Author: Lily Evans
L'Oréal will unveil its latest beauty innovations at the Viva Technology Show, which opens in Paris on Wednesday, continuing its commitment to personalized, inclusive and responsible beauty, the company said. Key implementations include a realistic human skin-like technology platform for scientific research and product testing, and a Gen AI beauty content lab called Creaitech aimed at empowering creativity. These add something like a personal beauty assistant powered by Gen AI. A portfolio of cutting-edge skin and hair diagnostics, hair dryers based on infrared technology, and more. “Having been a pioneer in beauty technology for many years, we firmly believe that…
Bad people who prey on people looking for love or to make a quick buck have been around since Biblical times. But in recent years, the rise of three new technologies – social media, online dating platforms, and cryptocurrencies – has given these predators powerful new tools to expand their reach. As a result, recent days have seen a flood of heartbreaking stories about online romance scams and “pig butchering” (a term used by Chinese scammers to describe how they slowly gain someone's trust before getting away with an investment scam). ing. The good news is that some of the…
The Florida State University baseball team ended the regular season with a win in the series against Georgia Tech. Now that the 2024 ACC Baseball Tournament begins, FSU is ready to take on Georgia Tech once again.The Seminoles (39-14, 17-12 ACC) are the No. 5 seed in the ACC Tournament and the Yellow Jackets (31-21, 15-15) are the No. 9 seed. Georgia Tech will play No. 4 seed Virginia on Wednesday, while FSU waits until Friday to play the Cavaliers. The team with the best performance will advance to Saturday's semi-finals.ACC Player of the Year James Tibbs III went 3-for-9…
The Florida State baseball team will compete in the 2024 ACC Tournament, looking to establish itself as a host for an NCAA Tournament regional and even a super-regional.FSU (39-14, 17-12 ACC) is No. 8 in the USA TODAY Sports coaches poll and NCAA RPI rankings, but is ranked No. 10 by D1baseball.com and No. 11 by Baseball America. I am. The top eight seeds in the NCAA Tournament will advance to the super regional tournament if they make it through the first weekend.The Seminoles will face Georgia Tech (31-21, 15-15) and Virginia Tech (40-14, 18-12) in ACC Tournament pool play.…
Atlanta, May 21, 2024–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Inflation and interest rates made 2023 a weak year for dealmaking. But a new report from the law firm Morris Manning & Martin, Emerging Technology Investment Report, goes beyond these two elements to explore emerging technologies. Companies and the venture funds that invest in them discuss deal activity and expectations for the second half of 2024.“Overall deal volumes will remain low in 2023 and beyond, continuing the trend from the lackluster second half of 2022, but the deals made during this period will provide companies with a temporary reprieve and allow them to move forward in…
A new single-user version of the industry-class scouting app designed for film and television production is now available in public beta.Los Angeles, May 21, 2024–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Fuzzy Door Tech, the innovative technology division of Seth MacFarlane's acclaimed production company Fuzzy Door, today announced the public beta of ViewScreen.TM Scout is a real-time scouting app for iPhone.In conjunction with today's announcement, the company is rebranding its production-grade scouting app, previously known as ViewScreen Scout, to ViewScreen Scout Pro.From blocking and adjusting lighting and lenses to animating characters, ViewScreen Scout provides individuals with the powerful production visualization tools they need to scout scenes…
Welcome to Daily Tech Roundup, a collection of the top tech news trending in China and other countries in Asia. [para. 1]Beijing has started to popularize shared electric bicycles, becoming the first major city in China to do so. The pilot program will begin on May 30 in a 65.7 square kilometer area in the southeastern suburbs. The aim is to explore the feasibility of shared electric bicycles as a safe and convenient means of transportation for citizens. This is a change in policy since shared e-bikes were banned in Beijing in March 2022. Industry experts believe the changes could…
Macquarie Capital added another property to its portfolio this week with a new investment in Earth Resource Technology.The company, known as ERT, provides scientific, engineering, environmental and IT services and solutions to government agencies.Headquartered in Laurel, Maryland, the company's customers include the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NASA, and the U.S. Space Force.ERT's solutions focus on big data challenges such as extreme weather and climate prediction, and tracking of atmospheric and marine pollutants.”This investment is an important milestone and growth opportunity for ERT,” said Jingli Yang, CEO and co-founder of ERT. “We are the ideal partner to support ERT as…
Written by Liam Moe and Eduardo BaptistaBEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese tech giants Alibaba and Baidu on Tuesday lowered prices for large-scale language models (LLMs) used to power artificial intelligence (AI) products, as price competition intensifies in China's cloud computing sector. significantly reduced.Alibaba's cloud division announced that it will reduce various prices of its Tongyi Qwen LLM by up to 97%. For example, the company's Qwen-Long model will go from 0.02 yuan to just 0.0005 yuan per 1,000 tokens (data units processed by LLM) after the price cut.This was quickly followed by Baidu, which announced a few hours later that it…
May 21, 2024 | Written by Mark Calvillo, Mark Calvillo — Senior Vice President of Products; restaurant 365From contactless payments to data-driven loyalty programs, restaurants are leveraging technology to redefine the guest experience and meet demands for smoother interactions and personalized service. But modern technology isn't just changing the way diners interact with restaurants. Behind the scenes, we help operators automate tasks, increase efficiency, and reduce costs.According to 2024 data from the National Restaurant Association, 76% of business owners believe technology can help attract younger consumers, increase kitchen productivity, and speed up ordering and payment.While the benefits are clear, many…