Augmented reality startup Occipital first burst on the scene in 2013 with a successful Kickstarter campaign for the Structure Sensor — a strip of cameras and sensors you strap to your iPad that can... | Continue reading
Reliable Wi-Fi is what a lot of us have come to expect in today’s world of hyper-connectivity. I don’t know about you, but my roommates and I just went with whatever router Comcast gave us. That was a rookie move because it only reliably works in one room (the room with the route … | Continue reading
From 360 video to 3D emoji, there's a big movement from Microsoft and others to make 3D imagery accessible to everyone. However, the act of scanning a real-word environment — a room and everything in it, for example — remains an expensive chore, involving hours of manual measurem … | Continue reading
Apple initially planned to release its flashy new AirPods in “late October,” but ultimately opted to delay shipping for “a little more time” to make sure the wireless earbuds are ready for consumers. While the AirPods have remained listed as ‘currently unavailable’ on the company … | Continue reading
Armed with only Google Maps and McDonald's wi-fi, this man wiretapped the federal government and now he wants to teach others to do the same. | Continue reading
Nintendo's NES Classic officially goes on sale tomorrow, November 11th, in the United States. And after this week’s election, the timing of this glorious distraction machine really couldn’t be any better. The mini-console includes 30 retro games and will be available from retaile … | Continue reading
ITV is staging an experience in London King's Cross to celebrate the new series of 'I'm a Celebrity...Get me Out of Here', which airs on 13 November at 9pm. | Continue reading
Double the brave, double the fun. The Japanese mobile role-playing game Brave Frontier is celebrating its third anniversary with a special crossover event with Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius, another mobile JRPG. Brave Exvius was itself a Square Enix project that came about with the … | Continue reading
Work on bitcoin sidechains – long thought to be one of the best ways to improve the functionality of the network – is advancing. Here's how.Source | Continue reading
Google has filed its formal response to the European Commission's Android antitrust probe, arguing that the OS actually offers more consumer choices. | Continue reading
Maybe this is just how billionaires do business. One threatens “such problems” and the other offers to shoot him into space. But now that one of the greatest upsets in presidential history has run its course, Jeff Bezos is apparently looking to play nice.Congratulations to @realD … | Continue reading
According to reports from Korea, Samsung is gearing up to release its own fingerprint scanner components in early 2017, which could end its dependence on Synaptics. | Continue reading
“A gang of secessionist rebels go to war with their paternal superpower” is the narrative backbone within two of this fall’s biggest video games: Titanfall 2 and Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. It’s also a rather on-the-nose metaphor for a long and troubled relationship between b … | Continue reading
53,056 people from 166 countries joined us in Lisbon for Web Summit. We are pleased to say that our Women in Tech initiative has meant that the female/male gender ratio at Web Summit 2016 is 42% to 58%. The post Why did Terrell Owens smash an iPhone? The Web Summit figures you pr … | Continue reading
The first thing you’ll notice about the Yale Real Living Assure Lock is that it has no keyhole. There is no backup key, no physical keypad, and it looks like something that you’d mount on the outside of the Enterprise so Chekov can get back in after attaching a “Shatner/Nimoy ’74 … | Continue reading
Microsoft unveiled its Surface Studio PC last month, alongside a crazy-looking Surface Dial puck. The new accessory is, perhaps, the most surprising and unique part of the Surface Studio. It's a big puck that is designed to be placed on the Studio's screen to produce radial menus … | Continue reading
Though the Surface Studio was the most exciting product from Microsoft’s Windows 10 event, there was more to like. If you’ve been waiting to buy the new, more powerful Surface Book or try out Microsoft’s fancy new Surface Dial after Microsoft’s event last month, they’ve both gone … | Continue reading
Facebook has responded to widespread criticism of how its Newsfeed algorithm disseminates and amplifies misinformation in the wake of the Trump victory in the US presidential election yesterday. Read More | Continue reading
Like many times before, I’m analyzing the international digital humanities conference, this time the 2017 conference in Montréal. The data I collect is available to any conference peer review… | Continue reading
User 92062b07f7 won a whopping 16.57 BTC at games.bitcoin.com on October 12th. This is the biggest win yet at this pure bitcoin casino and it highlights all the amazing advantages that playing Bitcoin can give you! If you read stories about wins at other casinos, you will general … | Continue reading
Among science fiction films, Luc Besson’s 1997 epic The Fifth Element enjoys special status as a classic that’s unique among others in the category, with an indulgent, artistic flair and beautiful set pieces that differ dramatically from the more drab and worn environs of movies … | Continue reading
Yesterday, Nasty Gal, the retailer founded 10 years ago when Sophia Amorusa began by selling vintage fashion items on eBay, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the Central District of California. The move is designed to enable the L.A.-based company to “address our imme … | Continue reading
Remember when Instagram Stories launched, and everyone thought it was pretty much just like Snapchat? Well, that’s about to change. It might have started off as a straight up clone of that other ephemeral social network, but today it’s getting an update that turns it into someth … | Continue reading
Best Buy just announced their huge slate of Black Friday discounts this year, with deals in almost any particular category of tech product you care to name. Of particular note are the discounts on 4K HDR TVs and flat $125 discount on Apple’s 9.7-inch iPad Pro and iPad Air 2 table … | Continue reading
