There’s a VR game to go with Netflix’s new ‘Voltron’ series [embedded content] Players embody a Paladin of Voltron and fight alongside the series’ five man band in the struggle against series villain Zarkon. While it’s not too clear what you’ll do in Voltron VR […]
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Crunch Report | Google Unveils ARCore
Crunch Report | Google Unveils ARCore In the newest sign of a shake-out in coding boot camps, Galvanize is laying off 11 percent of staffers 1 hour ago by Connie Loizos Crunch Report | Google Unveils ARCore 1 hour ago by Khaled “Tito” Hamze Uber finally confirms that […]
Harvey Shows Progress on Emergency Communications Since Katrina
Harvey Shows Progress on Emergency Communications Since Katrina The damage done by Hurricane Harvey is, as the National Weather Service, tweeted ominously over the weekend, “unknown & beyond anything experienced.” Rain continues to fall over the water-soaked region of Southeast Texas where the category 4 hurricane […]
In the newest sign of a shake-out in coding boot camps, Galvanize is laying off 11 percent of staffers After years of explosive growth, coding boot camps are starting to scale back, if not shut down altogether.
Uber has its new CEO: Dara Khosrowshahi
Uber has its new CEO: Dara Khosrowshahi Uber’s board of directors (which still includes outgoing CEO Travis Kalanick) has made its pick for a new leader official, selecting Dara Khosrowshahi. The former CEO of Expedia, he was reportedly selected over former HP CEO Meg Whitman and […]
Fight zombies on your street with ‘Walking Dead’ AR mobile game
Fight zombies on your street with ‘Walking Dead’ AR mobile game Like a far more horrifying and adrenaline-pumping version of Pokemon Go, AMC and Next Games’ The Walking Dead: Our World uses the latest in mobile phone augmented reality tech to put gamers squarely in the […]
Bungie’s ‘Destiny’ Characters Were Born to Be Cosplayed
Bungie’s ‘Destiny’ Characters Were Born to Be Cosplayed There are a million and one reasons cosplaying is a fine art. It requires not only time, patience, and resources, but also a very specific skill set that can include everything from expert wig selection to carpentry. The […]
3D printed space habitats earn $400K in prizes at NASA competition
3D printed space habitats earn $400K in prizes at NASA competition One of the many considerations we will have should we decide at last to colonize another planet is where we’ll live. Should we bring inflatable habitats? Should we ship girders and metal sheets? Or should […]
Robot caregivers are saving the elderly from lives of loneliness
Robot caregivers are saving the elderly from lives of loneliness These support robots are already springing up around Japan, where in 2016 the annual birth rate dropped below a million for the first time since 1899 and a quarter of the population is already greying. Japan’s […]
Uber HR tells employees that Khosrowshahi has been offered CEO role
Uber HR tells employees that Khosrowshahi has been offered CEO role The news broke Sunday that Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO of Expedia, has been offered the top job at Uber. But it was unclear whether Khosrowshahi had accepted. Expedia Chairman Barry Diller said yesterday that he expected […]