July 1 marks the beginning of a new academic year at teaching hospitals. That means it’s the date when newly minted doctors begin their first jobs, and some people (often including hospital staff) will swear it’s the worst time to seek medical care. Read more… Are Hospitals Really More Dangerous in July? Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreA team of scientists from the University of Washington and Carnegie Mellon University have developed a method by which three people can play a Tetris-like multiplayer decision-making game together using only their minds. Researchers, Linxing Jiang, Andrea Stocco, Darby Losey, Justin Abernethy, Chantel Prat, and Rajesh Rao, created the interface, dubbed BrainNet. It’s “the first
Read MoreContent moderation is a long-standing challenge for big tech companies. Many of the issues surrounding content moderation have been reported on extensively by The Verge, and they’re now the focus of UCLA professor Sarah T. Roberts’ new book Behind the Screen: Content Moderation in the Shadows of Social Media. Below is a lightly edited excerpt
Read MoreThose who have been around the block, and the sun, a fair few times will know that they certainly don’t make ’em like they used to. It doesn’t particularly matter what “them” is; it’s merely a widely accepted fact that society has trended towards more disposable products over ones that have a long service life.
Read MoreA launch abort system (LAS) with a test version of Orion attached soars upward on NASA’s Ascent Abort-2 (AA-2) flight test atop a Northrop Grumman provided booster on July 2, 2019, after launching at 7 a.m. EDT. Taking to the Skies: Orion Test Brings Moon, Mars Missions Closer Source: NASA
Read MoreMicrosoft is stepping up its efforts to market Microsoft 365 — its subscription bundle of Windows 10, Office 365 and Enterprise Mobility + Security — in a more integrated way. And it’s reorganizing internally to try to do so. Microsoft wants to start marketing Microsoft 365 as a single product in its new fiscal year
Read MoreNobody likes annoying internet advertisements, that’s for sure. And it’s even creepier when you visit one website, do the web’s equivalent of a little window-shopping, and suddenly find ads for that site plastered over every other site you’re looking at. Read more… Fool Advertising Trackers with Mozilla's 'Track This' Source: Life Hacker
Read MorePrime Day starts July 15, but some great discounts can be had right now. Here’s everything you need to know about the event, including money-saving tips and tricks. The best Prime Day 2019 deals available right now – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCheck out the latest batch of great deals on smart-home products, mattresses, tech gear and more. The best July 4 sales: Instant Pot, Ecobee, TVs, appliances and more – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreGet ready to test your vision with a challenge from the International Space Station. NASA astronaut asks: Can you spot the Big Dipper from the ISS? – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIn an interview last week regarding privacy concerns, Instagram’s CEO, Adam Mosseri, wants you to know: Your privacy isn’t at stake (for now). “We don’t look at your messages, we don’t listen in on your microphone, doing so would be super problematic for a lot of different reasons,” he told CBS’ Gayle King. “But I…
Read MoreIt can be hard to tell whether a picture is real. Consider, as the participants in our recent research did, these two images and see whether you think neither, either or both of them has been doctored. You might have based your assessment of the images on the visual information alone, or perhaps factored in
Read MoreChinese border agents have been installing spyware on phones from tourists who enter the country through certain crossings in the Xinjiang region, an area where China is known to be conducting intensive surveillance of the largely Muslim ethnic minority groups who live there. The spyware was reported today by a group of publications, including The
Read MoreThe company’s new utility is designed to help quantify power efficiency under heavy loads, isolate the causes of sync issues like stutter, capture frame rate data for any game and more. Nvidia FrameView gives you frame rate bragging rights for any game – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreVideo technology provider Kaltura has introduced new analytics capabilities for its video platform, including granular data on viewing, engagement and creation. Kaltura Adds Advanced Video Analytics Source: Campus Technology
Read MorePlenty of us rely on public transportation, but there are times when your local transit system is anything but reliable. Those of us who use it to commute are used to being packed into buses and subway cars, but sometimes there are just too many passengers and you can’t board—or worse, your bus zooms past
Read MoreThis week, Microsoft announced that its next feature update will be the most low-key Windows 10 version ever. You could even call it what it really is: a service pack. Here’s why Microsoft wants no upgrade drama as 2020 approaches. With new feature update calendar, Microsoft finally settles on a sensible Windows 10 release schedule
Read MoreIn the fall of 1957, it seemed as though the United States’ space program would never get off the ground. The USSR had launched Sputnik in October, and this cemented their place in history as the first nation in space. If that weren’t bad enough, they put Sputnik 2 into orbit a month later. By
Read MoreValve has released 3D files to help people build mods and accessories for its new Index virtual reality headset. The gaming company posted high- and low-resolution models — along with other documentation — on GitHub under a Creative Commons license. Anybody can download and use the files to design their own creations, but they can’t
Read MoreYou just made the last payment on a large purchase you’ve been paying off for what seems like forever. A celebration is in order, right? Go ahead, dance in your seat as you hit that “pay now” button for the very last time. Crack open some bubbly. Call your mom. But don’t expect your credit
Read MoreInstagram’s newest Stories sticker lets people ask their followers to join a new group chat and then gives the poster the power to select who can join. The new feature, called the chat sticker, joins a bunch of other stickers Instagram has introduced to Stories, including polls, question boxes, mentions, locations, hashtags, and countdowns, among
Read MoreOver 30 percent of all new TV streaming devices sold in the US last quarter ran Roku software, according to a new report from Strategy Analytics (via 9to5Google). The sales mean that Roku is now used on more than 41 million devices across the country. Roku’s share of sales was more than double that of
Read MoreSamsung has released a new “cardinal red” color option for its Galaxy S10E, Galaxy S10, and Galaxy S10 Plus. It’s appearing first in the UK and Switzerland, per 9to5Google. UK availability is currently limited to people who buy the phone through carrier EE. If you’re in Switzerland, Samsung’s online store sells unlocked Galaxy S10 and
Read MoreCarnegie Mellon is working with open educational resources company Lumen Learning to provide delivery and support for courseware from the university’s Open Learning Initiative. Lumen Learning to Provide Delivery and Support for Carnegie Mellon's OLI Courseware Source: Campus Technology
Read MoreWe all have awesome hardware projects to show off. Great photos of them are how you unlock the excitement others see in your work. Whether you’re using a DSLR or the camera in your smartphone, it’s not difficult to capture an amazing picture of the project you pour so much effort into. We want you
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