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Image Effects for Android using OpenCV: Image Patterns

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Welcome back to my series on building image effects for Android using OpenCV. In this tutorial, which is part 5 of the series, we’re going to build an image pattern—filling a large image with a pattern created by repeating a small image.

The GitHub project for the series is available on this page. The project of this tutorial is available inside the Part 5 folder under the project.

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Breaking Privacy in Federated Learning

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Federated learning is a new way of training a machine learning using distributed data that is not centralized in a server. It works by training a generic (shared) model with a given user’s private data, without having direct access to such data.

For a deeper dive into how this works, I’d encourage you to check out my previous blog post, which provides a high-level overview, as well as an in depth look at Google’s research.

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The New iPad Pro’s LiDAR Sensor Changes the Augmented Reality Game

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For a major launch such as this, Apple normally holds a press conference in their Cupertino headquarters. However, due to growing health concerns and widespread retail shutdowns, the company opted instead for an online-only launch for their latest device.

Sporting a powerful 8-core processor and LiDAR scanner, the iPad Pro looks more like a computer replacement than ever before.

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Quillbot AI Review (2024): Pros, Cons and Alternatives

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If you’re not a native English speaker and are struggling with writing a professional email, Quillbot can come to your rescue.

It’s a rewriting or paraphrasing tool that can give a neat twist to your text. And not just that, it can check for grammar and plagiarism as well.

It’s a great tool for students, editors, and researchers. It can also be used by writers. As a writer, you must have struggled at least once to find the right word in your article, blog post, or any other text.

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9 Best AI Headshot Generators in 2026 (Free And Paid Options)

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Here is the dirty secret of this category: almost every “best AI headshot generator” article you have read was published by a company that conveniently ranks itself at the top. Headshots.com grades itself an A. HeadshotPro ranks itself number one. Headshotphoto.io does the same. We sell no headshot tool, so this ranking of the best AI headshot generators owes nothing to anyone.

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SwiftUI: Interactivity, State Bindings, & Simple Animations

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As we’ve been working through this series introducing SwiftUI, we’ve so far made an app that allows us to view our team from a list and dive into specific members’ detailed profiles.

However, all our users can do with the app is view dynamic data in a very static UI. The only interaction we’ve provided is the navigation into a team member’s detailed profile.

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MACE: Deep learning optimized for mobile and edge devices

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As we make progress in the era of edge computing, the demand for machine learning on mobile and edge devices seems to be increasing quite rapidly.

ML-enabled services such as recommendation engines, image and speech recognition, and natural language processing on the edge (to name a few) are growing, as is the need for processing large amounts of data with reduced latency.

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How great data scientists can write better code

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I’m a software engineer by trade. But I seem to keep dipping my toes into the machine learning and data science communities. There are some awesome libraries out there, but I admit I’ve had a difficult time wrapping my head around many of them.

Surprisingly, it’s not the math. It’s actually the code itself that I find myself getting stuck on. It’s understandable. Tensor algebra is hard enough without needing to worry about style guides and code reviews.

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