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Uber shutters its self-driving truck business
Uber is shifting resources away from the self-driving truck unit within its Advanced Technologies Group, the company announced today in an email to reporters. For the time being, it’s ceasing devel…
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Fortnite might skip the Google Play Store in favor of direct installs
Epic Games’s Fortnite is an unstoppable juggernaut, racking up over 100 million downloads and $160 million on the Apple App Store in its first five months. And it’s coming for Android next — though…
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Google hires Sony’s PlayStation VR guru and Magic Lab head Richard Marks (updated)
EXCLUSIVE: Google has hired Richard Marks, a former senior research engineer who helped create Sony’s PlayStation VR virtual reality headset and its PlayStation Move controllers, GamesBeat has lear…
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Curable aims to treat chronic pain through mindfulness and meditation
Chronic pain has reached epidemic proportions in the U.S. Nearly 25.3 million adults experience pain every day lasting for more than three months, according to a recent meta-analysis by the Nationa…
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Mozilla is rebranding Firefox and wants your opinion
Mozilla is rebranding Firefox. The company is asking for feedback on the new look, which will try to cover the various Firefox offerings. For most people, Firefox refers to a browser, but the compa…
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EA launches Origin Access Premier subscriptions for hot PC games
Electronic Arts said today that players can now sign up for Origin Access Premier, a new subscription tier for PC gaming that offers full access to EA’s latest releases on the PC. It’s part of EA’s…
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Purported 2018 iPad Pro image shows new back, Smart Connector location
Rumors of a major 2018 iPad Pro redesign have circulated for nearly a year, focusing largely on Apple’s expected addition of Face ID and removal of the Home button from its flagship tablets. Today,…
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Google debuts VR-ready Chrome for Daydream View and Lenovo Mirage Solo
If you’re excited by the prospect of browsing the web from the comfort of your VR headset, good news: Google is bringing its Chrome browser to Daydream View and Lenovo Mirage Solo headsets today. A…
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Dropbox adds 1TB of storage to its Professional and Business plans for free
Dropbox today increased the storage space for its paid tiers by 1 terabyte for no additional charge. Dropbox Professional users are getting a bump from 1TB to 2TB, while Dropbox Business users are …
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4 reasons why it’s the right time for a career in cybersecurity
SPONSORED: Presented by Harrisburg University of Science and Technology Any company that uses digital technology puts itself at risk of attack. To mitigate that risk, many companies look to cybe…
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OpenAI’s ‘state-of-the-art’ system gives robots humanlike dexterity
OpenAI, a nonprofit, San Francisco-based AI research company backed by Elon Musk, Reid Hoffman, and Peter Thiel, among other titans of industry, made headlines in June when it announced that the la…
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Fortnite passes 100 million downloads and $160 million in revenue on iOS
Fortnite has cleared 100 million downloads on Apple’s iOS platform in 138 days, or less than five months, according to Apptopia, a third-party provider of app store data. And the hot free-to-play b…
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Twitter is partnering with academics to curb hate speech, polarized discourse
Twitter is providing support to two groups of academics looking to study the prevalence of some of the social platform’s most problematic content — as well as how Twitter can make people more open …
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Researchers teach AI to predict personality traits from eye movements
“The soul, fortunately, has an interpreter — often an unconscious but still a faithful interpreter — in the eye,” Charlotte Bronte wrote. As it turns out, eyes are also pretty reliable indicators o…
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Nokia and T-Mobile sign $3.5 billion 5G deal, called ‘world’s largest’
(Reuters) — T-Mobile named Nokia to supply it with $3.5 billion in next-generation 5G network gear, the firms said on Monday, marking the world’s largest 5G deal so far and concrete evidence of a n…
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Huawei’s first 5G phone reportedly guzzles power, needs big heatsink
Few companies have designed their own 5G wireless chips, and even fewer are producing both chips and the handsets that will use them. That’s why a new DigiTimes report on China’s Huawei is raising …
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On the eve of a 6-month pilot, Drive.ai details its self-driving car plans
It’s been almost a year since Waymo, the autonomous vehicle division of Google parent Alphabet, became the first company to operate autonomous cars on public roads without drivers behind the wheel.…
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The winning photographs from the 2018 Drone Awards will make you drool
The 2018 Drone Awards showcases some of the best aerial photography around. From scenes depicting the perils of climate change to abstract art, seven photos were selected from the more than 4,400 sub…
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Oddball is the innovative, sensor-filled drum machine you can bounce
Oddball is essentially a throwable drum machine. A sensor-filled ball which can work out when it hits a surface, it can then use these impacts to trigger musical beats of your choosing. The post Odd…
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Move over, Shakespeare: This sonnet-writing A.I. is the poet we need
Researchers have created an A.I. that is capable of generating new Shakespearean sonnets. Trained on around 26,000 real sonnets, it could even threaten to put the Bard out of business! The post Move…
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This tale ends happily, with a new 3D-printed tail for a 7-foot-long alligator
Researchers from Midwestern University in Arizona recently helped improve the life of an injured alligator -- by using 3D printing technology to create a new tail prosthesis for him. The post This t…
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MIT’s bizarre mask can control your mood, make you feel horny or anxious
Using a respiration sensor placed under the nose and bone conduction headphones near the ears, the device allows a wearer to hear her own breathing through slightly altered auditory feedback. In a pa…
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The best drones of 2018
To help you navigate the increasingly large and ever-changing landscape of consumer UAVs, here's a no-nonsense rundown of the best drones you can buy right now The post The best drones of 2018 …
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The best 3D printers of 2018
On the hunt for a new 3D printer? We've got your back. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned veteran, this list of the best 3D printers has what you're looking for. The post The best 3…
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How to use WhatsApp's group calling feature for video and voice calls
WhatsApp's group calling feature lets you talk to four people at once. WhatsApp's group calling feature is now rolling out to everyone on Android and iOS. The messaging platform picked …
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WhatsApp's group voice and video calling feature is rolling out to everyone
WhatsApp's group calling feature supports up to four people simultaneously. WhatsApp announced earlier this year that it would roll out group calling for both video and voice calls, and the…
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OnePlus 3/3T confirmed to receive Android P update
The OnePlus 3 and 3T will go straight from Android 8.0 Oreo to Android P. OnePlus said that Oreo would be the last platform update for the two-year-old OnePlus 3/3T , but the company is now cha…
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Here are our first Xiaomi Mi A2 camera samples
The Mi A2 may just have the best camera we've seen on a $300 phone. Xiaomi unveiled its 2018 Android One devices earlier this month in Madrid. The Mi A2 comes with significant upgrades fro…
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