Image-to-text and text-to-speech integrations explained
Saturday, November 9, 2024 by Freeman Lightner
In the rapidly evolving field of artificial intelligence, the integration of image-to-text and text-to-speech models is paving the way for groundbreaking applications. In this second installment, Joas Pambou is spearheading efforts to develop an advanced system that transforms static images and videos into interactive conversational experiences. This innovation aims to ...
Software developer incubator program from Pega expands globally
Tuesday, October 15, 2024 by Russ Scritchfield
Pegasystems Inc., the enterprise AI decisioning and workflow automation platform provider, recently announced an expansion of its Pega University Program to find and cultivate new Pega-certified professionals with promising employment opportunities upon program completion. Building off its initial success in India, the Pega University Program will provide clie...
Swift Student Challenge 2025 announced by Apple
Tuesday, October 15, 2024 by Richard Harris
Apple is excited to introduce the Swift Student Challenge, a program dedicated to empowering the next generation of developers, creators, and entrepreneurs. This initiative has allowed thousands of student developers to exhibit their creativity and coding skills through app playgrounds while acquiring valuable real-world experience that can benefit their future careers....
Connyct social media app for college students opens early access
Friday, October 4, 2024 by Austin Harris
What if social media could step beyond mere media consumption and instead create communities and bring people together? Linking online content with communities and real-world experiences, the new social app Connyct ‘connects’ real people with real passions, all powered by a proprietary platform integrating an extensive library of licensed music clips through...
OpenAI o1 preview
Wednesday, September 25, 2024 by Freeman Lightner
OpenAI recently announced the development of a new series of AI models designed to spend more time thinking before responding. These models can reason through complex tasks and solve harder problems than previous iterations in science, coding, and math.
OpenAI o1 preview, has been released in ChatGPT and the API
The first model in this series, named OpenAI o1-prev...
AI education expanding after CodePath lands 5M in funding
Monday, September 23, 2024 by Austin Harris
CodePath, the organization dedicated to reprogramming higher education to create the most diverse generation of engineers, CTOs, and founders, announced today Google would be contributing $5 million toward its efforts to provide AI-focused educational opportunities for an additional 25,000 college computer science students around the country. The new grant is part of Go...
Quantum World Congress 2024 to take place next month
Wednesday, September 11, 2024 by Richard Harris
The third annual Quantum World Congress will take place from Monday, September 9th to Wednesday, September 11th, 2024, at Capital One Hall in Greater Washington. Quantum World Congress (QWC) is a premier global conference, exposition, and networking event that unites quantum technology visionaries, policymakers, researchers, business and investment leaders, educators, a...
IBM Quantum Developer Conference 2024
Tuesday, August 13, 2024 by Richard Harris
At the IBM Quantum Developer Conference 2024, participants will gain an exclusive, hands-on preview of cutting-edge tools and forthcoming roadmap updates from IBM Quantum, all organized around the theme - Performance by Qiskit.
As the era of quantum utility progresses, it is essential to empower quantum researchers and developers to perform meaningful work on current...
Miniaturized AI solution from ASUS
Thursday, August 8, 2024 by Austin Harris
Generative AI (GenAI) is rapidly transforming industries, with the potential to create entirely new content, from crafting hyper-realistic product prototypes to generating innovative marketing campaigns. However, a significant hurdle exists: unleashing the true power of GenAI often requires access to bulky workstations or cloud resources.
ASUS NUC 14 Pro+: Miniaturiz...
Apple interviews app creators
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 by Freeman Lightner
Around the world, developers are building apps that break down barriers across gender, race, socioeconomic status, language, and physical ability.
In celebration of Entrepreneur Camp’s fifth anniversary, Apple spoke with alumni app creators whose apps are shaking things up in education, fitness, and mental health. All three women have participated in the immers...
Apple Swift Student Challenge winners for 2024
Wednesday, July 24, 2024 by Austin Harris
Apple’s annual Swift Student Challenge recognizes the best in student coding, and this year, it has added a new category to its ranks. Out of 350 winning submissions, 50 students have been named Distinguished Winners for building app playgrounds that stand out for their innovation, creativity, social impact, or inclusivity. These 50 students have been invited to a...
GameMaker free access sparks wave of new users
Thursday, July 18, 2024 by Brittany Hainzinger
More aspiring young game developers than ever are starting their game design journeys with GameMaker after access to the platform was made free for non-commercial users to create and share games late last year.
The latest GameMaker user survey has found that the percentage of new 13-17-year-old users has rocketed by two-thirds (63%) since access was made free. At the...
