Thursday 8 February 2018

The Morning After: Amazon plugs Whole Foods into Prime Now

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It's Thursday, February 08, 2018.

Hey, good morning! You look fabulous.

Morning there! Snapchat sorts itself out, Overwatch gets a new map made especially for Capture The Flag games and police in China are using wearables with face recognition to root out people trying to avoid the law.

There might even be a console for it.

Google is reportedly working on a video-game streaming service

According to a report from The Information, Google has been floating the idea for a streaming service (like PlayStation Now or NVIDIA's GeForce Now) for around two years. The service is codenamed Yeti, and Google is apparently even testing hardware for it as well. The Information's sources say the service might stream to a Chromecast, and that hiring Phil Harrison -- formerly of Microsoft and Sony's gaming divisions -- last month as VP of hardware could point toward a standalone gaming console.

“Ours is a world that is both everywhere and nowhere, but it is not where bodies live.”

Activist and EFF co-founder John Perry Barlow has died

John Perry Barlow, a founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, died in his sleep yesterday morning at the age of 71. Barlow founded the EFF in 1990 alongside Mitch Kapor and John Gilmore in response to what they saw as the government's overzealous, misguided and illegal attempts to police cyber crime.

An even bigger rocket.

What's next for SpaceX after its successful Falcon Heavy flight?

SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon Heavy rocket to much fanfare. After numerous delays due to upper-level winds, the rocket worked perfectly, delivering the test payload into orbit. SpaceX was even able to land two of the three boosters in beautiful synchronization. Development on the Falcon Heavy is pretty much over. Musk is happy with its performance and ready to turn it into a workhorse rocket. SpaceX could even strap another two boosters to the rocket to make it even more powerful, labeling it the Falcon Super Heavy. The versatility of the Falcon Heavy launch is one of its strongest attributes. "It's up to customers what they might want to launch," Elon Musk added at a post-launch press conference.

Thanks to a major redesign, Snap’s future is looking bright for the first time in a while.

Snapchat swaps mess for money

Snap Inc. took a major risk when it completely redesigned Snapchat a few months ago -- it's no secret that people don't like change. But after constantly struggling to add new users since going public last February, the company decided it needed to make adjustments to attract people and keep others coming back. The solution was to refine the app with an easier-to-use layout and to separate friends' posts from media content. Suddenly Snapchat became a more refined app.

The map will be unveiled as part of the Year of the Dog seasonal event.

'Overwatch' update adds Thailand-inspired Capture the Flag map

A whole new way to annoy people with Mei’s ice wall. I endorse this.

They say they’re looking for criminals and travelers using fake IDs.

Police in China are scanning travelers with facial recognition glasses

Police in China are now sporting glasses equipped with facial-recognition devices, and they're using them to scan train and plane passengers for individuals who may be trying to avoid law enforcement or are using fake IDs. So far, police have reportedly caught seven people connected to major criminal cases and 26 who were using false IDs while traveling.

If you love teaming up to take down big enemies, this is your dream.

‘Monster Hunter: World’ is the best way to fight bosses with friends

Monster Hunter: World is the latest entry in a decade-plus game franchise dedicated to killing huge monsters. (The clue’s in the title.) But the series has another reputation: barely explained mechanics, labyrinthine menus and difficult co-op play. Capcom smoothed out a lot of those rough edges for Monster Hunter: World and released it simultaneously worldwide, which has made it the most accessible of the franchise. David Lumb says it’s now the best co-op boss fight experience out there.

But wait, there's more...

1. Amazon Prime now will deliver from Whole Foods to your home in under two hours

2. Tesla targets 2,500 Model 3s a week while posting largest quarterly loss

3. Pornhub says it will ban 'deepfake' AI-edited videos

4. Samsung created a 3D version of its 34-foot cinema LED screen

5. Data from wearables helped teach an AI to spot signs of diabetes

6. 'Jessica Jones' season 2 trailer digs into a dark past

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Wednesday 7 February 2018

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Intel's Smart Peepers Look Smart, Too
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Amazon's Soaring Healthcare Ambition: The Promise and the Problem
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HighGround CEO Andee Harris: Find Your People
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Former Execs Team Up to Fight the Tech Addiction Monster
Intel's Smart Peepers Look Smart, Too
WiFi Routers Riddled With Holes: Report
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Today's Story Highlights

