Can machines truly understand documents, or have they simply become more effective at extracting information from them? With traditional OCR, an error can usually be located and measured, while a VLM may produce a convincing interpretation that is still wrong. For companies, this shifts the first decision away from model selection and toward a more uncomfortable question: what kind of error can th [...]
This year’s Amazon Prime Day is coming soon, so it’s a good time to start thinking about the things you’ll want to look for once the deal wave hits. Everything from gadgets to clothes to household necessities will be on sale during the event as part of the Prime Day deals, and if you’re a Prime member, you’ll have access to all of the discounts. Engadget will be surfacing all of the best [...]
Google is planning to end support for SMS-based two-factor authentication in Gmail, Forbes reports. Sending a code to your personal phone via text message has long been an option Google offered to verify your identity, but it has unavoidable security issues the company wants to address.<br /> The goal is to "reduce the impact of rampant, global SMS abuse," Gmail spokesperson Ross R [...]