World View’s most recent Stratollite mission broke some records for the high altitude aeronautics company: the balloon-based stratospheric vehicle managed to stay aloft for around 27 hours during a mission carried out last weekend, which marks the first time it’s managed to successfully stay aloft […]
Day: September 5, 2017
Slashdot: Workers: Fear Not the Robot Apocalypse
Workers: Fear Not the Robot Apocalypse Published on September 05, 2017 at 10:10PM An anonymous reader shares a report: For retailers, the robot apocalypse isn’t a science-fiction movie. As digital giants swallow a growing share of shoppers’ spending, thousands of stores have closed and tens […]
Slashdot: Facebook Offers Hundreds of Millions of Dollars for Music Rights
Facebook Offers Hundreds of Millions of Dollars for Music Rights Published on September 05, 2017 at 09:30PM Facebook is offering major record labels and music publishers hundreds of millions of dollars so the users of its social network can legally include songs in videos they […]
Slashdot: Binge Watching TV Makes It Less Enjoyable, Study Says
Binge Watching TV Makes It Less Enjoyable, Study Says Published on September 05, 2017 at 08:45PM According to new research by Jared Hovarth and his colleagues at the University of Melbourne, binging appears to diminish the quality of the television show for the viewer. From […]
Slashdot: Workers: Fear Not the Robot Apocalypse
Workers: Fear Not the Robot Apocalypse Published on September 05, 2017 at 10:10PM An anonymous reader shares a report: For retailers, the robot apocalypse isn’t a science-fiction movie. As digital giants swallow a growing share of shoppers’ spending, thousands of stores have closed and tens […]
Slashdot: Binge Watching TV Makes It Less Enjoyable, Study Says
Binge Watching TV Makes It Less Enjoyable, Study Says Published on September 05, 2017 at 08:45PM According to new research by Jared Hovarth and his colleagues at the University of Melbourne, binging appears to diminish the quality of the television show for the viewer. From […]
Google’s Inside Music makes anyone a remix artist
Currently, Inside Music, has six songs you can explore from artists Phoenix, Perfume Genius, Natalia Lafourcade, Ibeyi, Alarm Will Sound and Clipping. The service was created with WebVR, so it doesn’t require any extra software or apps, and it can be used on a phone, […]
The Feds Promised to Protect Dreamer Data. Now What?
Erika Andiola felt uneasy as she handed over a stack of personally identifying information to the federal government back in 2012, allowing them to photograph her and take her fingerprint. As an undocumented immigrant who came to the US from Mexico when she was a […]
Best gaming PC: 10 of the top rigs you can buy in 2017
As graphics cards get smaller and high-end processors get cheaper, it’s tempting to make the switch to the best gaming PC of 2017, not only as a more powerful stand-in for your consoles, but as a value proposition as well. Because the technology powering the […]
Facebook Watch original video tab launches to all U.S. users
Today Facebook officially opened its new Watch tab of original video content to everyone in the U.S. after a limited rollout a month ago and expansion to some more users last week. Available on Facebook’s native mobile apps, desktop site, and TV apps, Watch lets […]