The American Red Cross is testing all donated blood for novel coronavirus antibodies and will use this information to learn more about the spread of COVID-19. They will also contact donors again to find out how long their antibodies will last. If someone has antibodies to the novel coronavirus, this …
Read More »Hear from Mark Suzman, the new CEO of the Gates Foundation, at an exclusive virtual event for GeekWire members
Mark Suzman, CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, visits the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation research facility in Masiphumelele on the southern peninsula of Cape Town, South Africa on February 7, 2020. (Photo by the Gates Foundation). Mark Suzman, the new CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation …
Read More »New tools to develop Alexa skills reduce problems between companies and customers
Amazon today announced the general availability of multi-capability skills for Alexa, a way to combine smart home and custom Alexa apps into individual, unified voice apps. Starting this week, developers will be able to publish and maintain an Alexa app that enables both the Internet of Things and third-party features …
Read More »Disney delays Mulan again while the film studios continue to wait in the midst of a pandemic
Disney is late Mulan For the second time this year, the film was postponed from July 24th to August 21st. The move follows Warner Bros.'s decision to postpone that of Christopher Nolan principle for the second time from July 31 to August 12. Disney doesn't want to be the first …
Read More »Outreach CEO Manny Medina on leading the unicorn startup in Seattle through the COVID 19 crisis
Manny Medina, CEO of Outreach, speaks at the GeekWire Summit 2019. (GeekWire Photo / Dan DeLong) "I love the man who can smile in trouble, who can gain strength from need and who can become brave by thinking." Executives find inspiration in a variety of ways as they lead companies …
Read More »According to a new pandemic projection, the death toll in the United States is almost 135,000 due to the lower social distance
This graph shows the actual and projected US death toll for COVID-19 from mid-March to August 4, issued by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. The pink shaded area represents the uncertainty interval for the projection to the 95% confidence level. Click on the graphic for a larger version. …
Read More »The DeanBeat: It's time to hurry up and build the metaverse
During this pandemic, I can't think of anything more exciting than exploring the metaverse, the universe of virtual worlds that are all connected, like in novels like Snowfall and Ready player one. It is that the same goal as Epic GamesThe Fortnite maker is reportedly chasing as well as numerous …
Read More »Ubisoft takes leave of several employees on charges of misconduct
Several Ubisoft employees, including two executives, have been put on administrative leave as the company conducts a corporate investigation into allegations of professional misconduct. Bloomberg Reports. The two vacationing executives are Tommy François and Maxime Béland, two employees who serve as vice presidents in a department that oversees the development …
Read More »How to Create a Backyard Movie Theater | The strategist
6 Article in this article 1 Items for sale! Photo: HBO Although most cinemas across the country are currently planned open in JulyThat doesn't mean that all moviegoers are ready for it defy the risk. If you're not ready to sit in a closed room with strangers who often take …
Read More »Facebook AI Research uses the transformer architecture to optimize object recognition models
Six members of Facebook AI Research (FAIR) used Transformer's popular neural network architecture to create an end-to-end object recognition AI. This approach simplifies the creation of object recognition models and reduces the need for handcrafted components. The model, known as the Detection Transformer (DETR), can recognize objects in an image …
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