Some of these things that look very much like ads have started showing up in the file explorer. The post Microsoft now puts ads in Windows 10 File Explorer, because of course appeared first on ExtremeTech. | Continue reading
Today at the inaugural Udacity Intersect conference, the online education startup announced new robotics and digital marketing variants of its popular Nanodegrees — an effort to expand its corpus of 21st century skills-based courses. In addition to the new degrees, Udacity is a … | Continue reading
Action scenes can be difficult for filmmakers. They’re technically challenging to film, and directors have to balance action against story. Too much violence can distract from what the characters are trying to accomplish, or just desensitize viewers to the stakes of the film comp … | Continue reading
The new 3.0 version of the popular AutoVoice app adds adds support for Google Home and the Amazon Echo connected speakers. | Continue reading
The CIA would really like to know how its documents ended up on Wikileaks. As reported, Wikileaks published a massive trove of information on Tuesday, and the CIA, along with the FBI, is now investigating whether a contractor or an employee leaked the documents, according to CNN. … | Continue reading
Living in Colorado, I know a lot about driving in the snow. I have Nokian Hakkapeliitta studded winter tires for both my cars, and they allow my front-wheel drive vehicles to competently handle winter weather. Install high-quality winter tires on a car and it’s astonishing how we … | Continue reading
The people in charge of the most important tech products in the world don't have much in common with many of their customers. Many are rich, American, white — and, of particular import today, male.Take a moment to mark International Women's Day by reflecting on the dismal represe … | Continue reading
One of the best 1980s-era side-scrollers you probably never played is getting a beautiful remake that’s coming out soon. DotEmu announced today that Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap will come out for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch on April 18. The publisher said it wou … | Continue reading
Warfriends [Free] continues to be a very entertaining game with a pretty big player base, so I'm not surprised to see the developers quickly updating the game to offer more content and keep players busy. The 1.2 update, which just released, adds a new map built around an abandone … | Continue reading
At its Google Cloud Next conference in San Francisco today, Google announced that it has acquired Kaggle, a startup whose website has hosted competitions in which data scientists solve challenges that other companies provide. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. Kaggle competitio … | Continue reading
The fundamental components of computers are becoming small enough that they are pressing against the boundaries of the familiar world of Newtonian physics. And nowhere is the scale and precision of operation on better display than in hard disk drives, where a trillion bits may f … | Continue reading
Fei-Fei Li, chief scientist of artificial intelligence and machine learning at Google Cloud, came on stage at Google’s Next Cloud conference today to talk about the current and next-generation applications of AI that Google’s working on. These technologies will make a difference … | Continue reading
Pinterest has made another acquisition that could point to another way that it plans to increase interaction on its visual-search-and-discovery platform: it has acquired Jelly, the startup co-founded by Twitter co-founder Biz Stone and Ben Finkel in 2014 as a “human-powered sear … | Continue reading
Bungie detailed its plans for the next (and last) major Destiny event, called Age of Triumph. As the final event in the original Destiny before Destiny 2 — expected later this year — Age of Triumph focuses on celebrating players’ achievements and features the return of the origin … | Continue reading
A research study shows that people who play Pokémon Go are twice as likely to reach the 10,000-steps-per-day recommendation for physical exercise. Playing the popular smartphone game from Niantic Labs may increase people’s daily steps, especially among young adults with low physi … | Continue reading
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Google today said it is acquiring Kaggle, an online service that hosts data science and machine learning competitions, confirming what sources told us when we reported the acquisition yesterday. The company made the announcement at its Google Cloud Next conference this morning i … | Continue reading
Pinterest announced that it has acquired Jelly, the question and answer service produced by Twitter cofounder Biz Stone. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Stone will become a “special advisor” to Pinterest chief product officer Evan Sharp while Jelly’s chief tec … | Continue reading
At its Google Cloud Next conference in San Francisco today, Google announced the launch of a Cloud Video Intelligence application programming interface (API) for figuring out what videos are about and detecting objects within them. After the service has processed videos, the serv … | Continue reading
Airbus erreicht auf der nicht mehr nach offenen Skale von Gaga bis Fliegende-Autos-Gaga den Buzzword-Scheitel: Ihr Pop.Up-Konzept ist sowohl Multicopter als auch autonomes Fahrzeug. Zusammen: Ein autonomes fliegendes Auto.Je nachdem, wohin man von... | Continue reading
Facebook is today launching its first dedicated app for watching 360-degree videos, Facebook 360. It’s currently only available on the Samsung Gear VR, but it’s likely just the first of such apps to come. To be clear, the app doesn’t let you browse your News Feed or do other regu … | Continue reading
At the 2017 Open Compute Project (OCP) summit today in Santa Clara, California, Facebook is unveiling four new types of hardware for use in its data centers. The designs will be available for other companies to use through the Open Compute Project. Among the machines is Big Basin … | Continue reading
Nest is currently working on a cheaper thermostat, an improved version of their security camera, a home alarm system and a digital doorbell. | Continue reading
We loved Love You To Bits [$3.99], well, to bits when it released just over a year ago. This charming spiritual successor to Tiny Thief hit all the right buttons in terms of point and click puzzle solving, beautiful environments to explore, and adorable characters to invest in em … | Continue reading
