Amazon Unveils Hosted Streaming Radio Service Dubbed DJ Mode

Amazon Unveils Hosted Streaming Radio Service Dubbed DJ Mode

Today, Amazon Music announced a new feature called DJ Mode, which it is hyping as a hybrid of streaming and DJ-hosted radio. Essentially, DJ Mode stations are hosted by artists, DJs, and other music industry figures. Hosts provide stories behind particular tracks, discuss the music scene of a particular genre, or simply try to entertain…

Course Hero acquires LitCharts, founded by the creators of SparkNotes – ProWellTech

Course Hero acquires LitCharts, founded by the creators of SparkNotes – ProWellTech

I’ll admit it: I was the student that tipped the teacher off that half of our English class, including me, was using SparkNotes to “read” “Twelfth Night” by Shakespeare, instead of actually reading the text itself. The site, which offered summaries of books on a chapter-by-chapter basis, was the best way to review novels before…

New supercompanies combine the best of software and financials – ProWellTech

New supercompanies combine the best of software and financials – ProWellTech

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Best Cheap Printer Deals for June 2021

Best Cheap Printer Deals for June 2021

Printers are under-appreciated appliances, and while our digital world is increasingly paperless, there still comes a time when you need to put things to paper. Today’s printers have evolved with the times, though, and the best ones now boast modern features like Bluetooth, Wi-Fi connectivity, app controls, and — most importantly — much-improved output quality….

Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodhunt Is a Multiplayer Spinoff

Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodhunt Is a Multiplayer Spinoff

The Vampire: The Masquerade title teased by developer Sharkmob last year was properly announced at Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest 2021. The game is officially titled Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodhunt, and will be the franchise’s first multiplayer title. Typically, entries in the Vampire: The Masquerade series are text-heavy, super role-play-oriented RPGs. Bloodhunt is anything but,…

Scale to launch a mapping product to address the changing needs of its autonomous driving customers – ProWellTech

Scale to launch a mapping product to address the changing needs of its autonomous driving customers – ProWellTech

Solving the varied challenges that arise in autonomous driving is an incredibly complex task, but even attempting to get started means ensuring you have quality data that’s accurate and well-annotated. That’s where Scale comes in, having identified early on that the AV industry would require annotation of huge swaths of data, including specialized lidar imaging….