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Is Google getting worse? This is what leading computer scientists say

  By Clint Rainey January 18, 2024 You’ve heard this claim before, but a new study lends academic credence to the common refrain that “Google is getting worse.” For a paper that’s being presented at March’s European Conference on Information Retrieval, a team of German researchers googled some 7,392 search terms once a week for … Continue reading Is Google getting worse? This is what leading computer scientists say

Computer scientists have predicted whether your startup will fail based on your personality

  By Clint Rainey October 19, 2023 Ask business experts what qualities they believe successful startup founders possess, and there’s a number and metric for everybody: It’s three personality traits and four types of founders, or it’s the Big Five traits, or maybe six successful traits, or it’s seven, with seven personality types—on up to … Continue reading Computer scientists have predicted whether your startup will fail based on your personality

Microsoft Cloud Fuels Earnings And Future In AI, But Computer Services Decline

Microsoft Cloud Fuels Earnings And Future In AI, But Computer Services Decline by Laurie Sullivan  @lauriesullivan, January 24, 2023 Microsoft on Tuesday reported revenue declines from its Windows Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Operations and from Xbox content and online services. The company earned an adjusted $2.32 a share on sales of $52.7 billion in the … Continue reading Microsoft Cloud Fuels Earnings And Future In AI, But Computer Services Decline

Tecate Bids 2020 Good Riddance, Uses Computer Vision To Do It

Tecate Bids 2020 Good Riddance, Uses Computer Vision To Do It by Laurie Sullivan  @lauriesullivan, December 31, 2020 Heineken’s Mexican beer label Tecate will release a music video on New Year’s Eve that some might interpret as a metaphor for saying good riddance to 2020. In the Spanish-language music video for his latest hit, ‘Pa’ … Continue reading Tecate Bids 2020 Good Riddance, Uses Computer Vision To Do It

Blippar To Use Computer Vision To Improve Location Targeting

Blippar To Use Computer Vision To Improve Location Targeting by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, August 4, 2017 Engineers at augmented reality startup Blippar believe they have developed technology to improve marketing and ad campaigns by helping to determine peoples’ location — and the direction they are facing — relative to stores around them. The company, which … Continue reading Blippar To Use Computer Vision To Improve Location Targeting

What If Brands Could Serve Ads From A Personal Computer?

 Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, (June 12, 2015) A research paper that recently resurfaced, penned by Saikat Guha, senior scientist at Raytheon BBN Technologies and a partner at Microsoft Research, investigates the possibility of running Web ads from local host computers. The research outlines his plan to reduce costs and improve privacy, as well as remove the … Continue reading What If Brands Could Serve Ads From A Personal Computer?