If you’ve ever participated in a virtual reality (VR) experience, you might have found yourself navigating the virtual world as an avatar. If you haven’t, you probably recognize the experience from its portrayal in film and on television. Popular media has brought us characters like Jake Sully in Avatar, Wade Watts in Ready Player One,
Read MoreAfter successfully collecting enough unused gadgets to extract the required amount of precious metals, the Tokyo 2020 organizing committee has revealed its Olympic medal designs exactly one year before the Games are set to start. The medals were designed by Junichi Kawanishi, who won a competition that drew entries from more than 400 professional designers
Read MoreNetflix is launching a mobile-only version of its streaming service in India today. The lower-priced plan will cost Rs 199 ($2.80) per month, and it’s restricted to a single mobile device with standard 480p streams. While the new tier is only launching in India today, Netflix has hinted it would test the service in select
Read MoreThe New York State Department of Financial Services has announced the launch of a new division which will absorb the regulator’s current department that oversees cryptocurrency businesses in the state. In a statement released yesterday, financial services superintendent Linda Lacewell announced the regulator’s new research and innovation division. The new division will be responsible for
Read MoreFor the vast majority of us, Gigabit Ethernet is more than enough for daily tasks. The occasional big network file transfer might drag a little, but it’s rare to fall short of bandwidth when you’re hooked up over Cat 6. [Brian] has a thirst for saturating network links, however, and decided only 10 Gigabit Ethernet
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge RED’s Hydrogen One phone had a rocky rollout to say the least, and founder Jim Jannard has offered a partial explanation while announcing the first details on the device’s successor. In a post on the Hydrogen-focused H4Vuser.net website, Jannard blames the Hydrogen One’s unnamed Chinese ODM (original
Read MoreAt an event in New Delhi, India, today, Netflix launched its new mobile-only subscription tier for users in the country at Rs. 199 ($2.88) per month. The plan is valid for one concurrent stream and will work with Android and iOS tablets. Netflix said consumers will be able to stream content at Standard Definition (SD).
Read MoreAs Alphabet prepares to report quarterly earnings, investors will largely remain in the dark about one of its most important businesses. YouTube Is a Big Business. Just How Big Is Anyone’s Guess. Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreWashington Post: Fake accounts, pages, and groups purporting to represent or sell Libra digital currency have sprung up across Facebook and Instagram — A wave of fakes purporting to sell or represent Facebook’s not-yet-available Libra currency have swept onto the social-media giant’s platforms … Fake accounts, pages, and groups purporting to represent or sell Libra
Read MoreWaititi tweets a first look at what he’s been working on in between Thor movies. Jojo Rabbit first trailer releases Taika Waititi as an imaginary Adolf Hitler – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreGoogle is making good on its “root-and-branch review” of third-party developer access to user data. The company has now said its new policy for Minimum Permission and updated User Data policy will be enforced starting October 15, 2019 — in other words, Chrome will no longer support sketchy extensions that gather data on your browsing activity.
Read MoreFacebook today released a bunch of machine learning-powered tools to help create maps of the world. The company’s tools, called Map with AI, will help the community-based OpenStreetMap organization to create crowd-sourced maps easily. The social network spent two years in developing these tools, and is now making it available to OpenStreetMap community members. The program’s current marquee
Read MoreRichard Lawler / Engadget: DoorDash CEO to change tipping policy “in the coming days”, says it will add all customer tips to driver’s earnings, after a renewed backlash — Earlier this year, news reports exposed that not only did DoorDash (and others, like Instacart) sometimes lower its payout to delivery workers … DoorDash CEO to
Read MoreThe settlement could see Facebook fined over $100 million, The Wall Street Journal reports. Facebook to settle with SEC after probe into privacy practices – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreImagine for a moment that you’ve been tasked with developing a device for interfacing with a global network of interconnected devices. Would you purposely design a spring-loaded dial that can do nothing but switch a single set of contacts on and off from 1 to 10 times? What kind of crazy world would we have
Read MoreFrom Spider-Man to The Witcher to Dude Vader, here are the most mind-blowing costumes that invaded San Diego for the 50th Comic-Con. The very best cosplay we saw at Comic-Con 2019 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreJoshua Rivera / Kotaku: Video game industry is coming under increased pressure from static triple-A prices, a turn towards the cloud, developer burnout, and slower release schedules — At about this time next year, we’ll have a pretty good idea of what the next generation of video games will look like. Video game industry is
Read MoreThe tech giant’s Cybersecurity Field CTO details the importance of building artificial intelligence and machine learning with diversity in mind. Microsoft and the learnings from its failed Tay artificial intelligence bot Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreImage: Nintendo Since Nintendo properties started expanding to mobile devices four years ago, we’ve seen a number of uncharacteristic experiments, including games branded with popular flagship characters that are nonetheless filled to the brim with microtransactions. And Pokémon Masters, the latest mobile title in the monster-capturing franchise announced last month, is no exception. The game
Read MoreA settlement between the FTC and Facebook is expected on Wednesday. Facebook's Zuckerberg will reportedly shoulder personal responsibility for privacy issues – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreQuestion number one: Who the hell does Simba think he is? I watched the new Lion King without seeing the original and I have questions – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePersistence of vision is a fun feature of the human visual system, which allows us to blink a bunch of spinning LEDs at the right time to spell out messages that appear to hang in the air. [TN_Inventor] took a stab at his own POV build, using an old desk fan as a base. The
Read MoreElectric bike powerhouse Bosch has new equipment for the next generation of road, mountain and cargo bikes. E-bikes won't look so clunky with 2020 motor, battery upgrades – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreBijan Stephen / The Verge: As streaming offerings get more expensive and convoluted, people are setting up their own platforms via Plex servers to share media, including pirated content — Have you heard about the best new streaming platform on the internet? It’s totally customizable, works on any device, and, best of all, is basically
Read MoreAlphabet’s remote connectivity hot air balloons have flown 40 million kilometers. Project Loon has been in the sky for 1 million hours – CNET Source: CNet
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