AI integration challenges software developers
Wednesday, March 13, 2024 by Richard Harris
The promise and perils of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been dominating the headlines with everyone from software developers to students working on ways to integrate it into their daily processes. This burgeoning interest in AI is borne out by the fifth annual Reveal 2024 Top Software Development Challenges survey, which found that the biggest software development ch...
Symbolic AI programming platform Allegro CL releases v11 update
Monday, January 15, 2024 by Richard Harris
Franz Inc. announced the release of Allegro CL v11, which includes key performance enhancements now available within the most effective system for developing and deploying applications to solve complex problems in the field of Artificial Intelligence.
"The rapid adoption of Generative AI (LLMs) is fueling heightened demand for guided, fact-based applications whi...
Code Institute celebrates achievements from 2023
Friday, January 12, 2024 by Brittany Hainzinger
Code Institute, a provider of software development education, is thrilled to announce a series of significant successes over the past year, reinforcing its pivotal role in the tech education sector.
Code Institute, the only university credit-rated coding bootcamp in the UK and Europe, has continued rapid European growth.
Demonstrating its dedication to making...
Missouri STEM camps begin registration for summer 2024
Wednesday, December 27, 2023 by Freeman Lightner
Missouri University of Science and Technology opened registration for the 2024 summer camp season on Friday morning, with even more camp options for elementary, middle school and high school students.
Building on its record-breaking 2023 season, S&T is offering many new camps in 2024, including Innovations in STEM, Outdoor World: Urban vs Rural, Mining the Mind, ...
Biden signs AI executive order, what you need to know
Monday, October 30, 2023 by Richard Harris
President Joe Biden recently signed an executive order specifically focused on artificial intelligence (AI). The order is a testament to the ever-growing importance of AI in various sectors, and it outlines a comprehensive strategy aimed at harnessing the transformative power of AI while addressing the ethical, national security, and economic aspects associated with its...
Project Planet Young Entreprenuer competition opens
Friday, October 27, 2023 by Brittany Hainzinger
Speedemissions, Inc. retail brand emissions testing and safety inspections company, operating nineteen stores in the Atlanta and St. Louis markets, has announced that it is now accepting formal written contributions to its Project Planet Young Entrepreneur competition.
Speedemissions, Inc. is now accepting contributions from Pace University students, a...
Virtual field trip exploring XR from Discovery and Verizon
Thursday, October 26, 2023 by Brittany Hainzinger
Discovery Education and Verizon today announced a new virtual experience 'Bridge to the Future: A Virtual Field Trip into Extended Reality' showing students in grades 6-12 the possibilities of the immersive world. This virtual field trip builds upon Discovery Education’s immersive learning suite of resources, including a multi-year partnership with Ve...
AI e learning is becoming popular
Monday, May 15, 2023 by Richard Harris
After years of steadily picking up steam, online learning is experiencing undeniable explosive growth. The market is racing toward $1 trillion, with the corporate e-learning space expected to skyrocket 250% in the coming years. As e-learning continues to expand beyond the walls of academia, another game-changing phenomenon is going mainstream in a big way: artificial in...
AI storytelling tool Tome reaches 1M users
Monday, February 27, 2023 by Richard Harris
Tome, the AI-powered storytelling format that turns your ideas into visually compelling narratives, announced the close of a $43 million Series B funding round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. Existing investors Coatue, Greylock Partners, Audacious Ventures, and Wing Venture Capital also participated in the round, as well as new investor 8VC and angel investors ...
The beginning of a new age of innovation and creation
Monday, January 23, 2023 by Freeman Lightner
2023 will be the beginning of a new age of innovation and the creation of new products and services as never been seen since the founding of the Internet.
The end of the mobile app distribution monopoly, the convergence of different platforms, and the recovery of power by users and developers will unleash a perfect storm that will mark the next decade.
An earthqua...
Unicorn Academy AR education platform from STTE
Tuesday, December 27, 2022 by Brittany Hainzinger
Success Through Technology Education (STTE) Foundation and Geenee AR, has announced the launch of Unicorn Academy, the first-ever augmented reality (AR) education program focused on advancing youth entrepreneurship.
Unicorn Academy is geared toward students in grades 8-12 who are curious about entrepreneurship and want to develop the fundamental skills needed to laun...
