RT @neilperkin Crikey. Investors are using real-time satellite imagery to track how full retail car parks are in order to predict sales. And a Google Street View image of your house can also predict your risk of a car accident

In a new paper, researchers at Udacity propose a machine learning system that generates lecture videos from audio narration alone.

IBM’s Hypertaste project seeks to build an artificial tongue that’s capable of analyzing liquids using a combination of electrodes and machine learning.

Apple has added a feature called “FaceTime Attention Correction” to the latest iOS 13 Developer beta, and it looks like it could make a big difference when it comes to actually making FaceTime calls feel even more like talking to someone in person.

RT @VintageAnchor Starting in July, New Yorkers will begin to see these @JetBlue vending machines, stocked with good books waiting for young readers…

The comedy mag will be pulled from newsstands after the release of issue nine in August and from then on will be sold exclusively via subscriptions and comic book store. Starting with issue 11 in October, “new” issues of Mad will only feature new cover art, while the rest of the magazine will comprise articles pulled from previous issues. The only new content from Mad going forward will be its special end-of-year issue, while its parent company DC Entertainment will continue to publish Mad books and other special collections.

Editor-in-chief Gabrielle Korn will stay on following BDG’s seventh acquisition in two years.

After years of shrinking budgets for training and cuts to personal development across the magazine and news media industries, there are signs that companies are making training and education of staff a priority again. Last month, The New York Times announced it had open-sourced its data skills course for reporters, and made it accessible to all.

Fred Wilson has been investing in tech companies since the late 1980s. We take a look at some of his most important lessons on product, management, and investing.

In case you missed the Bookstores Against Borders auction last week, there’s this: RT @BrittneyMMorrisTa-da! The #Authorsforfamilies RAICES Charity Auction goes LIVE midnight July 8th 2019!

Oregon prisons have banned dozens of books about technology and programming, like ‘Microsoft Excel 2016 for Dummies,’ citing security reasons. The state isn’t alone.