]

Skype is dead. What now?This post was originally published on this site

In the dim light of the lab, friends, family, and strangers watched the image of a pianist playing for them, the pianist’s fingers projected onto the moving keys of a real grand piano that filled […]

Over the last five years, the use of highly personalized artificial intelligence chatbots—called companion chatbots—designed to act as friends, therapists or even romantic partners has skyrocketed to more than a billion users worldwide. While there […]