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'Beat Saber' will be available for Oculus Quest on day one
Engadget - 18 Mar 2019 19:22
Beat Saber is practically a mandatory game for any VR platform worth its salt, and Oculus knows it. The company has announced that Beat Games' rhythm title will be available for the Oculus Quest when the headset launches...
Android game development site goes live ahead of Google's GDC talk
Slash Gear - 18 Mar 2019 04:04
It seems that Google is really getting its game on with less than two days left before its grand GDC talk. While there have been many guesses already, it’s still uncertain what exactly the tech giant will have to show ...
CBD Is In Jelly Beans, Pet Food and Shampoo. But Many Benefits Are Untested
Discover - 18 Mar 2019 23:58
CBD, or cannabidiol, has exploded onto the market in recent years. Sometime in the past decade, this purportedly medicinal marijuana extract went from being an obscure stoner oil to the wellness product du jour, flooding...
5 ways to properly secure new technology
TechRepublic - 18 Mar 2019 17:16
Automating security and system standards eliminates the potential for human error.
Are You Prepared for a Zombie (Domain) Apocalypse?
Dark Reading - 18 Mar 2019 16:30
When a domain registration expires, they can be claimed by new owners. And sometimes, those new owners have malicious intent.
'Clear similarities' between Boeing crashes in Ethiopia, Indonesia
Phys.org - 18 Mar 2019 10:06
Flight recorder data recovered from the wreckage of Boeing 737 MAX planes that crashed in Ethiopia and Indonesia shows "clear similarities," Addis Ababa said Sunday as the US maker announced it was finalizing a software ...
Internet Archive races to preserve public Google+ posts
Engadget - 18 Mar 2019 03:33
Just because Google+ is shutting down on April 2nd doesn't mean your years of social posts will be lost in the void. The ArchiveTeam recently started caching public Google+ content to make it available on the Internet Ar...
Bartonella and sudden-onset adolescent schizophrenia
Science Daily - 18 Mar 2019 23:02
In a new case study, researchers describe an adolescent human patient diagnosed with rapid onset schizophrenia who was found instead to have a Bartonella henselae infection (associated with cat scratch fever).
AAOS 2019 Reveals Surgical Products at Innovation Theater
Medical Design Technology - 18 Mar 2019 22:12
Blog While attending AAOS 2019 in Las Vegas, the Innovation Theater was a hot spot to visit, where new technologies and devices were being featured. Here are a few I saw while at AAOS... Staff Author: Tierney King Topics...
New research identifies potential PTSD treatment improvement
Science Daily - 18 Mar 2019 20:43
Researchers may have found a way to improve a common treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) by changing how the brain learns to respond less severely to fearful conditions, according to a new study.
Brain research reveals a circuit for cocaine relapse
Science Daily - 18 Mar 2019 20:43
Researchers have identified which neurons are responsible for cocaine-seeking behaviors in rodents and where these neurons exert their effects within the brain. Their work opens a new line of addiction research that coul...
Fisker Seeks To Re-enter EV Market With $40K Electric Car
Medical Design Technology - 18 Mar 2019 20:24
News Fisker, an electric car maker that went bankrupt in 2013, is attempting to revive itself with a new sport utility vehicle priced below $40,000 that will be available next year, according to a story on Tech Xplore......
Everyone who used to run Time Warner is out the door less than a year after AT&T paid $85 billion for the media giant
Re/code - 18 Mar 2019 20:21
Warner Bros boss Kevin Tsujihara is out after a casting-couch scandal. He's the last man in a top position at Time Warner to leave the company. In October 2016, AT&T said it would pay some $85 billion for Time Warner and...
Google Doodle pays tribute to Japanese inventor Seiichi Miyake - CNET
CNET - 18 Mar 2019 01:48
His invention -- the Tenji block -- changed the way the visually impaired interact with the world.
Ultrasound provides precise, minimally invasive way to measure heart function in children
Science Daily - 18 Mar 2019 23:02
Currently, a practical, precise, minimally invasive way to measure cardiac output or heart function in children undergoing surgery does not exist. New research illustrates how a novel minimally invasive method using cath...
Netflix's next interactive show is 'You vs. Wild' with Bear Grylls
Engadget - 18 Mar 2019 22:48
Netflix is wasting no time capitalizing on the success of its choose-your-own-adventure experiment with Black Mirror: Bandersnatch. The company announced today that it already has another user-controlled experience in th...
'Inflamm-aging' causes loss of bone healing ability in the elderly
Science Daily - 18 Mar 2019 21:17
Increases in chronic inflammation -- not the passage of time -- is the main reason why injured bones do not heal as well with age.
Prenatal testosterone linked to long-term effects in females who share womb with male twin
Science Daily - 18 Mar 2019 21:17
Women who shared their mother's womb with a male twin are less likely to graduate from high school or college, have earned less by their early 30s, and have lower fertility and marriage rates when compared with twins who...
Study finds test of protein levels in the eye a potential predictor of (future) Alzheimer's disease
Science Daily - 18 Mar 2019 21:17
Low levels of amyloid-beta and tau proteins, biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease, in eye fluid were significantly associated with low cognitive scores, according to a new study. These findings indicate that proteins in the...
New 3-D Map Will Help Solve Long-Standing Cosmic Mysteries
Medical Design Technology - 18 Mar 2019 20:41
News A new study led by ANU has created a 3D map of the magnetic field in a small wedge of the Milky Way galaxy, paving the way for future discoveries that will improve our understanding of the origin and evolution of th...
Google research shows how AI can make ophthalmologists more effective
Science Daily - 18 Mar 2019 20:11
As artificial intelligence continues to evolve, diagnosing disease faster and potentially with greater accuracy than physicians, some have suggested that technology may soon replace tasks that physicians currently perfor...
Understanding Ancient Coin Images With The Help Of AI And Machine Vision
Medical Design Technology - 18 Mar 2019 19:35
News Two researchers at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland have developed a machine learning-based method for understanding images of ancient coins, according to story on Tech Xplore. Their study applies computer ...