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This is How Xbox Could Win E3 2020 - Unlocked 431

This week Parris joins us to discuss the latest interview with Phil Spencer about E3 2020, his plans for the Xbox Series X, and where he sees Microsoft in the competition against Sony. In addition to talking about Xbox strategy for 2020 and Beyond, we discuss the GamerTag radio interview and our perception of Xbox's placement in the upcoming console face-off.




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Developers Talk About Xbox Series X

Our Xbox crew celebrates the release of the fantastic Ori and the Will of the Wisps by discussing our final review impressions. Plus: developers talk to IGN about exactly what the Xbox Series X will mean for games, Call of Duty finally gets a standalone, free-to-play battle royale game, and more!




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Interview: Head of Xbox Phil Spencer, Talking Xbox Series X

Head of Xbox Phil Spencer makes his long-awaited return to Unlocked for an exclusive one-hour interview. We talk about Xbox Series X price, whether coronavirus could delay the console, the first-party launch lineup, why there's no optical out port on Series X, xCloud, cross-play, the fates of Sunset Overdrive, Ryse and Scalebound, which Microsoft IP Phil would like to see brought back, and more!




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Cyberpunk 2077 Will Be Around for a Long Time

Our Xbox team deep-dives on CD Projekt Red's big post-release DLC expansion plans for Cyberpunk 2077, the value of the ESRB's new loot box descriptor, a rumor about Mafia 2 and 3 remasters and the cyclical nature of remasters, and more!




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A Key Missing Part of the Machine Learning Stack

With many organizations having machine learning models running in production, some are discovering that inefficiencies exists in the first step of the process: feature definition and extraction. Robust feature management is now being realized as a key missing part of the ML stack, and improving it by applying standard software development practices is gaining attention.




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The Benefits & Examples of Using Apache Spark with PySpark

Apache Spark runs fast, offers robust, distributed, fault-tolerant data objects, and integrates beautifully with the world of machine learning and graph analytics. Learn more here.




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Fast Track Your Data Science Career

Earn a Master of Professional Studies in Data Analytics online through Penn State World Campus – and you can add in-demand skills to your wheelhouse while you continue to work.




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KDnuggets™ News 20:n16, Apr 22: Scaling Pandas with Dask for Big Data; Dive Into Deep Learning: The Free eBook

4 Steps to ensure your AI/Machine Learning system survives COVID-19; State of the Machine Learning and AI Industry; A Key Missing Part of the Machine Learning Stack; 5 Papers on CNNs Every Data Scientist Should Read




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Free High-Quality Machine Learning & Data Science Books & Courses: Quarantine Edition

If you find yourself quarantined and looking for free learning materials in the way of books and courses to sharpen your data science and machine learning skills, this collection of articles I have previously written curating such things is for you.




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Top KDnuggets tweets, Apr 15-21: 21 Techniques to Write Better #Python Code with #PyCharm examples

Also: Math for Programmers!; If #Programming languages had honest slogans #humor; 5 Papers on CNNs Every Data Scientist Should Read; Why Understanding CVEs Is Critical for Data Scientists




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Find Your Perfect Fit: A Quick Guide for Job Roles in the Data World

Data related positions are considered the hottest in the job market during the last couple of years. While everyone wants to join the party and enter this fascinating field, it is essential to first get an understanding. In this quick guide, I’ll do my best to dispel the confusion by crystalizing the essence of the different positions.




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The Super Duper NLP Repo: 100 Ready-to-Run Colab Notebooks

Check out this repository of more than 100 freely-accessible NLP notebooks, curated from around the internet, and ready to launch in Colab with a single click.




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Google Open Sources SimCLR, A Framework for Self-Supervised and Semi-Supervised Image Training

The new framework uses contrastive learning to improve image analysis in unlabeled datasets.




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Top Stories, Apr 20-26: The Super Duper NLP Repo; Free High-Quality Machine Learning & Data Science Books & Courses

Also: Should Data Scientists Model COVID19 and other Biological Events; 5 Papers on CNNs Every Data Scientist Should Read; 24 Best (and Free) Books To Understand Machine Learning; Mathematics for Machine Learning: The Free eBook; Find Your Perfect Fit: A Quick Guide for Job Roles in the Data World




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A Concise Course in Statistical Inference: The Free eBook

Check out this freely available book, All of Statistics: A Concise Course in Statistical Inference, and learn the probability and statistics needed for success in data science.




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10 Best Machine Learning Textbooks that All Data Scientists Should Read

Check out these 10 books that can help data scientists and aspiring data scientists learn machine learning today.