Former Execs Team Up to Fight the Tech Addiction Monster

A group of former Facebook, Google and Mozilla executives have joined
forces to establish the Center for Humane Technology, a new organization
dedicated to combating the growing problem of addictive behavior among
social media users. The new center, along with the children's advocacy
group Common Sense, has announced a campaign to help change the social
media model.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85116.html

Intel's Smart Peepers Look Smart, Too

Intel has designed a pair of smart glasses that won't make you look like
a hopeless geek. Called "Vaunt," the peepers, which are still in the
prototype phase, look like ordinary glasses, save for a faint, red
glimmer that occasionally appears on the right lens. Information sent to
the glasses appear to be displayed on a screen but in reality is beamed
to the retina of a wearer's eye.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85113.html

WiFi Routers Riddled With Holes: Report

Most WiFi router vendors have not patched numerous firmware
vulnerabilities discovered more than two years ago, according to a new
report. OEM firmware built into WiFi routers use open source components
that contain numerous known security vulnerabilities that can be
exploited by hackers. Insignary conducted comprehensive binary code
scans for known security vulnerabilities in WiFi routers.
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Amazon's Soaring Healthcare Ambition: The Promise and the Problem

Healthcare is a mess in the United States. Consumers pay more and get
less than in most other developed countries. Strong comprehensive
healthcare is unaffordable for most without substantial help, which is
why putting the burden on the government really does not work. If people
cannot afford something, individually aggregating it under what amounts
to a tax is not really any better.
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The Morning After: Falcon Heavy away

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It's Wednesday, February 07, 2018.

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Elon Musk did it. The Falcon Heavy has launched Starman on his trip through the Solar System, but we’re still here to bring you the latest news. Take a peek at the launch if you missed it, and then find out what’s missing from Shadow of the Colossus and why you’ll want to Skype from HP’s new EliteBooks.

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SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon Heavy rocket

After a brief delay, the most powerful rocket in the world launched yesterday afternoon. While the Falcon Heavy’s top portion (complete with Space Oddity-playing Tesla Roadster and Starman aboard) is proceeding on a path that will take it beyond Mars’ orbit into the asteroid belt, two of its booster rockets safely returned to Earth. The center core, unfortunately, did not survive an attempted landing on a drone ship but overall the mission appears to be a success. So what’s next for Musk & Co.? The BFR.

You can do better than a pile of notifications on your wrist.

How to set up your smartwatch

Now that smartwatches are actually useful enough for the general populace, setting them up isn't as pedestrian a task as pairing with your phone and calling it a day. On the surface, customizing your new device may not seem like a complicated task, but people often overlook some of the tools that can potentially make wearables more helpful. From recommended settings to the apps worth downloading, here's a walkthrough of what you should look out for when setting up your new wearable.

Yasiin Bey approves.

HP's EliteBooks pack mics on both sides for clearer Skyping

HP's new business notebooks will not only sport the latest eighth-generation Intel Core chipsets, but also come with "world-facing" mics for clearer conference calls, among other new tools. That’s useful for picking up chat from a group during a boardroom conference call, or enabling noise canceling to make sure people on the other end hear your voice and not the police siren outside.

Monitor your home – anytime, from anywhere

No matter how much you want to.

You can’t buy an ethical smartphone today

Devices vary, but your average smartphone may use more than 60 metals. Many of them are rare earth metals, so-called because they're available in smaller quantities than many other metals, if not genuinely rare. Right now, it's impossible to buy a smartphone you can be certain was produced entirely ethically. Any label on the packaging wouldn't stand a chance of explaining the litany of factors that go into its construction. The problem is bigger than one company, NGO or trade policy, and will require everyone's effort to make things better.

There’s something to be said for frustrating controls and a low framerate.

‘Shadow of the Colossus’ remake is missing something

Sense of melancholy? Check. Colossi? Check. Improved control scheme? Check. This rebuilt version of Shadow of the Colossus fixes every big issue from the original, but Devindra Hardawar is still feeling the pull of nostalgia.

Good news for PS4 Pro owners who don’t have 4K TVs.

Sony’s beta testing a new PS4 update

The upcoming 5.50 update for Sony’s PlayStation 4 will add background music during PS Now gaming, music controls on the quick menu and time restrictions for children, but our favorite feature is for the PS4 Pro. Once it’s unleashed, gamers can enable supersampling on all games, even if they haven’t been updated for the more powerful system. Just as we’ve seen on the Xbox One X, rendering games at higher-res internally and then downscaling them can increase quality on 1080p (or lower) resolution screens.

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