Tuesday 3 October 2017

The Morning After: PlayStation boss calls it a day

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It's Tuesday, October 03, 2017.

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This Tuesday morning, PlayStation’s boss steps down, Roku makes a 4K streaming stick and Google Street View offers one artist relief from anxiety.

New levels.

Andrew House steps aside as the boss of all things PlayStation

When Andrew House took over PlayStation in 2011, the brand was in rough shape, but he’s leaving it looking much stronger. The days of the PS3 and PSN hack are (almost) forgotten as the PS4 dominates its competition in system sales and exclusive game releases. That’s why it came as a surprise when Sony announced that the exec is no longer CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment and will leave the company at the end of this year.

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Ring launches its own DIY home security system

Ring is expanding its product offerings beyond video doorbells, with a new security system. Ring Protect promises effective security at a fraction of the cost of regular setups, with a price starting at $199 for the base station, keypad, a contact sensor (for a window or a door), a motion detector and a range extender.

The Roku Ultra is just $100

Roku’s latest hardware refresh includes a 4K-ready stick

Roku’s capable family of media streamers is expanding, with several new options -- including its $70 4K-capable Stick+. The cheapest option is the $30 Roku Express, while the top-of-the-line Roku Ultra brings its 4K chops home for $100. All will support the new Roku OS 8 with new voice control features, a smart guide and single sign-on that can log in to all of your cable TV apps at once.

Confronting anxiety with Google Street View.

Agoraphobic photographer Jacqui Kenny captures the world without leaving home

And her Manhattan exhibition opened last month.

The first of many?

Open data from the Large Hadron Collider sparks new discovery

Back in 2014, CERN released Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiment data on an online portal called the Open Data portal. It’s not completely up to date; there's a three-year embargo on results, so, generally speaking, the most recent data is from 2014. This was the first time results of any particle collider experiment have been released to the public, and now it’s produced results. This is revolutionary because there’s been a reluctance in particle physics to make information available publicly. Jesse Thaler, one of the scientists on the project, told Phys.org, “The worry was if you made the data public, then you would have people claiming evidence for new physics when actually it was just a glitch in how the detector was operating.”

Just credit.

New York’s next Shake Shack doesn’t want your cash

Later this month in New York City, Shake Shack is opening a new location that will play host to a few logistical quirks. Its Astor Place burger joint is going the self-checkout direction and will have digital kiosks rather than staff to customers’ orders. Whatever -- I’ll take a Smokestack and a vanilla milkshake.

But wait, there's more...

1. Facebook: 10 million people saw Russian political ads

2. What we're listening to: Rayana Jay, 'Destiny 2' and Cobalt

3. HP Enterprise let Russia review the Pentagon's security software

4. Scientists made the first 'unhackable' quantum video call

5. GM will have 20 electric car models on the road by 2023

6. Parrot's Mambo FPV puts you in the mini-cockpit

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Monday 2 October 2017

Editor's Pick: Anticipating the Smart World of 2027: A Billion Cameras and AI, Oh My...

Anticipating the Smart World of 2027: A Billion Cameras and AI, Oh My...

Rob Enderle Oct 2, 2017 10:56 AM PT
	Nvidia went to China last week and made a series of interesting announcements having to do with smart cities and autonomous cars. IBM made an announcement on advancements in tying the Weather Channel to its Watson artificial intelligence engine, and improvements in targeted marketing. We also found out about Oculus' Fall in Love VR project which is kind of like the The Bachelor. [More...]

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Amazon Deploys Army of Echoes Against Oncoming Threats
Amazon has unveiled five new Echo products that raise the bar in the automated home market. Among other things, Amazon has improved the sound quality in its second-generation Echo speaker to compete with several new competitors in the high-end audio segment. The new Echo, which is more compact and comes in a variety of shell colors and finishes, offers more immersive sound. [More...]

New BPM, CRM Features Aim to Speed Strategy Execution
Bpm'online has introduced software update 7.11 for its intelligent CRM and BPM platform, with more than 200 improvements designed to accelerate strategy execution. Among other features, it provides new machine learning capabilities and predictive algorithms that offer users relevant information and automation within a specific context based on analysis of historical data. [More...]

Microsoft Digs Deeper to Bankroll Open Source Initiative
Microsoft this week became a premium sponsor of the Open Source Initiative, adding more financial heft to its growing commitment to the open source software movement. The company's new financial support will not translate into any special influence in the organization's decision making, noted OSI General Manager Patrick Masson. "OSI Corporate Sponsors have no role in OSI governance," he said. [More...]

