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Apr 16, 2021 16:16 EDT with 0 comments Free Download Manager is a powerful, easy-to-use and absolutely free download accelerator and manager. FDM accelerates downloads by splitting files into sections and then downloading them simultaneously. As a result download speed increases up to 600%, or even more! FDM can also resume broken downloads so you needn`t start downloading from the beginning after casual interruption. FDM lets you download files and whole web sites from any remote...

Banks, asset managers weigh trade-offs in third-party tools for machine learning Although many banks and asset managers still prefer to build models in-house, off-the-shelf products are maturing. Print this page   “Build versus buy” is an age-old conundrum in most aspects of financial services enterprise technology. That is no less true for emerging technologies like machine learning than it has been in other, more traditional parts of firms’ tech estates. While off-the-shelf...

By Stephanie Kanowitz Apr 16, 2021 Public safety answering points (PSAPs) in California can get real-time crash notifications through an agreement between a cloud-based emergency response platform and General Motors’ OnStar emergency system. Announced at the end of March, the collaboration between OnStar and RapidDeploy gives 911 call takers in the state immediate data about accidents that they can use to improve response – for instance, dispatching several ambulances to a multi-vehicle pil...

By Jason Maderer Apr 16, 2021 A snake-like robot can now slither its way through water, allowing it to inspect ships, submarines, and underwater infrastructure for damage. Researchers from the Biorobotics Lab in the School of Computer Science’s Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University tested the hardened underwater modular robot snake (HUMRS) last month in the pool, diving the robot through underwater hoops, showing off its precise and smooth swimming, and demonstrating its ease of c...

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By Nathan Klein Apr 16, 2021 Computers are good at answering questions. What’s the shortest route from my house to Area 51? Is 8,675,309 a prime number? How many teaspoons in a tablespoon? For questions like these, they’ve got you covered. There are certain innocent-sounding questions, though, that computer scientists believe computers will never be able to answer – at least not within our lifetimes. These problems are the subject of the P versus NP question, which asks whether problems ...

Apr 16, 2021 15:06 EDT with 0 comments  Calibre is an open source e-book library management application that enables you to manage your e-book collection, convert e-books between different formats, synchronize with popular e-book reader devices, and read your e-books with the included viewer. It acts as an e-library and also allows for format conversion, news feeds to e-book conversion, as well as e-book reader sync features and an integrated e-book viewer. Calibres features in...

Apr 16, 2021 15:12 EDT with 0 comments simplewall (WFP Tool) allows simple Windows Filtering Platform (WFP) configuration for your PCs network activity. The lightweight application is less than a megabyte, and it is compatible with Windows Vista and higher operating systems. You can download either the installer or portable version. For correct working, need administrator rights. Features: Rules editor (create your own rules) Internal blocklist (block Windows spy / telemetry) Drop...

I think the following suggestion is most likely extremely naive, so please bare with me. Reading the valid criticism here of such a scheme, why not just approach some contributors, ask them if they would like to contribute more, and offer them short term contracts / rewards for their work? "Weve seen your activity on our issue tracker and we would like to hire you (short term for now) to help us out (home office work). Are you interested, and if so, considering other obligatio...

The T List: Five Things We Recommend This Week https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/15/t-magazine/yayoi-kusama-high-museum.html Yayoi Kusama at the New York Botanical Garden, ethically sourced housewares from Mali — and more. April 15, 2021, 9:00 a.m. ET Welcome to the T List, a newsletter from the editors of T Magazine. Each week, we share things we’re eating, wearing, listening to or coveting now. And you can always reach us at Image By Michaela Trimble Set on Moonstone Beach in Cambria, one...