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Senior Manager, Machine Learning in Centennial, Colorado, United States

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At Pearson, we're committed to a world that's always learning and to our talented team who make it all possible. By embracing a massive digital transformation that includes highly experiential and personalized learning, we are always re-examining and continuously improving the way people learn best, whether it's one child in our own backyard or an education community across the globe. We are bold thinkers and standout innovators who are mission-driven and motivate each other to explore new frontiers in an environment that supports and inspires us to always be better. We are currently looking for a hands-on Senior Manager to lead our Machine Learning Engineering team to work with our new and existing learning product platforms. The Senior Manager, Machine Learning Engineering will report to the Director of Adaptivity and Machine Learning Engineering and work with cross product and engineering teams to build real-time adaptive and personalized learning services that optimize learner interactions and behavior to allow more efficient and effective study and engagement.


AI Products In Our Daily Life - ONPASSIVE

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is taking over the technological world. There are many ways AI is being adopted in our day-to-day lives. It is applied in almost all the sectors from agriculture and healthcare to banking, manufacturing, and production. Artificial Intelligence acts as the main driver of emerging technologies like robotics, the Internet of Things (IoT), and data and will continue to be the technological innovator for the future. The objectives of AI include perception, reasoning, and learning.


Dating During A Pandemic: Free COVID Tests For Tinder Matches

International Business Times

Online dating app Tinder is not only matching up potential suiters, but it is making it easier for them to meet up by giving them free COVID tests. The matchmaking site has teamed up with Everlywell to give away 1,000 of the company's COVID-19 Test Home Collection Kits for free to potential matches to check their virus status before they venture out on a date. Love matches can request a test for themselves and their match before their date, starting on Saturday at 7 p.m. ET, where they will receive a code to claim their mail-in COVID test from the Tinder app. According to Tinder, its members are itching to go on a date as the feature hit an all-time high in U.S. bios in February as daters looked to meet up with their matches. As of October 2020, more than 40% of Tinder members under the age of 30 had not yet met their match in person due to the coronavirus pandemic, the company said.


Three things fintech gets wrong about customer support

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Fintech products are gaining popularity and pose real competition to traditional banking. According to the 2019 FIS PACE study, 73% of consumer banking interactions are digital. Fintech startups have already raised a record $100M in Q2 2020 and, apparently, have cracked the secret to success -- better CX and personalized customer service. Direct-to-consumer banks have the highest consumer satisfaction outpacing credit unions. Digital banks also have the lowest rate of customer churn.


Sensibo Pure smart air purifier review: This smart appliance clears the air using brains more than brawn

PCWorld

Best known for its Wi-Fi controllers that imbue dumb room air conditioners with smarts, Sensibo has leveraged its expertise to build the Sensibo Pure, a Wi-Fi-connected air purifier for small rooms. The Senisbo Pure can work in conjunction with Sensibo's other products to improve air quality, but it doesn't depend on the presence of one. The tradeoff for this air purifier's relatively small size--it measures 7.68 x 7.68 x 15.28 inches (WxDxH)--is that it can cover rooms only up to 173 square feet (e.g., a room with dimensions of about 13 x 13 feet with a typical 8-foot ceiling). Multiple Sensibo Pure's can be deployed around your home and controlled from its mobile app once they're connected to your Wi-Fi network (2.4GHz only). A feature Sensibo calls Pure Boost can increase that coverage to 294 square feet for a limited time (more on that in a bit).


Now Apple Maps can help you find COVID-19 vaccination sites

Engadget

Starting today, people in the US can use Apple Maps to find nearby COVID-19 vaccination sites. You can find the locations by tapping on the search bar and then the COVID-19 Vaccines icon under the "Find Nearby" menu. If it helps, that's the same part of the interface where you find nearby restaurants and gas stations. Another option is to ask Siri something like, "Where can I get a COVID vaccination?" As with Facebook's vaccine-finding utility, Apple is sourcing the listings from the Boston Children's Hospital VaccineFinder database.


Tinder giving free COVID-19 tests to users so they can meet up safely

FOX News

Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Tinder wants to get its users back to in-person dating -- as long as it's safe. The dating app announced Tuesday that it will be giving away 1,000 free COVID-19 tests to 500 Tinder matches so they can safely meet in person. For its giveaway, Tinder has partnered with Everlywell, a company that makes at-home tests -- including a mail-in COVID-19 Test Home Collection Kit, which typically sells for $109, according to the website.


This Startup Wants to Take Your Blood Pressure With an iPhone

WIRED

In 1896, Italian physician Riva Rocci published the first of four papers on an invention that is still widely used. It was his take on the sphygmomanometer, a device to measure the pressure that a pumping heart exerts on the arteries. Rocci's basic approach of tying a cuff to the upper arm remains standard, and it is a vital tool because hypertension is one of the most serious medical ailments. The CDC reports that nearly half of all adults in the US have high blood pressure, and it is a primary or contributing factor in 500,000 deaths annually--it's like Covid-19 every year. Only a fourth of people with hypertension have it under control, in part because sphygmomanometers, whether used in a doctor's office or via clunky home units, don't supply a steady stream of readings, multiple times a day and in different settings, to help determine the proper treatment.


Apple Maps will now display where to get a COVID vaccine

USATODAY - Tech Top Stories

Your iPhone will make it easier to find a location to receive a COVID-19 vaccination. Apple announced Tuesday it will display on its Apple Maps app locations where users can go to get a COVID vaccine. The data comes from VaccineFinder, a free, online service developed by Boston Children's Hospital that offers information on where they can get a vaccine. Apple product users can search for a nearby vaccination site by asking Siri or typing in the search bar within Maps. When you click on a specific site within Maps, you will find details including address, phone number and operating hours.


OK Google, help me sleep better? The new Nest Hub smart display has built-in tech to help

USATODAY - Tech Top Stories

The newest version of Google's Nest Hub promises better sound – and better sleep. But consumers having trouble sleeping may be more drawn to its new built-in Sleep Sensing technology that uses Google's Soli motion detection chip – first used in the Pixel 4 smartphone – to know how long you slept. The Soli-driven radar does not identify specific bodies or faces, but will watch your movements and breathing, as well as track when you snore or cough to build a pattern of your sleep – and what could be interrupting it. Facebook's vaccine finder:The new tool can help you book a COVID-19 vaccine appointment Google's consumer research found about 20% of Nest Hub displays owned by consumers are in bedrooms. "When we talked to people about what they most wanted help with, they resoundingly responded with'Can you help me get better quality of sleep?' That's what people were really interested in," Ashton Udall, senior Nest product manager, told USA TODAY.