The Morning After: Intel's billion-dollar purchase and microwaves explained

It's Tuesday, March 14, 2017. Hey, good morning!  Welcome to Tuesday. Intel has just spent over $15 billion shoring up its self-driving car tech, you’ll be playing PS4 games, officially and legally, on your PC and we explain how a microwave works. Because it certainly isn’t a camera.   Smart cars. Intel buys self-driving tech firm MobilEye for $15.3 billion   MobilEye is one of the big players in autonomous cars and was an early partner with Tesla on its AutoPilot technology. Now Intel has snapped up the firm for $15.3 billion after the two teamed up on tech for BMW’s iNext platform,  expected to debut in 2021. MobilEye’s expertise is in the computer vision and machine learning that helps self-driving cars figure out where to go, and Intel wants to make that a piece of its “automated driving solution.” PS4 on your PC. PlayStation Now will add streaming PS4 games soon Sony has been streaming games from the cloud with PlayStation Now since 2014, but so far, that has not included games for its latest console. Now, the company says PlayStation 4 games will join the subscription service, with a “private test” starting in the next few weeks. There’s no word on which games will be available, but remember that Sony is pulling the plug on PS Now for all devices other than the PS4 and PC. You can decline -- and they can keep your phone   US Senate bill would require a warrant for border phone searches   Border Patrol agents searched 5,000 cell phones in February, up from 5,000 in all of 2015. Usually, authorities need a warrant to search your electronic devices. That rule does not apply for international border crossings, however, where searches of devices and demands for passwords to cloud and social media accounts have spiked. Senator Ron Wyden is introducing a new bill that would require a warrant for search and forbid border officials from asking for your passwords.  The explainer you don’t really need.   No, Kellyanne, microwaves cannot turn into cameras     Everyone's paranoid about cybersecurity and surveillance these days, and rightly so. Thanks to the increase in connected devices in our homes, there are more and more gadgets that can be hacked to spy on you. However, the basic laws of physics still apply. Yesterday, President Trump's senior counselor Kellyanne Conway told a reporter that microwave ovens can turn into cameras for surveillance. Nope. Inside 'Infinity Room,' a dazzling SXSW art installation   Refik Anadol crafts alternate realities but not for VR headsets   Infinity Room is an enclosed cube measuring 12 feet in all three dimensions. Four laser projectors beam various animations that envelop the square room's walls, while the floor and ceiling are covered in mirrors. The result is an intense space, one that at once offers sensory deprivation and overload. So we put Aaron Souppouris inside it.   It takes an unusual approach to multiplayer VR.   PlayStation VR horror title ‘The Persistence’ lets friends mess with your game Firesprite’s upcoming PlayStation VR sci-fi horror title The Persistence will include a mobile companion app that lets nearby friends see the game map. Your pals can make your life easier by steering you toward items, or create havoc by running you toward threats -- which probably the fun part. It’ll make it one of the few horror games where the people on your couch may be as much of a threat as those virtual enemies. Friends indeed. But wait, there's more... 1. Oceans are warming faster, so expect more floods 2. What's on TV this week: 'Fences' and 'Passengers' on Blu-ray, plus 'Iron Fist' on Netflix 3. Luxury phone company Vertu gets sold for a third time 4. Volvo's first EV will cost less than $40,000 The Morning After is a new daily newsletter from Engadget designed to help you fight off FOMO. Who knows what you'll miss if you don't subscribe. Craving even more? Like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter. Have a suggestion on how we can improve The Morning After? Send us a note. Copyright © 2016 Aol Inc. All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: AOL 770 Broadway #4 New York, NY 10003 You are receiving this email because you opted in at engadget.com. Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe from this newsletter.

