Tech companies claim that autonomous vehicles could reduce traffic. But skeptics argue that they’ll add to gridlock if people are still taking solo trips. Urban Planning Guru Says Driverless Cars Won’t Fix Congestion Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThe urban mobility market has come a long way since London’s first horse drawn bus service in 1829. Even in the last five years, the rise of digitally-enabled ride-hailing mobility solutions such as Uber or ViaVan, or dockless on-demand mobility solutions such as Ofo and Mobike have significantly changed how Londoners get around. However, with
Read MoreThe 18-inning, seven-hour monstrosity that was Dodgers-Red Sox Game 3 just went on and on and on and on… Longest-ever World Series game smashes some home-run memes – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWe find out how Facebook is going green in Ireland, uncover a forget-me-not font and check out First Man and Venom. CNET UK Podcast 546: The iPhone verdict and Huawei's impressive challenger – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThere is an interesting multi-effect available for all you musicians out there. It’s the Turnado from Sugar Bytes. It’s a real-time effects unit that takes advantage of a computer’s horsepower to add reverb and ring mods to whatever audio you feed into it. There’s flanger and a phaser. If you feed a drum loop into
Read MoreApple teased clear cases for the colorful iPhone XR, but they’re absent on launch day. iPhone XR now in stores, but official Apple cases nowhere to be seen – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreJoshua Topolsky / The Outline: Mainstream adoption of VR hasn’t happened because there’s no “killer app” for VR and no one has made a simple headset that lets a novice user engage casually — We were promised better worlds, and all we got was this lousy headset. — Joshua Topolsky Oct—25—2018 01:56PM EST Mainstream adoption
Read MoreJanko Roettgers / Variety: Imax closes its New York City VR center, bringing VR center closures to three; company says it won’t spend on VR projects in 2019 — Imax continues to scale down its virtual reality (VR) ambitions: The company closed its New York-based VR Center in recent days, bringing the total number of
Read MoreOn of the challenges of keeping a vintage computer up and running is the limited availability of spare parts. While not everything has hit dire levels of availability (not yet, anyway), it goes without saying that getting a replacement part for a 30+ year old computer is a bit harder than hitting up the local
Read MoreSarah Perez / TechCrunch: Google introduces its “.new” domain for instantly creating new docs, slides, sheets, and forms across its productivity apps — Sarah Perez @sarahintampa / 7 hours — Google Docs just rolled out a time-saving trick that’s sure to be welcomed by heavy users of Docs … Google introduces its ".new" domain for
Read More[NileRed] admits that while ferrofluid has practical uses, he simply wanted to play with it and didn’t want to pay the high prices he found in Canada. A lot of the instructions he found were not for making a true ferrofluid. He set out to create the real thing, but he wasn’t entirely successful. You
Read MoreBrendan Koerner / Wired: An in-depth look at how a swatting prank led to a deadly shooting in Wichita; Tyler Barriss, the serial swatter responsible, is facing federal and state charges — THE TYPICAL WICHITA City Council meeting is a dull affair, dominated by bureaucrats droning on about street repairs, zoning codes, and general obligation
Read MoreAmazon’s game streaming platform is giving viewers more ways to be a part of Twitch Streams. Also: karaoke. TwitchCon: Snapchat, Squad Streams and everything else new coming to Twitch – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIt’ll go on sale later this year as the carrier starts rolling out its 5G network. AT&T successfully tests first 5G hotspot you'll actually be able to buy – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreArya, Jon Snow and Robb get together in an aww-worthy photo. Game of Thrones: Here's the Stark family reunion we'll never see – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreA young boy has turned to the Dark Side as his wheelchair is transformed into Kylo Ren’s deadly spaceship. Star Wars TIE silencer wheelchair costume conquers Halloween – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreEmployees protested in meetings, on message boards and on Twitter about the company’s treatment of senior leaders even after finding misconduct claims against them credible. Google Workers Fume Over Executives’ Payouts After Sexual Misconduct Claims Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreMark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: at Oct. 30 event, Apple to reveal new iPad Pros with nearly edge-to-edge screens, a USB-C port, and Face ID, a successor to the MacBook Air, and more — – Company to unveil biggest iPad Pro overhaul since 2015 debut — Mac sales dipped to lowest point since 2010 in
Read MoreThe company says that despite ethical issues, working in the field gives Microsoft influence over how new technologies are used. Microsoft execs defend bid for US military contract – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSarah Perez / TechCrunch: Report: Twitch continues to dominate live streaming with 2.5B hours watched in Q3, but YouTube Live has seen a 10% increase to ~25% of the market since January — Sarah Perez @sarahintampa / 7 hours — Twitch continues to dominate the live streaming market, with approximately 2.5 billion hours watched …
Read MoreTwitch today revealed a plethora of new features for streamers and viewers, as part of the first day of its TwitchCon celebrations. CEO Emmett Shear led the Day One keynote, revealing the new features to the attendees. Some were niche — such as the better moderation tools, and the ability to designate some viewers as VIPs
Read MoreNew iPad Pros and a redesigned MacBook Air are likely. And we may see some other product updates, too. New iPad Pro, new MacBook Air, updated Mac Mini and more: What to expect from Apple's Oct. 30 event in Brooklyn – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIt’s that spooky time of year once again, with pumpkins and cobwebs as far as the eye can see. This year, [Mikeasaurus] has put together something really special – a Ghost Rider costume with some amazing effects. The costume starts with the skull mask, which started with a model from Thingiverse. Conveniently, the model was
Read MoreKyle Orland / Ars Technica: Microsoft plans to bring its Xbox Game Pass subscription service to PC, Satya Nadella revealed on Wednesday’s Q1 earnings call — Few details offered during off-handed earnings call announcement. — Microsoft says PC players will be able to access a version of its all-you-can-download … Microsoft plans to bring its
Read MoreThe Vankyo M50 Passport DLP mini-projector is an Android-powered gadget that can project onto just about any flat surface. It’s pocket-sized, so I smuggled a review unit home to see what it could do. The M50 Passport is an immediately accessible gadget. It’s small – about the size of a passport, hence the name –
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