We’ve informed GSMA, the organizers of MWC Barcelona, that we won’t be sending our employees to this year’s event. Given public health risks around the coronavirus, ensuring the safety of our colleagues, partners and customers is our highest concern. MWC Barcelona is one of the world’s most important technology conferences. We’ve been looking forward to Read article >

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This weekend’s Academy Awards show features a twice-nominated newcomer to the Oscars: AI-powered visual effects. Two nominees in the visual effects category, The Irishman and Avengers: Endgame, used AI to push the boundaries between human actors and digital characters — de-aging the stars of The Irishman and bringing the infamous villain Thanos to life in Read article >

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What John Madden was to pro football, Neda Cvijetic is to autonomous vehicles. No one’s better at explaining the action, in real time, than Cvijetic. Cvijetic, senior manager of autonomous vehicles at NVIDIA, drives our NVIDIA DRIVE Labs series of videos and blogs breaking down the science behind autonomous vehicles. A Serbian-American electrical engineer, Cvijetic Read article >

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For the 12th consecutive year, NVIDIA Quadro GPUs have powered the stunning visuals behind every Academy Award nominee for Best Visual Effects. The red carpet will roll out for the five VFX-nominated films at the 92nd annual Academy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 9. They are: Avengers: Endgame The Irishman The Lion King 1917 Star Wars: Read article >

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Today we’re making GeForce NOW — and PC gaming — accessible to more gamers. More than 1.2 billion players have made the PC the world’s largest gaming platform, yet only a fraction have a modern PC with the power to play their favorite games. GeForce NOW lets you use the cloud to join in. It’s Read article >

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Putting on a pair of prescription glasses for the first time can feel like instantly snapping the world into focus. Suddenly, trees have distinct leaves. Fine wrinkles and freckles show up on faces. Footnotes in books and even street names on roadside signs become legible. Upscaling — converting lower resolution media to a higher resolution Read article >

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Get ready for trash-talking garbage cans. Hassan Murad and Vivek Vyas have developed the world’s largest garbage dataset, dubbed WasteNet, and offer an AI-driven trash-sorting technology. The Vancouver engineers’ startup, Intuitive AI, uses machine learning and computer vision to see what people are holding as they approach trash and recycling bins. Their product visually sorts Read article >

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The gallery of galaxy images astronomers produce is multiplying faster than the number of selfies on a teen’s new smartphone. Millions of these images have already been collected by astronomy surveys. But the volume is spiraling with projects like the recent Dark Energy Survey and upcoming Legacy Survey of Space and Time, which will capture Read article >

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If AI skills could help advance your career, the NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute can help you get there. Growth in hiring for AI specialists — with expertise in fields like robotics and natural language processing — has gone up by an average of 74 percent per year since 2015, a recent LinkedIn report found. The Read article >

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When it comes to baking 3D textures and materials on designs, NVIDIA RTX gives Substance Painter an extra boost. Nikie Monteleone, a lead look development artist in the animation industry, creates 3D graphics and images by integrating colors with complex, stylized patterns on all types of surfaces. Part of her design process is sculpting and Read article >

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Florida native Terry Olkin, accustomed to warm weather, had a problem with his new home of Colorado: Snow blocked the driveway. “I couldn’t get my car out of the driveway to get to work — I thought, ‘Why aren’t there robots yet to do this?’” Olkin said. The moment led the busy entrepreneur and a Read article >

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Autonomous driving technology aims to eliminate the human at the wheel. However, the latest plans for the car of the future envision a greater integration of human-machine interaction throughout the rest of the vehicle. At CES 2020, companies showed how they’re working toward safer and more efficient transportation. Drawing inspiration from creative concepts in other Read article >

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Reading one book on a particular subject won’t make you an expert. Nor will reading multiple books containing similar material. Truly mastering a skill or area of knowledge requires lots of information coming from a diversity of sources. The same is true for autonomous driving and other AI-powered technologies. The deep neural networks responsible for Read article >

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Italy is well known for its architecture, culture and cuisine. Soon, its contributions to AI may be just as renowned. Taking a step in that direction, a national research organization forged a three-year collaboration with NVIDIA. Together they aim to accelerate AI research and commercial adoption across the country. Leading the charge for Italy is Read article >

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NVIDIA’s GPU Technology Conference — the world’s premier AI event — returns to San Jose in March, bringing together leading developers, researchers and executives to share the latest advancements in AI, high performance computing and computer graphics across a broad range of industries. More than 10,000 attendees from 70 countries are expected to attend the Read article >

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Some like their pies with extra cheese, extra sauce or double pepperoni. Zack Fragoso’s passion is for pizza with plenty of data. Fragoso, a data science and AI manager at pizza giant Domino’s, got his Ph.D. in occupational psychology, a field that employs statistics to sort through the vagaries of human behavior. “I realized I Read article >

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National Pothole Day is Jan. 15. Its timing is no accident. All over the Northern hemisphere, potholes are at their suspension-wrecking, spine-shaking worst this month. Thanks to AI, one startup is working all year long to alleviate this menace. Benjamin Schmidt, president and co-founder of RoadBotics, is using the tech to pave the way to Read article >

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What began as two classmates getting their hands dirty at a farm in the French Alps has hatched a Silicon Valley farming startup building robots in Detroit and operating in one of the world’s largest agriculture regions. San Francisco-based FarmWise offers farmers an AI-driven robotic system for more sustainable farming methods, and to address a Read article >

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RTX Studio systems are a sight to see, and at CES this week there will be a lot to look at: top PC makers and system builders have announced new RTX Studio products. And starting January 13, qualifying RTX Studio laptops and desktops will receive a 3-month complimentary Adobe Creative Cloud membership, for both new Read article >

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