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KDnuggets™ News 20:n17, Apr 29: The Super Duper NLP Repo; Free Machine Learning & Data Science Books & Courses for Quarantine

Also: Should Data Scientists Model COVID19 and other Biological Events; Learning during a crisis (Data Science 90-day learning challenge); Data Transformation: Standardization vs Normalization; DBSCAN Clustering Algorithm in Machine Learning; Find Your Perfect Fit: A Quick Guide for Job Roles in the Data World




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Top KDnuggets tweets, Apr 22-28: 24 Best (and Free) Books To Understand Machine Learning

Also: A Concise Course in Statistical Inference: The Free eBook; ML Ops: Machine Learning as an Engineering Discipline; Learning during a crisis (#DataScience 90-day learning challenge) ; Free High-Quality Machine Learning & Data Science Books & Courses: Quarantine Edition




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Outbreak Analytics: Data Science Strategies for a Novel Problem

You walk down one aisle of the grocery store to get your favorite cereal. On the dairy aisle, someone sick from COVID-19 coughs. Did your decision to grab your cereal before your milk possibly keep you healthy? How can these unpredictable, near-random choices be included in complex models?




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KDD 2020 Invites Top Data Scientists To Compete in 24th Annual KDD Cup

This year's KDD Cup features four distinct tracks that welcome participants to tackle challenges in e-commerce, generative adversarial networks, automatic graph representation learning (AutoGraph) and mobility-on-demand (MoD) platforms. Winners will be recognized at KDD 2020, the leading interdisciplinary conference in data science, in San Diego on August 23-27, 2020.




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Which Face is Real? Applying StyleGAN to Create Fake People

This post explains using a pre-trained GAN to generate human faces, and discusses the most common generative pitfalls associated with doing so.




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Demystifying the AI Infrastructure Stack

AI tools and services are expanding at a rapid clip, and keeping a handle on this evolving ecosystem is crucial for the success of your AI projects. This framework will help you build your technical stack to deploy AI projects faster and at scale.





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How use the Coronavirus crisis to kickstart your Data Science career

As the global economy dwindles, tech companies are hiring en masse. Now is the time to get yourself noticed as a Data Scientist and try to land your dream job.




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Statistical Thinking for Industrial Problem Solving – a free online statistics course

This online course is available – for free – to anyone interested in building practical skills in using data to solve problems better.




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KDnuggets™ News 20:n18, May 6: Five Cool Python Libraries for Data Science; NLP Recipes: Best Practices

5 cool Python libraries for Data Science; NLP Recipes: Best Practices and Examples; Deep Learning: The Free eBook; Demystifying the AI Infrastructure Stack; and more.




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Explaining “Blackbox” Machine Learning Models: Practical Application of SHAP

Train a "blackbox" GBM model on a real dataset and make it explainable with SHAP.




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Were 21% of New York City residents really infected with the novel coronavirus?

Understanding the types of statistical bias that pop up in popular media and reporting is especially important during this pandemic where the data -- and our global response to the data -- directly impact peoples' lives.




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Top KDnuggets tweets, Apr 29 – May 5: 24 Best (and Free) Books To Understand Machine Learning

What are Some 'Advanced ' #AI and #MachineLearning Online Courses?; 24 Best (and Free) Books To Understand Machine Learning; Top 5 must-have #DataScience skills for 2020





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Top April Stories: Mathematics for Machine Learning: The Free eBook

Also: Introducing MIDAS: A New Baseline for Anomaly Detection in Graphs; The Super Duper NLP Repo: 100 Ready-to-Run Colab Notebooks; Five Cool Python Libraries for Data Science.




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GC, Zen make composite ink to kill Covid-19




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Sri Lankan PM seeks US assistance for apparel sector




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Uzbekistan moves to lower cotton cost for manufacturers




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Dhaka slashes GDP to 11-year low of 5.2% for 2019-20




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Facebook expands test for in-stream ads on Live

Advertisers concerned with brand safety can choose to exclude ads from appearing in Live content.

Please visit Marketing Land for the full article.




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How to build a martech stack for this era — and whatever comes next

Acoustic’s head of product marketing said his company made major pivots at the start of last month. This is how he built a martech stack that allowed for such massive shifts.

Please visit Marketing Land for the full article.




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How personalization helps marketers humanize their brand and break though the noise

Aprimo CMO says marketers are currently struggling with what he calls “digital sameness” — where everyone is doing the same thing online.

Please visit Marketing Land for the full article.




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People choosing trusted brands, but marketers are pulling brand campaigns

Marketers seem to be favoring performance marketing even as brand may be gaining in consumer importance.

Please visit Marketing Land for the full article.




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3 ways digital marketing agencies will change due to COVID-19

As we progress, it is important to adapt your strategy, organization and communication.

Please visit Marketing Land for the full article.




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Pro Tip: How brands can enter TikTok with brand channels

A successful path for brands means they must keep the platform’s content standards top of mind as well as make regular posts and participate in what’s trending.