Vorgestern haben wir uns mit dem bzw. über den jungen Niederländer Mats Valk gefreut, genauer gesagt über dessen Denk- und Fingerfertigkeit beim Zauberwürfellösen, was Mats mit Hilfe eines besonders leichtgängigen Rubik's... | Continue reading
The current generation of chatbots is, at best, disappointing. Kitt.ai, which is launching its private beta today, hopes to change that. The team of three AI PhDs that founded the company believes that its ChatFlow framework will make it easier for developers to build useful chat … | Continue reading
Cape Analytics has raised $14 million to use computer vision and machine learning to improve automated property underwriting for insurance companies. Formation 8 led the round, with participation from XL Innovate, Data Collective, Lux Capital, Khosla Ventures, Promus Ventures, an … | Continue reading
According to Evan Blass, there will be two Galaxy S8 variants, and now a report coming out of Korea says they will both feature an enormous curved display. | Continue reading
Influencer marketing has become a mainstream PR and marketing tactic. Brands understand that they can dramatically increase their reach and create more authentic messages by partnering with social personalities who have large and loyal followings. “Influencer marketing is incredi … | Continue reading
Amazon CEO and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos congratulated Donald Trump this morning for winning the presidency. “I for one give him my most open mind and wish him great success in his service to the country,” Bezos wrote on Twitter.The statement says basically nothing, neithe … | Continue reading
A teaser trailer for Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets has arrived, and it looks as though it’ll be 2017’s most amazing-looking thrill ride through space.Based on a series of French graphic novels Valérian and Laureline, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is th … | Continue reading
A robot called the Sub1 Reloaded can unscramble a Rubik’s Cube in 637 milliseconds – considerably less than the fastest human time of 4.9 seconds. The robot, built by self-driving chipmaker Infineon, uses six motors to turn and twist the cube after another computer scans it, solv … | Continue reading
Despite the fire-bursting Galaxy Note 7 calamity, Samsung seems focused on the future as the South Korean giant is reportedly working on a new bendable phone technology. Dutch news outlet Galaxy Club has obtained a recent patent application that suggests Samsung might be developi … | Continue reading
Sorry guys, but small iPhones just aren't as hot as big iPhones.Apple is reportedly declining to update the iPhone SE next year, according to KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.Apple broke with its tradition this year when it launched the 4-inch iPhone SE in the spring. The iPho … | Continue reading
Against all odds, the time has nearly come. After endless delays and fears it might have fallen into the void, The Last Guardian has gone gold and is all prepared for release early in December. It's pretty good, too - at least that's the impression we got after spending just over … | Continue reading
Rainbow Six Siege's fourth major update Operation Red Crow comes out 17th November.Ahead of that, Ubisoft's superb multiplayer shooter goes free to play for a weekend.The free trial runs from today, 10th November to Sunday, 13th November on PlayStation 4 as well as Windows PC via … | Continue reading
The day after the election, Walt and Nilay sat down to discuss what the tech industry might have in store for the next four years under the new president. We love your feedback on the topics of the show and suggestions on how to make our show better and more fun — you can tweet a … | Continue reading
A little less than six weeks after their official announcement, Snap’s Spectacles are now available to purchase in the United States. However, you won’t be able to stroll into your local Best Buy store to pick up a pair of the video-camera glasses. The product is, instead, only b … | Continue reading
Reports/StudiesIf you were not able to attend INNOVEIT 2016, then you don't need to miss out! In the following pages we look more closely at some of the highlights from INNOVEIT 2016 and EIT Alumni CONNECT, and recap the actions planned, decisions made and conclusions drawn by th … | Continue reading
DayDream VR is live today so we've rounded up all of the Daydream View launch titles for you to install and start enjoying straight away. | Continue reading
Android is the crown jewel in Google’s vast empire of software and web services, and its unprecedented success has inevitably attracted the scrutiny of European Union regulators. Today, Google steps up its public efforts to diminish European concerns over its mobile market domina … | Continue reading
Excitement is high for this month’s launch of the ‘roided-up PlayStation 4 Pro, debuting as the world’s first 4K Ultra HD gaming console. The only thing better than playing the fastest, most powerful, most visually dazzling gaming system yet? Landing one absolutely free. We’re n … | Continue reading
Im Sommer hatten wir hier schon mal die Geschichte vom französischen Tätowierer JC Sheitan Tenet und seiner Tätowiermaschinen-Handprothese, die damals aber noch nicht so richtig praktikabel war, nicht zuletzt weil Biomechanik-Designer... | Continue reading
Instagram is adding three new features to Stories in what they are calling the biggest update to Stories since its launch. Starting today the company will let creators add URL links to their stories that viewers can navigate to without leaving Instagram, add the ability for users … | Continue reading
Moscow-based Thngs is building something akin to a Wikipedia for physical objects. Although, given that the startup is already working on ways to monetize its offering, purists will likely take issue with that comparison.Working with museums initially, Thngs wants to create a dig … | Continue reading
As you develop a successful content marketing strategy and think about scaling, make sure you are not scaling content too much... | Continue reading
You're not going to accomplish your marketing goals if you don't work as a team. | Continue reading
Sevenhugs’ new Smart Remote is going to solve your remote problems. Or at least that’s what the company says it will do. It’s designed to make it easy to control all of the devices in your home from one place. And it’s not like any other universal remote you might have seen befor … | Continue reading