Virtua Racing is one of the most important games in Sega’s history, but there’s never been a perfect way to play it outside of an arcade. Despite multiple attempts, from the technically flawed Mega Drive and Saturn conversions to the ground-up PlayStation 2 remake, Sega hasn’t quite been able to capture the 1992 classic within
Read MoreFacebook has heralded artificial intelligence as a solution to its toxic content problems. Mike Schroepfer, its chief technology officer, says it won’t solve everything. Facebook’s A.I. Whiz Now Faces the Task of Cleaning It Up. Sometimes That Brings Him to Tears. Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreSan Francisco demonstrated that technologies believed to be damaging to citizens’ well-being can be curtailed. Bits: The Week in Tech: Putting an A.I. Genie Back in Its Bottle Source: NY Times Tech
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Read MoreI apologize. Last week in Tech 911, Lifehacker’s technology-advice column, I took a question from Lifehacker Editor in Chief Melissa. She’s technically a Lifehacker reader, so it still fits this column’s theme, but it feels like a cheat. I’m doing the same thing again this week, not because you haven’t been sending in… Read more…
Read MoreDrop (formerly Massdrop) is offering one of the best deals on the best noise canceling headphones right now, the Sony WH1000XM3 Bluetooth Wireless Noise Canceling Headphones. Read more… Listen Up: The Best Noise Canceling Headphones Are Off Right Now Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreThe $575 million investment strengthens one of the biggest overseas rivals to Uber’s food-delivery division, which the ride-hailing company considers a key business. Amazon to Invest in Deliveroo, a Rival to Uber in Food Delivery Source: NY Times Tech
Read MorePrivacy advocates have more serious concerns. The Technology 202: Silicon Valley pans White House bias tool as a gimmick Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreMobile technology will arguably go down in history as the most successful innovation of our lifetime. Mobile devices, especially phones, are ubiquitous in large parts of the world. On the African continent, the rates of mobile phone ownership and access are rising exponentially. Many organisations have recognized the opportunities this presents. Political parties are no
Read More“Some days are grumpier than others.” The angry looking kitty from Arizona was 7. Grumpy Cat dies and the internet mourns – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreLorenzo Caggioni is working to make Google Home better for people who don’t speak — like his brother. Google Assistant gets more accessible, inspired by a brother's love – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIn a CNET Live Q&A, he joined Jake Choi, who plays his brother, and Nicola Yoon, who wrote the book the film is based on, to discuss love at second sight, Riverdale, Luke Perry and Bruce Lee. Riverdale's Charles Melton talks up The Sun Is Also A Star – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe site’s perennial army-green design is being revamped Continue reading… DeviantArt is growing up with its biggest redesign ever Source: New feed
Read MoreCryptocurrency rumor mongers are likely to be dancing today as Amazon has successfully filed a patent for a Bitcoin-styled Proof-of-Work system. But don’t get ahead of yourself, it doesn’t look like the Seattle-based ecommerce giant will be accepting Bitcoin for payments. Despite first being filed in December 2016, Amazon’s patent application was granted earlier this
Read MoreAt just $15 per month — or free for certain AT&T Wireless customers — it’s the cheapest multichannel live TV service. But competitors offer better functionality, including Roku support and a DVR. AT&T Watch TV review: Great freebie, not-so-great cable TV replacement – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreArtificial intelligence isn’t creating fake photos and videos — it can do fake voices, too. Up until now, these voices have been noticeably stilted and robotic, but researchers from AI startup Dessa have created what is by far the most convincing voice clone we’ve ever heard — perfectly mimicking the sound of MMA-commentator-turned-podcaster Joe Rogan.
Read MoreOh Sweden. It’s the birthplace of A-Ha’s Morten Harket. Home of the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund. And yes, its capital city, Oslo, is a sight to behold. The fjord-pocked Scandinavian nation is also home to Urbanista – a trendy boutique audio firm which recently released the Stockholm wireless earbuds. Why a Swedish company would
Read MoreTurn any wall into a big-screen theater with this amazing lunchbox-style DLP projector. The Nebula Mars II portable projector hits its lowest price yet: 0 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThese days everyone talks about data “in the cloud.” However, before that phrase was fashionable, there were a few pioneers and one of the most famous of these is Dropbox — a service that let you store files on a remote server that dates back to 2007. [Vincent Berg] first noticed some odd network traffic
Read MoreA man in the US has been sentenced to 42 months in federal prison for purchasing, downloading, and concealing child abuse imagery he got on the dark web and paid for with Bitcoin. According to court documents, starting in May 2017, Stephen P. Langlois, Jr. used Bitcoin to subscribe to an overseas child pornography website
Read MoreLast week, we celebrated the 14th edition of TNW Conference. More than 15,000 people visited from across the globe to discuss the future of tech. Without a doubt, it was the greatest edition we’ve organized. We had a stronger lineup than ever before, including speakers like Guy Kawasaki, Apple’s original marketer, and Larry Sanger, co-founder
Read MoreWe’ve seen some whacky implementations from phone makers to overcome the notch: pop-up camera, pizza shaped-camera, and even a rotating camera. Now, Asus has added another method to the list by placing a flip-up camera into their latest flagship, the Zenfone 6. The flip-up hardware acts as both the front and rear cameras. When you
Read MoreWe all know that communication depends on more than just what you say. How you say it is often just as important. That’s why Google’s latest prototype AI translator doesn’t just translate the words coming out of your mouth, but also the tone and cadence of your voice. The system is called Translatotron, and Google’s
Read MoreOn Monday I noted here a growing consensus among Democratic presidential candidates that Big Tech in general, and Facebook specifically, should perhaps be broken up. Sen. Kamala Harris said “we have to seriously take a look” at breaking up Facebook. Joe Biden said a breakup of Big Tech is “something we should take a really
Read MoreFor physicist Elisabetta Matsumoto, “knitting is coding,” and yarn is a programmable material. The Ins and Outs of Knit Theory Source: NY Times Tech
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