Please visit Marketing Land for the full article.




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Project management tools take center stage as distributed marketers crave ‘single source of truth’

With the workforce at home, a rise in agile adoption, and organizations making major pivots in strategy, the need for these types of platforms is likely to continue.

Please visit Marketing Land for the full article.




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Help us chart how marketers are feeling about in-person conferences and trade shows

We want to know how your thoughts on attending live person events through the end of this year.

Please visit Marketing Land for the full article.




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Currumbin Rockpools closed for swimming

       The City is aware of a potential recreational water quality concern at the Currumbin Rock Pools. The swimming area is now closed to the public and signage has been erected on site.

        Daily water sampling will be carried out and the area will not be reopened until values return to acceptable levels. 

        The City’s Catchment Management Unit monitors the health of our recreational waters and provides management plans to support healthy waterways.​

        Community safety is our first priority and we apologise for any inconvenience, and thank you for your patience and assistance.

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Currumbin Rockpools now open

 

Water quality testing has revealed that water quality at the Currumbin Rock Pools has returned within acceptable levels and warning signage has today been removed.

 

It is recommended that users continue to exercise caution when swimming, especially after rainfall.  Stormwater runoff can increase bacterial levels in the water and make it unsafe for swimming.

 

As a precaution, the City recommends to avoid swimming during and up to three (3) days after rainfall at the Currumbin Rock Pools.

 

 

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Community update from CEO Dale Dickson - 1 April 2020

The City of Gold Coast continues to take action in line with the advice being provided at a State and Federal level to minimise the spread of the Novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

Our staff are part of a larger front line team including health workers and police, keeping the city running and the community safe in these difficult times.

They are working around the clock to ensure essential services such as water and waste services and traffic management continue.

We are implementing necessary changes to protect the health and safety of the public with our cleaning and maintenance teams increasing their level of service in public spaces.

We thank you for your patience in allowing our staff to go about their daily work with respect, while practising social distancing.

There will be no tolerance for abuse, aggression or violence against our staff, who, like you, are undergoing personal stress at this difficult time.

Please remember we are all in this together.

Additionally, the City is asking everyone to change the way you do business with us.

I urge everyone to access our services online – you can do the following on-line at you own convenience:

 

  • register your dog
  • apply for a licence, permit or development application
  • make service requests and track their progress
  • perform property searches
  • lodge and track licence and permit applications

 

Register for MyAccount on our website – a secure one-stop shop for all our services.

 

Visit cityofgoldcoast.com.au/myaccount

 

You can also access MyAccount from your mobile device through your internet browser, save it as a website shortcut for quick access.

 

For urgent enquiries you can phone our customer service staff 1300 GOLDCOAST

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Carparks closed at The Spit


City of Gold Coast has this afternoon shut Council carparks at the Spit. 

Chair of the Local Disaster Management Group and Mayor, Tom Tate said he was left with no choice after people continued to gather in groups there today. 

"People are just not listening so we have taken this measure to discourage visitors," he said. 

"The message is clear. We can no longer be gathering in groups larger than two and we should only be out for essential activities and exercise. 

"A lazy day at the Spit should not be on the cards right now.

"Staying home is the best way to keep us all safe."

 

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The Spit and car parks to reopen

The Spit will re-open and beachside car parks will be progressively opened, Mayor Tom Tate announced today.

“Congratulations Gold Coasters. You have been doing the right thing, practising social distancing and staying at home,” Mayor Tom Tate said.

“So I have taken the decision to open the Spit from midnight tonight, and we will progressively open the public car parks from today.”

Mayor Tom Tate asked everyone to abide by the Queensland Government restrictions which will be easing slightly from the weekend.

“So if you do not live within 50km of our beaches. Please do not visit."

For More information on City closures visit cityofgoldcoast.com.au

For Queensland Health information visit health.qld.gov.au 

 

 

 

 

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Why You Should Quit Smoking?

Smoking is one of the dangerous habits our society is addicted to. It breaks my heart to see people who have successfully quit smoking, return to it. Their excuse is usually as flimsy as unbearable work stress or mid-life crisis. Well, how does smoking help you combat those problems, I wonder? Allow me to offer compelling reasons on why you should quit smoking.

The post Why You Should Quit Smoking? appeared first on Perfect Skin Care for you.




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How Men Can Establish and Maintain a Skincare Routine?

Whatever you’re using to cleanse your face and body should be able to remove all that excess dirt and oil you pick up out in the world, clear and unclog your pores, and treat your skin with natural vitamins, antioxidants, and botanicals to help restore and revitalize, not just get the grime off.

The post How Men Can Establish and Maintain a Skincare Routine? appeared first on Perfect Skin Care for you.