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Making the best use of the free tier subscriptionPhoto from Unsplash courtesy of Edurne.The Microsoft Translator API is one of the easiest translator services to set up, and it’s quite powerful, giving you access to translators for a multitude of low and high resource languages for free. However, it has a 50000 max character limit per request and a 2 million max character limit per hour of use (on the free version). So while the service itself is very easy to setup and use, using it reliably is quite difficult.In this…

The first few weeks of 2023 have shown a bleak outlook for the tech industry with mass layoffs from Amazon, Google, and Microsoft. In the world of huge tech corporations, one that has avoided a mass exodus of its workforce is Apple, which appears to be doing things differently.Since the start of 2022, tech companies have laid off over 200,000 members of staff with the aim of cutting costs during a difficult economic period post-pandemic due to a huge increase in headcount over the last three years. According to The Wall…

How regularization works and when to use itWhat is regularization?Regularization is a technique used in machine learning to help fix a problem we all face in this space; when a model performs well on training data but poorly on new, unseen data — a problem known as overfitting.One of the telltale signs I have fallen into the trap of overfitting (and thus needing regularization) is when the model performs great on the training data but terribly on the test data. The reason this happens is that the model learns all the…

Amazon. AMZN 0.66% com Inc. agreed to settle two European Union antitrust cases related to allegations about its treatment of third-party sellers on its platform, ending some of the bloc’s most advanced cases targeting a U.S. tech company. The online retailer won’t pay a fine as part of the settlement, something it first proposed in July, but it will be forced for up to seven years to adhere to commitments to change certain business practices that EU regulators had…

Exploring the Causes and Solutions for Overfitting in Machine Learning ModelsPhoto by fabio on UnsplashOverfitting in machine learning is a common problem that occurs when a model is trained so much on the training dataset that it learns specific details about the training data that don’t generalise well, and cause poor performance on new, unseen data. Overfitting can happen for a variety of reasons, but ultimately it leads to a model that is not able to generalize well and make accurate predictions on data it has not…

Image: NetflixWhen the original Knives Out released in 2019, it received such a strong, mostly positive reaction that it wasn’t a surprise when a follow up was eventually announced. Glass Onion, which recently began its one-week theatrical run before it goes to Netflix on December 23, is the first of two Knives Out sequels that director/writer Rian Johnson has already been tapped to make for the streamer. Both films, and much of Johnson’s previous works (for better and worse), have been praised for playing around with…

  AI companies are nimbly working towards developing real-life use cases opening ever new frontiers That’s true and sounds strangely pleasant in view of what jilted lovers are doing with their live-in partners. AI can bring back dead ones and we are not talking about pseudoscience or occult practices, not even an altruistic revenge seeking technology. It is possible to build a personality of a human being with the help of their digital footprints. Had you watched the Korean documentary movie “Meeting You”, it would have…

Mahindra XUV700 has been a blockbuster vehicle for the Indian brand. With the record numbers of bookings, the XUV700’s demand skyrocketed even further with the 5-star G-NCAP rating. This accident of the Mahindra XUV700 from Tamil Nadu proves how safe the crossover actually is in the real world. The accident happened between Madurai and Trichy in Tamil Nadu. According to the details, the vehicle was doing about 80 km/h on cruise control. That’s when the owner noticed a dog crossing the road. To save the dog, the owner…

The Slime Rancher series' highly anticipated second installment, Slime Rancher 2, brings Beatrix and the player to a new island full of new areas, slimes, and mysteries to uncover. While this beloved franchise is fairly easy to get into, the number of systems at play can be overwhelming and it can be easy to get a little stuck. Luckily, we have a few tips for getting started effectively for players hopping on to the series with the new game, or returning players who might be a little rusty.Tailor your…

While the new AirPods Pro 2 have a few features worth noting, one of the biggest changes is the addition of a new swipe interface that lets people easily change the volume. But if you're worried about accidentally changing the volume when you don't want to, panic not — there's a toggle for that. Or there will be when iOS 16.1 ships.The new AirPods Pro 2 stems allow the swiping of the stems to increase and decrease the volume, but that entire feature can easily be disabled if the user wishes.To swipe or not to swipeThe…