Technology News
What's inside the Atari VCS: Faux wood paneling, AMD's Ryzen, and the soul of a Steam Machine
PC World - 13 Jun 2019 21:00
Surprise! The Atari VCS still exists. The last time we saw it was GDC 2018, at which time I asked "What the hell is this?" and Atari provided very few answers. As I now know, that's because the entire project was in flux...
Justyna Zduńczyk Reveals the Idylls of the Polish Highlands
The Phoblographer - 13 Jun 2019 09:00
Poland is home to some of the most stunning and postcard-worthy landscapes, as we've seen through the lens of photographers like Przemyslaw Kruk and Kilian Schönberger. But there's more to the Polish landscapes than the...
China launches Nasdaq-style tech board in Shanghai, expects challenges
Reuters - 13 Jun 2019 07:17
China on Thursday officially launched Shanghai's Nasdaq-style tech board, with the country's top securities regulator cautioning that the hotly-anticipated STAR Market will face various challenges initially.
Kickstarter issues new transparency guidelines for projects
TechCrunch - 13 Jun 2019 19:13
Fresh off its 10th anniversary and under the helm of a new CEO, Kickstarter is shaking things up with a new set of guidelines targeted at seller claims. A new page titled Honest and Clear Presentation in Projects notes: ...
The joy of six: Microsoft emits latest preview of .NET Core 3 with plenty of pipes, perfs, loads...
The Register - 13 Jun 2019 19:00
All the while more WPF source trickles into GitHub Microsoft has continued its quickfire pace of .NET Core 3 updates, flinging preview 6 at developers keen on the open-source platform....
Wits enters the quantum computing universe with IBM Q
EurekAlert! - 13 Jun 2019 06:00
(University of the Witwatersrand) IBM (NYSE: IBM) has announced the expansion of its quantum computing efforts to Africa in a new collaboration with the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits University) in South Africa. ...
Cardiology medication affordability in Russia studied in a new report
EurekAlert! - 13 Jun 2019 06:00
(Kazan Federal University) Reliable information on prices and availability of medicines is the main foundation for improving access to medicines through development of public policy and evidence-based programs.
Microsoft xCloud and Google Stadia hands-on: Why I can't compare them yet
The Verge - 13 Jun 2019 23:31
Cloud gaming is the undeniably industry-altering shadow looming over this year's E3 video game conference. Paired with the rise of subscription services, the idea of running games from remote servers could not only chang...
Huawei is apparently showing ads on lockscreens for some of its phones
The Verge - 13 Jun 2019 23:31
A number of Huawei phone owners have noticed that their devices have suddenly begun displaying ads in their lockscreens, according to Android Police. Users began complaining yesterday that ads from Booking.com have appea...
Neurobehavioral health company Blackthorn pulls in $76 million from GV to treat mental disorders
TechCrunch - 13 Jun 2019 18:08
There are numerous challenges to finding effective treatments for mental disorders. However, Blackthorn Therapeutics, a neurobehavioral health company using machine learning to create personalized medicine for mental hea...
AI Has Made Video Surveillance Automated and Terrifying
Motherboard - 13 Jun 2019 17:47
AI can flag people based on their clothing or behavior, identify people's emotions, and find people who are acting "unusual."
How to get better smartphone vacation photos
USA Today - 13 Jun 2019 17:11
Jefferson Graham offers tips on how to get better improved smartphone vacation selfies and food shots.
Increase in resolution, scale takes CT scanning and diagnosis to the next level
Science Daily - 13 Jun 2019 16:31
Researchers have developed a new, 3D tissue imaging technique, called X-ray histotomography. The technique allows researchers to study the details of cells in a zebrafish tissue sample without having to cut it into slice...
China chip industry insiders voice caution on catch-up efforts
Reuters - 13 Jun 2019 14:21
Since the U.S. government put Huawei Technologies Co Ltd on a trade blacklist, effectively banning American firms from doing business with it, China's leaders have spoken boldly about achieving self-sufficiency in the cr...
Lifen raises $22.7 million for its healthcare messaging platform
TechCrunch - 13 Jun 2019 09:48
French startup Lifen is raising a $22.7 million (€20 million) funding round. Partech is leading the round with Idinvest Partners and Majycc eSanté Invest also participating. Existing investors Serena and Daphni are al...
The whisper of schizophrenia: Machine learning finds 'sound' words predict psychosis
EurekAlert! - 13 Jun 2019 06:00
(Emory Health Sciences) Automated analysis of the two language variables -- more frequent use of words associated with sound and speaking with low semantic density, or vagueness -- can predict whether an at-risk person w...
Netflix has renewed its beautiful show about the bond between dogs and their owners
BGR - 13 Jun 2019 04:03
We called it the most life-affirming Netflix show of 2018 when it debuted last year, and with good reason. Dogs, an insanely heartwarming six-part Netflix series, followed a handful of storylines involving dog owners aro...
Facebook Worried About Mark Zuckerberg's Old Emails in FTC Privacy Probe
Gizmodo - 13 Jun 2019 03:15
Employees within Facebook have dug up "emails that appear to connect Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg to potentially problematic privacy practices" in the course of responding to a Federal Trade Commission investigation, ...
SpaceX pulls off dazzling Falcon 9 launch and landing in thick fog - CNET
CNET - 13 Jun 2019 03:10
SpaceX launched three Tesla Roadster-sized satellites and returned their rocket booster safely through the mist.
Silicon Valley doesn't care about poor people: Top AI models kinda suck at ID'ing household stuff in hard-up nations
The Register - 13 Jun 2019 01:39
If it's not a 50in TV or a huge fridge of soylent, we don't want to know Off-the-shelf object-recognition systems struggle, relatively speaking, to identify common items in hard-up homes in countries across Africa, Asia,...
Two Hours in Nature Each Week Could Be All You Need to See Health Benefits
Discover - 13 Jun 2019 23:12
(Credit: photo-nic.co.uk nic/Unsplash) By now, you probably know that spending time in nature -- hiking through a forest, walking through a park, even hanging out on a beach -- is good for your health. There has been man...
Research Reveals Liquid Gold on the Nanoscale
Medical Design Technology - 13 Jun 2019 22:54
News The research published in Nature Communications set out to answer a simple question-- how do nanoparticles melt? Although this question has been a focus of researchers for the past century, it still is an open probl...