[ad_1] A Rohingya refugee in the massive Cox’s Bazar refugee camp in Bangladesh has tested positive for COVID-19. A local resident has also tested positive for the virus. World Health Organization spokesperson Catalin Bercaru told AFP, the French news agency, that rapid investigation teams have been deployed and the contacts …
Read More »Bundesliga: German football returns but not as we know it
[ad_1] The country has 174,098 confirmed cases of Covid-19 with 7,861 deaths, according to the latest figures, but the German Football Association (DFB) has worked closely with league organizers (DFL) and expects strict protocols for security protect those involved when playing games. If the measures work, it could provide a …
Read More »Sony Introduces The World’s “First” Image Sensors With Built-In Artificial Intelligence
[ad_1] Sony Corp. unveiled the world’s first image sensors with built-in artificial intelligence on Thursday, promising to make data collection tasks much faster and more secure. Calling it the first of its kind, Sony said the technology would give cameras “smart vision” for retail and industrial applications. The new sensors …
Read More »Apple acquires virtual reality startup NextVR
[ad_1] Apple on Friday confirmed reports that it has acquired NextVR, a virtual reality company that specializes in broadcasting live events in the virtual reality (VR) format. NextVR was known for its previous agreements with the National Basketball Association, the National Football League, Live Nation, Fox Sports, International Champions Cup, …
Read More »Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Ad Interim, Mr. Ramesh Rajasingham, Report to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Yemen, May 14, 2020 – Yemen
[ad_1] Thank you Mr. President. In last month’s briefing, we reported that Yemen had confirmed only one case of COVID-19. As of this morning, that number had risen to 72 confirmed cases, including 13 deaths. Sixty-two of these cases, more than 85 percent, were reported in the past ten days. …
Read More »Sony develops first image sensor combined with AI chip
[ad_1] The IMX500 and IMX501 image sensors. Image: Sony Sony has announced it has developed the world’s first image sensor equipped with artificial intelligence (AI) processing. The new image sensor has a configuration consisting of a pixel chip and logic chip. The logic chip, called Sony’s digital signal processor (DSP), …
Read More »Rejection of detained Iranian journalist’s requests for pandemic release upsets his wife | Voice of america
[ad_1] WASHINGTON – The wife of an Iranian journalist detained from the nation’s Derviche Gonabadi religious minority says she is distressed by authorities’ persistent refusal to temporarily release her husband from a prison plagued by coronavirus. In a telephone interview on Wednesday with Tehran’s Persian VOA, Faezeh Abdipour said she …
Read More »This new AI camera sensor could make CCTVs terribly smart
[ad_1] Sending images and videos to the cloud for analysis not only takes longer, but also raises privacy concerns, which is why Sony has announced the world’s first image sensors with built-in artificial intelligence. The new IMX500 and IMX501 smart vision sensors incorporate a logic processor and memory that enables …
Read More »Coronavirus pandemic: updates from around the world
[ad_1] The first known cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in the Bangladesh refugee camps at Cox’s Bazar, the United Nations said Thursday, citing the Bangladeshi government. The camps at Cox’s Bazar are home to almost a million Rohingya refugees, many of whom fled across the border into Bangladesh to …
Read More »Nintendo News: More than 80 NES and Super NES games are now available with Nintendo Switch Online
[ad_1] REDMOND, Wash .– (COMMERCIAL WIRE) – On May 20, three Super NES™ games and a NES™ The games join the Nintendo Switch Online service, bringing to 82 the total number of classic games that can be enjoyed at no additional charge with a Nintendo Switch Online membership. Join the …
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