Abstract: Contour based scene text detection methods have rapidly developed recently, but still suffer from inaccurate front-end contour initialization, multi-stage ...

Luke Littler has won back-to-back World Darts Championship titles, becoming just the fourth player in the sport's history to achieve this feat. The young prodigy was virtually unknown when he first ...

Luke Littler is closing in on back-to-back world title wins after cruising into the semi-finals of the PDC World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace. The teenager was virtually a complete unknown ...

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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — A city councilwoman wants to set the record straight on where she stands regarding the referendum on the city’s voting system after she said campaign material went out ...

Microsoft Edge already has a PDF reader that offers various annotation features such as highlighting, drawing, and read aloud. The company is now adding another useful feature to the mix — the ability ...

Olivera Simic does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Computer scientists often deal with abstract problems that are hard to comprehend, but an exciting new algorithm matters to anyone who ...