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Anticipating the Smart World of 2027: A Billion Cameras and AI, Oh My...
Google Assistant Goes to Work for Nvidia's Shield TV
Twitter to Test Drive Double-Wide Tweets
When Quantum Computers Come, They May Speak Microsoft
SQL Server 2017 Embraces Linux, Docker

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Anticipating the Smart World of 2027: A Billion Cameras and AI, Oh My...

Nvidia went to China last week and made a series of interesting
announcements having to do with smart cities and autonomous cars. IBM
made an announcement on advancements in tying the Weather Channel to its
Watson artificial intelligence engine, and improvements in targeted
marketing. We also found out about Oculus' Fall in Love VR project which
is kind of like the The Bachelor .
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84840.html

Google Assistant Goes to Work for Nvidia's Shield TV

Nvidia on Thursday announced that its Shield TV now includes Google
Assistant as part of its Shield Experience Upgrade 6.0 update. The
update also lets the Shield device work as a SmartThings Hub when paired
with a SmartThinks Link. The SmartThings Link, which can be used to
connect Shield TV as a SmartThings Hub, will be released in the coming
months with a promotional launch price of $14.99.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84846.html

Twitter to Test Drive Double-Wide Tweets

Twitter has announced a limited test to double the maximum tweet size to
280 characters. Twitter has been struggling to boost user engagement,
and its tweet character limitation has been the subject of a
longstanding debate among customers and company insiders. One reason for
the possible change is to correct for the information imbalance between
Asian and western language characters.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84842.html

When Quantum Computers Come, They May Speak Microsoft

Microsoft has been working on a language for a computer that doesn't
exist. The company unveiled the language -- as yet unnamed -- at its
Ignite conference in Orlando, Florida. Part of its Visual Studio
product, it will run on a quantum simulator and quantum computer.
"Quantum computing is the next phase in computing," said Jack E. Gold,
principal analyst at J.Gold Associates.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84837.html

SQL Server 2017 Embraces Linux, Docker

Microsoft on Monday announced the general availability of SQL Server
2017, now with support for Linux, at its Ignite conference in Orlando.
The company first announced its plans for the newest iteration of its
database software a year and a half ago. This is the first version of
SQL Server to run on Windows Server, Linux and Docker, noted Scott
Guthrie, EVP, cloud and enterprise, at Microsoft.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84834.html

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The Morning After: Getting power back to Puerto Rico

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It's Monday, October 02, 2017.

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This Monday morning, we’re getting surprise deep-space photos, laying out the struggles in getting power back in Puerto Rico and juggling our favorite Switch games in a bid to play… more Switch games.

ESA discovered that the last few packets of data it sent make up an image.

Rosetta probe’s last surprise: a photo of its landing site

It’s been a year since Rosetta landed on the comet it orbited for a couple of years, so you’d think ESA had already decoded everything the vessel sent back before its demise. Apparently, the probe has one last surprise for all of us: a close-up photo of its final landing site. The team keeping an eye on the probe’s OSIRIS camera thought they’d already downloaded all the images Rosetta took during its descent. Turns out the last photo’s transmission got interrupted before it was done.

What happened and how it’s likely to play out.

How Puerto Rico’s power crisis ends

When Hurricane Maria crashed into Puerto Rico on September 20th, it found a vulnerable target. The country’s power plants are an average of 44 years old and rely on outdated oil-fired systems, while most plants in the United States are about 18 years old and use newer natural-gas generators. PREPA filed for bankruptcy in July, calling its own infrastructure “degraded and unsafe.”

Hurricane Maria made its way up the Caribbean on September 20th, bringing winds of 140 MPH and dumping 25 inches of rain on Puerto Rico. It devastated the island. Maria knocked out PREPA’s electrical systems, leaving 3.4 million people in the dark, with little hope of a quick recovery. Officials have suggested it will take four-to-six months for power to be restored.

And I still haven’t bought an SD card.

It took six months for my Nintendo Switch to run out of space

When Nintendo announced its next game console was going to come with just 32GB of internal storage, Sean Buckley’s hopes for an all-digital Nintendo Switch weren’t looking good. However, between the tedium of swapping game cards and my fear of losing them, he wound up going all digital anyway. And, within six months, his Nintendo Switch ran out of space.

However, he didn’t buy a microSD card. Instead, he’s spent the last few months using Nintendo’s built-in data-management tool -- a pop-up menu prompt that helps you clear out space for a new game by automatically culling your unplayed library.

(You could still just buy a card, Sean.)

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