Keeping startups agile and pivoting with MVPs
Wednesday, August 24, 2022 by Yasser Jilani
With low budgets and little time, startups need to react with speed and agility to launch products. Our product sat (and still sits) in the global online e-learning market, sized at approximately 250 billion US dollars in 2020, with the US contributing to 47% growth. The market was fierce and competitive, especially for new startups entering the market.
Minimum viabl...
$1M Graph technology challenge from TigerGraph
Thursday, February 10, 2022 by Freeman Lightner
TigerGraph, the provider of a graph analytics platform, announced the launch of "Graph for All Million Dollar Challenge", a global search for innovative ways to harness the power of graph technology and machine learning to solve real-world problems. The challenge brings together brilliant minds to build innovative solutions to better our future with one q...
HSD launches UK program with first ever offline event
Wednesday, November 17, 2021 by Richard Harris
On 13th November 2021, Huawei Student Developers proudly hosted its HSD UK Launch event, taking place at the, etc. venues, Chancery Lane in Central London.
The HSD UK Launch aimed to promote the Huawei Student Developers program to all college and university students from undergraduate and graduate programs. HSD has already collaborated with 12 leading universi...
Free online education from Test Automation University
Wednesday, November 3, 2021 by Freeman Lightner
Test Automation University marks the 100,000 student milestone with a virtual celebration event with workshops, interactive sessions with instructors, giveaways, and more.
Free online education from TAU
Applitools, provider of the next-generation test automation platform powered by Visual AI and Ultrafast Test Cloud, announced that Test Automation University ...
Extension marketplace for Agora lands
Monday, September 20, 2021 by Freeman Lightner
Agora, Inc., a platform for real-time engagement APIs, has announced its Extensions Marketplace at RTE2021, the company’s flagship conference and the world’s largest event exploring real-time engagement (RTE) technologies. The new marketplace features extensions from audio technology company Bose and a real-time content moderation solution from Hive.
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Tech hiring surges in 2021
Wednesday, August 25, 2021 by Brittany Hainzinger
Tech job postings increased 16% in the second quarter of 2021, with locations, occupations, skills, and employers across the country experiencing strong quarter-over-quarter growth, according to the Q2 2021 Tech Job Report from Dice, a DHI Group, Inc. brand (NYSE: DHX).
Nationwide tech hiring surges in the second quarter of 2021
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Going back to school with eLearning and visual AI
Friday, August 13, 2021 by Freeman Lightner
As the eLearning industry realizes rapid growth during COVID, engineering and product teams choose AI-powered test automation to ensure optimal UX for digital training and education platforms.
Going back to school with eLearning and visual AI
Applitools announced the growing adoption of Applitools Visual AI for various eLearning platforms including EVERFI, Age of ...
ABBYY updates machine learning library
Tuesday, June 22, 2021 by Brittany Hainzinger
ABBYY announced a major update for NeoML, its cross-platform open-source machine learning library that allows developers to build, train and deploy machine learning models. The update adds support of the Python programming language, the most popular language for machine learning and AI. The framework also offers 5-10x speed improvements as well as 20+ new ML method...
Automation Cookbook introduced by Applitools
Thursday, April 15, 2021 by Brittany Hainzinger
Applitools announced the launch of its “Automation Cookbook,” featuring free bite-sized videos aimed to upskill developers and test engineers of all experience levels. Anyone looking for quick answers to their test automation questions can use recipes to solve everyday challenges and also practice in the Test Kitchen for free. The initiative is led by Angie ...
Game development and Live Ops are evolving
Tuesday, December 8, 2020 by Richard Harris
We recently caught up with Carbonated and AWS Game Tech to discuss how Carbonated’s custom-built, live ops platform Carbyne enables game developers to bring fresh content to players in real-time, without engineering support or an office-based workforce.
While Carbonated is a relatively small gaming studio, they have the tools to become a major player among the ...
Plectica LLC launches VideoKit for developers
Wednesday, November 11, 2020 by Brittany Hainzinger
Plectica LLC introduced VideoKit, a developer tool that provides a fast and easy way to embed flexible video features into any software product or service, including custom apps built for virtual events, multiplayer games, remote work and other apps for collaboration and socializing.
Connecting and collaborating with others remotely - for work, school, or leisu...
Huawei helps global developers get access to Chinese market
Monday, November 9, 2020 by Brittany Hainzinger
Huawei underlined its commitment to helping global developers tap into the lucrative Chinese app market at the Huawei Developer Webinar – Grow in China, Win with AppGallery. At the Webinar, global developers had exclusive opportunity to learn a range of Huawei’s initiatives, from policy consulting, product localization to user acquisition and monetizati...
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