Facebook today announced a new server design it calls Big Basin, a successor to its Big Sur line of artificial intelligence training systems. These Nvidia-powered GPU servers, tied together into large training networks for AI software, are what enable Facebook products to perform … | Continue reading
An accelerator and fund that backs innovative food and beverage companies, AccelFoods, has added $15 million to its second fund, according to founding partners Jordan Gaspar and Lauren Jupiter. AccelFoods has backed brands making products that range from edgy to adorable. Exampl … | Continue reading
At its Google Cloud Next conference in San Francisco today, Google announced Engineering Support, a new subscription model for providing organizations with commercial support for its Google Cloud Platform public cloud offering. Engineering Support will cost $100 per user per mont … | Continue reading
At its Cloud Next conference in San Francisco, Google today announced the launch of a new machine learning API for automatically recognizing objects in videos and making them searchable. The new Video Intelligence API will allow developers to build applications that can automati … | Continue reading
It’s taken three-and-a-half years, but Microsoft is finally getting the Xbox One’s interface right. The company is testing a major update for the Xbox One right now that will introduce a number of important new features that Microsoft engineers designed to improve the responsiven … | Continue reading
Singles in der Großstadt kennen mit Sicherheit die App Tinder. Die Dating-App, die es wie keine andere zuvor einfach machte, Menschen zum casual Sex zusammen zu bringen. Aber was machen eigentlich die Reichen und Schönen, wenn sie einen Partner... | Continue reading
XPlotter is a three-in-one plotter that can draw, engrave and even do laser cutting making it perfect for any DIY projects. Read more...More about Engravings, Cats, Kickstarter, Inventions, and Diy | Continue reading
In last week's episode of our ongoing cooking show Chiodini's Kitchen, I cooked some spicy simmered fruit from Breath of the Wild. Ordinarily that would mean it was time to find a new game and a new recipe to feature for next week but somehow, when it came to Breath of the Wild, … | Continue reading
With Europe remaining a vital market for the future of Airbnb, the company is emphasizing its willingness to take a flexible and conciliatory approach with governments concerned about its impact. During a visit to Paris today for a tour of the Station F startup campus, Airbnb CTO … | Continue reading
Didi Chuxing, the ride-hail app that bought Uber’s Chinese business last summer after a lengthy and expensive battle, is now opening an R&D center in Uber’s backyard. Didi Labs will be based in Mountain View, California and will be focused on hiring (and probably poaching) top en … | Continue reading
Rackspace today announced it’s expanding its managed service portfolio to include support for the Google Cloud Platform. Until now, the company only supported clients who wanted to use Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure or OpenStack cloud. Now, Google and Rackspace are collabo … | Continue reading
The first Destiny isn’t done yet. Bungie revealed details on the next Destiny live event, Age of Triumph, for its PlayStation 4 and Xbox One online shooter. It will launch on March 28. The free update will be the last major content addition to the game before Destiny 2 comes out … | Continue reading
The Vaux is an accessory for the Echo Dot that transforms the device into a portable, battery-powered speaker. | Continue reading
A while back, I reminded people that they should tip their Uber drivers. But a common response was essentially, “I’d like to tip, but half the point of Uber is not having to carry cash. And there’s no option in the app. So how do I do it?” Well, perhaps with Pax, a little seatba … | Continue reading
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Vimeo is now rolling out support for 360-degree video. Given YouTube and Facebook, and even Twitter have done so for a while now, it’s about time Vimeo caught up. Videos can be watched on the web, as well as the Vimeo app on your smartphone, Samsung GearVR, Zeiss VR One, and Goog … | Continue reading
Writing is not an innate skill, the paper writing needs to be practiced to become effective. Tips for writing help to write essay efficiently. | Continue reading
Google announced on stage today at Google Cloud Next, a partnership with SAP to deliver SAP HANA, the company’s in-memory database on Google Cloud Platform. It’s a big deal for a number of reasons. First of all, it gives Google a major enterprise customer for its cloud platform, … | Continue reading
If you follow Shaun's RPG Reload series, and his other posts around here, you likely totally know what I mean by "a Shaun Musgrave game." If not, the elevator pitch of the just-released The Deep Paths [$3.99] perfectly both describes the game, as well as what a Shaun Musgrave gam … | Continue reading
A unique proposal aimed at scaling bitcoin’s transaction capacity via sidechains has been revealed in a new white paper.Source | Continue reading
To celebrate International Women's Day, Snapchat released a series of filters featuring three prominent women from history: Rosa Parks, Frida Kahlo and Marie Curie. The problem? Marie Curie's filter is a complete mess. Now, users across Twitter are sharing their outrage.SEE ALSO: … | Continue reading
Back in November of 2015, we reported on a little start-up called Bitholla, which sprouted from the burgeoning Seoul Bitcoin community. Inspired by many late-night events, they decided to create a mobile app called Bitholla to help Bitcoin users find, communicate and send money t … | Continue reading
Facebook has been placing more emphasis on videos and virtual reality, including 360-degree media. Since adding support in 2015, more than 1 million 360 videos and 25 million 360 photos have been published on the social network, but it can be difficult to find them amid all the o … | Continue reading
IBM Research scientists have stored a single bit of data on the world’s smallest magnet, which consists of a single atom. The scientists used an IBM-invented, Nobel prize-winning scanning tunneling microscope to demonstrate technology that could someday store all the songs on the … | Continue reading