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Donald Trump Should Channel Steve Jobs on Security
Tech Companies Weigh Responses to WikiLeaks Exposure
Nvidia's GeForce 1080 Ti Raises Graphical Chip Bar Yet Again
Autonomous Delivery Robots to Hit Virginia's Streets

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Donald Trump Should Channel Steve Jobs on Security
We saw yet another government breach last week, and more secrets went
out to WikiLeaks. I'm of a mixed mind on this one, because the CIA tools
disclosed likely were emulated by others, and WikiLeaks is helping
consumer technology companies ensure they no longer work. I don't know
about you, but I really don't want any organization spying on me -- not
even my own government.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84361.html

Tech Companies Weigh Responses to WikiLeaks Exposure
Following WikiLeaks' publication earlier this week of classified
documents stolen from the CIA, major technology companies, including
Apple, Samsung, Microsoft and Cisco, have been scrambling to assess the
risks posed to their customers by the revelations. The so-called "Vault
7" leak includes information about methods and tools the CIA crafted to
hack into products produced by those companies.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84367.html

Nvidia's GeForce 1080 Ti Raises Graphical Chip Bar Yet Again
The first reviews of the newly released Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti came
out on Thursday, and by all accounts this card has performed beyond
expectations. Nvidia's new GPU can perform 35 percent faster than its
GTX 1080, the company has claimed. Based on Nvidia's Pascal
architecture, this flagship gaming GPU includes next-gen 11-Gbps GDDR5X
memory, and an 11-GB frame buffer.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84365.html

Autonomous Delivery Robots to Hit Virginia's Streets
Autonomous delivery robots will be able to travel on sidewalks,
crosswalks and shared-use paths throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia
this summer. Gov. Terry McAullife recently signed a law permitting the
use of Starship Technologies' Personal Delivery Devices. The six-wheeled
robots, which resemble coolers, are designed to deliver parcels,
groceries and food within a two-mile radius.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84362.html

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The Morning After: The weirdness of SXSW 2017

It's Monday, March 13, 2017. Good morning! Welcome back. While our team out in Texas continues to struggle against wave upon wave of BBQ and beers at SXSW, they’re also finding time to bring us all the cool stuff worth talking about. SXSW is a weird one, and we’ve already seen specialized VR chairs, sound-based motion capture and a Levi- and Google-made smart jacket. Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, Fukushima might be safe enough for people to return.   Shh. I'm playing 'Fruit Ninja'. This company can track motion with sound instead of light   When it comes to tracking physical objects in virtual spaces, pretty much every company relies on light: Oculus and HTC have light mapping sensors, while Sony's PlayStation VR relies on infrared for its motion tracking camera. However, Hauoli, a young Austin-based startup demoing at SXSW, has something different in mind. It's developed a way to track virtual objects with sound. It's entirely software based and works with just about any speaker. Fingerprints everywhere. AirBar adds a few more touchscreen tricks to the MacBook Air   Your MacBook Air needed pinch-to-zoom, right? The latest 'Zelda' game offers multiple solutions to puzzles. 'Breath of the Wild' once existed as a pseudo 2D prototype   The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild isn't just the series' best game in years, it's also unlike any title in the series -- it's an open-world experience where you're free to find your own solutions to challenges. But just how did Nintendo manage to pull off such a radical change in direction? Don't worry -- it's happy to explain. The Game Developers Conference has posted a talk from the team behind it that describes how they broke from the highly linear experiences of past Zelda games. Sponsored Content by Ghost In The Shell Watch Scarlett Johansson take revenge in the film Ghost In The Shell. Get your tickets now! As if denim wasn't cool enough already. The Levi's Commuter smart jacket has a ton of promise Google's Project Jacquard, which can turn objects into interactive, gesture-controlled surfaces, has finally landed inside a Levi’s Commuter jacket. The technology comes to life through conductive fabric and a Bluetooth device that attaches to the garment. The connected area consists of 15 threads on the left sleeve, just visible enough for you to know where to touch to trigger actions from a paired smartphone. To start, you can brush your fingers on the jacket to find out what time it is, or swipe to play, pause or skip a track while you're listening to music.  But wait, there's more... 1. Samsung now owns Harman Kardon 2. Building your own chatbot is a lot easier than you'd expect 3. Study says Fukushima region is safe enough for people to return 4. 'The Mummy' in VR was shallow, but the seats were not The Morning After is a new daily newsletter from Engadget designed to help you fight off FOMO. Who knows what you'll miss if you don't subscribe. Craving even more? Like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter. Have a suggestion on how we can improve The Morning After? Send us a note. Copyright © 2016 Aol Inc. All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: AOL 770 Broadway #4 New York, NY 10003 You are receiving this email because you opted in at engadget.com. Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe from this newsletter.