Attention

Djo, the musician and Stranger Things actor better known as Joe Keery, is a student of the classics. So the opportunity to tour a famed west London studio – arguably the most famous in the world, although the name can’t be printed here as they technically don’t allow tours – is equal parts awe-inspiring and terrifying. As we wander around the cavernous studios and cosy control rooms on a chilly March morning, Keery, wearing a black woollen coat with a houndstooth beanie pulled low over his forehead, is mostly quiet and…

Car lights are reflected in the wet street as commuters line up in traffic to enter the I-110 Harbor freeway in the rain in downtown Los Angeles, March 6, 2024. Most electronic systems that take on some driving tasks for humans don’t adequately make sure drivers are paying attention, and they don’t issue strong enough warnings to make drivers behave. That's according to an insurance industry study published Tuesday, March 12, 2024. Credit: AP…

In an X post, Adani underlined his admiration for Qualcomm's vision for semiconductors, AI, mobility, and edge appliances, across various markets, including India.Chip giant Qualcomm's vision and plans in the domains of semiconductors, AI and other emerging techs have caught the attention of Indian business magnate Gautam Adani.The Adani Group chief shared details of his meeting with Qualcomm CEO Cristiano R Amon on social media on March 11, saying that he is enthused by…

Capcom I was only 90 minutes into Dragon’s Dogma 2 when I accidentally let a child die. The trouble started when a local shopkeeper asked me to find his son who had been dragged off by wolves. He asked me to question the locals for clues about his disappearance. I only had three hours with Capcom’s open-world RPG, so I naturally found myself skimming through some dialogue, assuming a waypoint would pop up on my map once I sleuthed out his location. But that’s not how Dragon’s Dogma 2 works. Had I been paying more…

(A) We developed the "misinformation game" in which transmitters choose whether to share true or false stories and receivers decide whether to engage with each story or not. B) We assume that, when deciding whether to engage with a given story, receivers can take into account its perceived accuracy, and the accuracy of past stories shared by transmitters. (C) We assume that a transmitter chooses each subsequent story to be true or false based on the…

Around this time every year the world of technology turns its attention to Mobile World Congress. Taking place in Barcelona, Spain, the event runs from February 26 through February 29 this year and it's where some of the biggest names in consumer technology go to announce their latest and greatest products. Think of it as Europe's CES but with more products that will actually ship and fewer casinos and you won't be too far off the point. And as the name suggests, Mobile World Congress is all about the future of mobile…

Vision Transformers Explained SeriesThe Math and the Code Behind Attention Layers in Computer VisionSince their introduction in 2017 with Attention is All You Need¹, transformers have established themselves as the state of the art for natural language processing (NLP). In 2021, An Image is Worth 16x16 Words² successfully adapted transformers for computer vision tasks. Since then, numerous transformer-based architectures have been proposed for computer vision.This article takes an in-depth look to how an attention layer…

Jim Henson introduced the Muppets back in 1955 and from that day to this one, they have been an indelible part of pop culture. Few people in the world don't know the best Muppets, names like Kermit the Frog, and Miss Piggy, but while a few Muppets have become stars in their own right, so many more fantastic characters were created by Henson and his team, and have been created since, that have never reached the same level of popularity.From The Muppet Show to the numerous Muppet movies, and all the various incarnations of…

TLDR THORChain (RUNE) struggles to maintain its recent recovery amid rising trading activity on DEXs. Chainlink (LINK) could rise to the $25 range if demand for its interoperability services remains high. NuggetRush (NUGX) could make the list of top gaming networks in 2024 after generating a token sale revenue of $2.4 million. Trading activity on THORChain’s (RUNE) DEX could rise due to the growing bullishness in the market. Chainlink (LINK) could rally due to a recent integration of its CCIP service.…

In the forests of eastern Australia, a unique annual ritual is underway. A male superb lyrebird fans out its large tail and bobs up and down amongst the foliage. It's performing a song and dance routine in hopes of winning a potential mate. Unfortunately, this bird isn't drawing any attention. Female lyrebirds require more complex songs to win the ability to mate. During his mating display, the male lyre bird puts on a show in his performing ground, replicating the sounds he hears in the surrounding forest — with…