Few nice introductory videos to Google's TensorFlow.
First is about the idea behind ML in general:
Next is about actual problems it's able (and is already) to solve:
Google I/O '19 Summary
Today was Google's dev conference, and here are the main takeaways.
General
- 'Full coverage' from Google News comes to search
- Podcasts are coming to search as well
- AR search results you can see on your phone
- Google lens shows popular dishes in the restaurant's menu
- Duplex not only will make reservations over the phone but now over web too
- Assistant will now have more personalized recommendations
- Assistant comes to Waze
- More transparency and control over privacy
- Incognito mode in Maps, YouTube
Android Q
Innovation:
- Foldable screen support & continuity
- 5G support
- Offline auto-captions for videos
- Smart Reply for IMs
- Dark mode
Security & privacy
- Privacy settings
- Reminders for location usage
- Faster security updates without device reboots
Digital well-being
- Focus mode
- Extended Parental Controls
‘Helpful home’ devices gathered under the Nest name
- Easy to use
- Personal for everyone via Google Assistant
- High privacy
Smart home:
- Nest Hub Max - touchscreen device to control your home aka Alexa with screen
- Previous Nest Hub got a discount
Google Pixel 3a and 3a XL
- Starts at $399
- Has a headphone jack
- AR maps navigation
- AI enhanced camera with Night Sight
- Unlimited Google Photos storage
- 30h stand-by time
- 3 years of updates
AI
- For researchers
- In healthcare
- To foresee floods
No more blobs
Almost a year passed since Google announced they are switching away from their personal perspective on emojis. I'm not a very frequent Android user but I've used blobs in Hangouts a lot. First I hated them, but then I realized they are pretty unique in the world of expressing emotions with a perfectly round smilies. This week Google finished the transition and replaces the blobs with their new set of emojis:
The reason behind the change was to make their collection more consistent after few substantial additions over the years and also to introduce reusable components (like eyes, mouths) and colors for future emojis. Google goes into all the interesting details about the change. And even though I get the idea behind the transition, it's another loss of character in favor of standardization, and preferring polish over sloppiness where it doesn't have to be:
