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Google 3D objects: How to view dinosaurs in AR right in your kitchen
Pocket-lint - 30 Jul 2020 06:26
Google offers augmented reality experiences, or 3D objects in AR, through Google Search. These can be anything from dinosaurs to shoes. They're super fun
NASA's next Mars rover, Perseverance, will launch Thursday. Here's how to watch.
SPACE.com - 30 Jul 2020 03:14
The car-sized Perseverance rover is set to launch toward Mars Thursday (July 30) during a two-hour window that opens at 7:50 a.m. EDT. Watch it live here.
AI-powered tool aims to help reduce bias and racially charged language on websites
TechRepublic - 30 Jul 2020 20:54
22% of more than 500,000 business websites contain some form of racial and gender bias, according to UserWay.
Streamers Are Misusing Twitch's 'Just Chatting' Section, But It's A Symptom Of A Larger Problem
Gizmodo - 30 Jul 2020 22:50
Of all of Twitch's non-gaming categories, "Just Chatting" seems to have the most clearly defined purpose. It's for chatting. That's it. And yet, after the platform dissolved its ill-defined "IRL" section into 13 differen...
Forty percent of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by targeting 12 risk factors throughout life
Science Daily - 30 Jul 2020 18:36
Forty percent of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by targeting 12 risk factors throughout life, experts say.
Headline news: Botox injections may lessen depression
EurekAlert! - 30 Jul 2020 06:00
(University of California - San Diego) By analyzing the FDA database of adverse drug effects, UC San Diego researchers discovered that people who received Botox injections -- not just in the forehead -- reported depressi...
Spotify Is Testing a New Podcasting Tool to Share Quotes in Other Apps
Gizmodo - 30 Jul 2020 00:21
Spotify is demoing a new tool that will allow some users to share quotes from episodes of podcasts from its platform to messaging and social apps.
Researchers discover stem cells in optic nerve that preserve vision
Science Daily - 30 Jul 2020 23:29
Researchers have for the first time identified stem cells in the region of the optic nerve, which transmits signals from the eye to the brain. The finding presents a new theory on why the most common form of glaucoma may...
Japan Freestyle Skateboard Session with 15 Year Old World Champion Isamu Yamamoto
Twisted Sifter - 30 Jul 2020 17:27
Isamu Yamamoto has won the World Round-Up Freestyle Skateboarding Championships in 2014, 2017, 2018 and 2019
Jeff Bezos Tells Congress He 'Can't Guarantee' Amazon Isn't Violating Its Own Policies to Undercut Sellers
Gizmodo - 30 Jul 2020 04:00
At Wednesday's major tech antitrust hearing in the House Judiciary Committee--featuring the CEOs of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google--Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said he couldn't promise that the company hasn't violated its...
Single-shot COVID-19 vaccine protects non-human primates
Science Daily - 30 Jul 2020 17:01
A leading COVID-19 vaccine candidate raised neutralizing antibodies and robustly protected non-human primates (NHPs) against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
Alzheimer's risk factors may be measurable in adolescents and young adults
Science Daily - 30 Jul 2020 15:26
Risk factors for Alzheimer's dementia may be apparent as early as our teens and 20s.
Spectrum's internet service is seeing widespread outage across the U.S.
Android Central - 30 Jul 2020 05:12
Spectrum suffers another outage across the U.S. What you need to know Spectrum customers across the U.S. are having problems with internet connectivity. Southern California is badly hit by the outage, and areas in New Yo...
OnePlus phones could get Always-on Display in Oxygen 11
Slash Gear - 30 Jul 2020 02:30
Perhaps more than any other smartphone maker in the market, OnePlus has really taken to heart its philosophy of involving its customers in the development of its products, both hardware and software. It isn’t just thro...
Google Calendar is experiencing some sync issues right now
Android Central - 30 Jul 2020 02:10
Some users are reporting sync issues with third-party apps. What you need to know Users are seeing sporadic issues syncing Google Calendar services. Unclear if issue is specific to third-party clients or also Google's ow...
Apple net sales grow for all product categories: iPhone, Mac, iPad, Services
Slash Gear - 30 Jul 2020 23:30
Today Apple announced that they’d had some significant success over the past three months with sales of… basically everything. They had net sales growth (compared to the same period last year) for every one of their ...
New understanding of CRISPR-Cas9 tool could improve gene editing
Science Daily - 30 Jul 2020 20:13
Of the CRISPR-Cas9 tools created to date, base editors have gotten lots of attention because of their seemingly simple editing: they neatly replace one nucleic acid with another, in many cases all that should be needed t...
The EU Is Chucking Yet Another Hurdle at That Google-Fitbit Deal
Gizmodo - 30 Jul 2020 16:24
At the end of last year, Google decided to plop down $2.1 billion and buy Fitbit. Almost immediately after, there were questions whether the deal counted as a data monopoly, and now Reuters is reporting that the European...
Tesla's Model 3 under investigation in South Korean safety probe
Engadget - 30 Jul 2020 16:18
South Korea has launched a safety probe into Tesla, focusing on braking and steering systems including Autopilot, according to Reuters. The transport ministry is specifically looking at the the Model 3 in an investigatio...
Google will help you find Black-owned businesses - CNET
CNET - 30 Jul 2020 16:00
The tech giant will also add digital skills training and startup support for Black business owners.
Surface Neo is officially not coming this holiday
Slash Gear - 30 Jul 2020 14:59
If the rumors are correct, the Android-powered Surface Duo might finally be arriving on August 24. Initially slated for “late 2020” and then to July, Microsoft may finally be launching one of two incarnations of the ...
Quantum chip fabrication paves way for scalable processors
EurekAlert! - 30 Jul 2020 06:00
(U.S. Army Research Laboratory) An Army-funded project marks a turning point in the field of scalable quantum processors, producing the largest quantum chip of its type using diamond-based qubits and quantum photonics.