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Canon EOS M50 Sample Images
Photography Blog - 26 Feb 2018 07:10
Ahead of our full review, here are some sample JPEG and Raw images and movies taken with the Canon EOS M50 compact system camera. The Canon EOS M50 is a new mirrorless camera that features a 24 megapixel sensor and 4K vi...
Microsoft battles U.S. authorities who want access to foreign-stored data
Mashable - 26 Feb 2018 05:14Putting AI in Your Pocket: MIT Chip Cuts Neural Network Power Consumption by 95%
Singularity Hub - 26 Feb 2018 18:00
Neural networks are powerful things, but they need a lot of juice. Engineers at MIT have now developed a new chip that cuts neural nets' power consumption by up to 95 percent, potentially allowing them to run on battery-...
These Merge Cube games work best with a VR headset
Android Central - 26 Feb 2018 01:30
Sometimes using two hands is a huge advantage and with some Merge Cube games, it's essential. In case you hadn't heard, the Merge Cube is awesome. The soft foam cube allows for some of the best AR fun you could have for ...
US Officials Say Russia Hacked Pyeongchang Olympics, Tried to Pin It on North Korea
Gizmodo - 26 Feb 2018 00:15
US officials, albeit ones speaking under the cover of anonymity, are accusing the Russian military of participating in a cyber attack on the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, and then attempting to b...
Filmstruck Adds Hollywood Classics Like Casablanca as Warner Bros. Shutters Streaming Service
Gizmodo - 26 Feb 2018 23:30
Lovers of classic Hollywood films have one more reason to join Turner's Filmstruck streaming network, now that Warner Bros has decided to shutter its own service that no one uses. It's a rare moment in which media consol...
Cars that run on supercapacitors could be charged in minutes
New Scientist - 26 Feb 2018 21:31
New material could lead to supercapacitors that hold more energy than lithium batteries and allow electric vehicles or smart phones to be charged in minutes
The 5 worst programming languages to learn in 2018
TechRepublic - 26 Feb 2018 18:07
A lack of growth, jobs, and community engagement mean developers should avoid learning these coding languages.
Proxima Centauri's no good, very bad day
Phys.org - 26 Feb 2018 18:00
A team of astronomers led by Carnegie's Meredith MacGregor and Alycia Weinberger detected a massive stellar flare--an energetic explosion of radiation--from the closest star to our own Sun, Proxima Centauri, which occurr...
What's at stake in the Microsoft Supreme Court case
The Verge - 26 Feb 2018 16:59
Say you sign up for a free email account. You live in country A, the tech company providing the email service is headquartered in country B, and the data center where the emails are stored is in country C. If the police ...
Qualcomm proposes price talks with Broadcom in potential step toward deal
Reuters - 26 Feb 2018 16:52
(Reuters) - Qualcomm Inc on Monday urged Broadcom Ltd to enter into price negotiations for the first time on Broadcom's $117 billion offer for the company, a potential step toward a deal between the two chipmakers after ...
CDC Scientist Vanishes After Taking A 2-Week Sick Leave
Tech Times - 26 Feb 2018 16:43
An epidemiologist working with CDC has disappeared under strange circumstances and the police have still not been able to trace him. Timothy J. Cunningham took a sick leave on Feb. 12 and has not been seen since then.
'Sticky' iPhone caused Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway to buy more AAPL than anything else in 2017
AppleInsider - 26 Feb 2018 16:22
The "Oracle of Omaha" Warren Buffett continues his recent run of buying massive amounts of Apple stock, with Berkshire Hathaway having only one stock with more value in total.
Microsoft brings its quantum dev kit to macOS, Linux; new kind of qubit this year
Ars Technica - 26 Feb 2018 16:00
The quantum simulator is 4-5 times faster, too.
Facebook has big plans to bring internet to more people in rural areas
Engadget - 26 Feb 2018 15:50
Over the past few years, Facebook has been rolling out several initiatives to bring free internet to people in underdeveloped areas all around the world. That includes things like Terragraph, a millimeter-wave wireless t...
Neil Young has a bone to pick with Google, Amazon and Facebook
Mashable - 26 Feb 2018 03:56Facebook says it has no interest in monetizing the Telecom Infra Project
TechCrunch - 26 Feb 2018 16:41
Facebook, the social network giant with over 2 billion monthly users, has made a big effort to expand its business by doubling down on one of the big bottlenecks in the world of data: expensive and bad connectivity. And ...
Ancient Egyptian cemetery found with 40 mummies and a message 'from the afterlife'
Fox News - 26 Feb 2018 16:23
A cemetery, more than 2,000-years-old, has been found in Egypt containing over 40 mummies and a necklace with a "message from the afterlife."
Essential Phone 2 -- How Essential can have a much more successful year two
Android Central - 26 Feb 2018 16:00
Essential's biggest task is to learn from the mistakes of the PH-1. One of 2017's most polarizing devices was the Essential Phone. There was a lot of hype for the startup headed by Android father Andy Rubin, and while th...
Sony's New Buds Have Holes in Them for Your Own Good
Gizmodo - 26 Feb 2018 15:56
How many times have you seen this: A guy or gal walking down the street with one earbud in, while the other hangs loose around their shoulders and neck like some ridiculous techie bolo tie. If you're like me, it's a dail...
Google announces big changes for Assistant at MWC 2018
Android Authority - 26 Feb 2018 22:12
During MWC 2018, Google added seven new languages to Google Assistant as well as new features to help developers integrate Assistant into apps.
Russian calls U.S. charges of election meddling as funny as Jim Carrey
USA Today - 26 Feb 2018 15:46
A Russian official is comparing the charges leveled against the country for meddling in the 2016 election as funny as a Jim Carrey comedy. Nathan Rousseau Smith reports.