Monday, May 18, 2020

18 May - Technology - Next Web / Tech Crunch / The Verge

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  • Scientists give blind people ‘sight’ by drawing shapes directly on their brains 4 days ago  –  A team of researchers from UCLA and Baylor have developed a method for drawing symbols – including letter and shapes – directly on the human brain using electrical stimulation. The result allows individuals who’ve entirely lost their sense of vision to perceive the shapes as “sights.” The new pro...
  • Messenger Rooms, Facebook’s 50-caller Zoom competitor, is now available 4 days ago  –  Messenger Rooms, Facebook’s Zoom competitor that can support up to 50 people in one video call, is now available in the US, Mexico, and Canada. It “will be available to everyone globally in the next week” said Mark Zuckerberg in a post on his Facebook profile. Zuckerberg highlighted some of the d...
  • Microsoft will detail how it plans to unify UWP and Win32 apps at Build 2020
  • Microsoft’s new AI can generate smart to-do lists from your emails
  • Sprint will disappear this summer as T-Mobile takes over
  • Advocacy groups accuse TikTok of putting children at risk
  • This AI will judge you for eating microwave meals
  • Why entrepreneurs need annoying sideline critics
  • Uber introduces AI to make sure its drivers wear face masks
  • No need to mourn the death of the third-party cookie
  • Review: The Revelo Thinstem helps bikes take up way less space in your home 3 days ago  –  Bicycles are probably the best way to get around New York City, especially during these days of empty roads and social distancing. There’s just one problem every aspiring city cyclist faces: bikes take up a lot of space in a shoebox apartment. Well, that and bike theft — which you know, is easier...
  • Ubisoft makes Assassin’s Creed’s educational ‘Discovery Tours’ free 3 days ago  –  Ubisoft today announced it’s giving away two games to help get us through the pandemic. More specifically, it’s giving away the Discovery Tours, two educational offshoots of its Assassin’s Creed series that depict Ancient Greece or Ancient Egypt. If you’ve got kids to educate — or heck, if you wa...
  • The Boring Company finally finished digging Elon Musk’s silly tunnel under Vegas
  • Facebook releases Avatars — here’s how to get yours just right
  • Facebook buys GIPHY, the popular GIF-hosting platform
  • US bans companies from selling chips to Huawei
  • Netflix bumps video streaming in Europe to pre-coronavirus quality (yay, 4K)
  • Ding dong, the butterfly keyboard’s dead
  • Chrome will soon block ads that unnecessarily tax your CPU and battery
  • Podcast: How France, the Netherlands, Latvia, and the
  • Taking an Uber? Wear a mask, or risk getting banned from the app 9 hours ago  –  As countries are lifting restrictions all over the world, cab-hailing services such as Uber are beginning to resume their operations. As a part of its new guidelines, the company has made it mandatory for riders and drivers both to wear masks and follow sanitization instructions. However, if you ...
  • Product design: Here’s how you can build a customer journey map a day ago  –  Sprint: Did you know we have an online conference about product design coming up? SPRINT will cover how designers and product owners can stay ahead of the curve in these unprecedented times.  When a customer uses a company’s products and services to achieve a goal or need, they are going on a jou...
  • Facebook and ByteDance investor General Atlantic pumps $870 million into Reliance Jio
  • In the AI era, universities need to strengthen students’ creativity
  • FlexJobs takes some of the work out of finding quality remote jobs
  • Scientists are working together to understand the most powerful storms on Jupiter
  • Researchers analyzed 10,000 websites — and yes, they all look the same
  • This hybrid AI system can understand causality in controlled environments
  • SEO matters. This package of web analysis tools can help reshape your web performance
  • Can dark matter be found on earth? New research say
  • This AI tool automatically identifies different types of brain injury an hour ago  –  A new AI tool can automatically identify different types of brain injuries by analyzing images of CT scans. The system uses a machine learning algorithm to detect and differentiate between types of brain lesions — areas of tissue that have been damaged through injury or disease. The subtle differ...
  • Google plans to axe Motion Sense with the Pixel 5 2 hours ago  –  The Pixel 4 was a good phone — but it wasn’t a great one. Apart from the photography, it never captured the public’s imagination. And arguably the biggest failure? Motion Sense. Yep, according to reports, the upcoming Pixel 5 will no longer have the Soli radar chip, effectively cosigning Motion S...
  • IBM’s new open-source tool helps developers make their apps more accessible
  • Facebook still demands huge marketing attention. This masterclass demystifies it all.
  • Here’s why ‘if you build it, they will come’ is shitty advice
  • Dyson’s ‘600-mile’ electric car won’t ever see the light of day — and I’m glad
  • Satoshi Nakaboto: ‘Bitcoin transaction fees surged 800% in one month’
  • 4 easy tips to make sure your Instagram Live sessions run smoothly
  • Why the math behind the UK’s ‘COVID alert levels’ makes no sense
  • Amazon and Flipkart set to resume delivering non-esse

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  • The real threat of fake voices in a time of crisis 2 days ago  –  We must adopt better technological defenses to ensure that deepfake text doesn’t further threaten American democracy during a time of crisis.
  • Original Content podcast: Netflix’s ‘Never Have I Ever’ turns teenage pain into comedic bliss 2 days ago  –  “Never Have I Ever” is a new Netflix comedy created by Mindy Kaling and Lang Fisher, loosely based on Kaling’s own teenage years. The show focuses on Devi (played by Maitreyi Ramakrishnan), who’s desperately hoping for a good sophomore year after the sudden death of her father — cue the awkward a...
  • This Week in Apps: Houseparty battles Messenger, Telegram drops crypto plans, Instagram Lite is gone 2 days ago  –  We continue to look at how the coronavirus outbreak is impacting the world of apps, including the latest news about COVID-19 apps, Facebook and Houseparty's battle to dominate the online hangout game.
  • Watch live as ULA launches a secretive U.S. military spaceplane live for its sixth mission
  • With pandemic-era acquisitions, big tech is back in the antitrust crosshairs
  • Kevin Rose on health apps, crypto and how founders get through this time with their sanity intact
  • NASA’s ‘Artemis Accords’ set forth new and old rules for outer space cooperation
  • Tesla scouts head to Tulsa, Austin as hunt for Cybertruck gigafactory location nears end
  • CBS All Access greenlights ‘Strange New Worlds,’ a new Star Trek series about Pike and Spock
  • 3 views on the future of work, coffee shops and neigh
  • Is the e-commerce shift going to last? a day ago  –  In the last couple of weeks, my Twitter timeline has been filled with operators gushing about how the weekends seem like Black Friday weekends, even for non-essential commodities. Change is already here.
  • The Great Reset a day ago  –  We’re entering a new paradigm, and that brings possibilities. Now, founders, is the time to build.
  • Help wanted: Autonomous robot guide a day ago  –  COVID-19 knocked the wheels off the economy, but one nascent tech job not only kept rolling, it picked up speed. Teleoperations — or more specifically, teleops for autonomous delivery robots — is still a niche job within an industry that has yet to dive into the deep end of the commercialization ...
  • The Station: Cruise cuts, Waymo snags more cash, and a VC Mobility survey
  • General Atlantic to invest $870M in India’s Reliance Jio Platforms
  • Watch live as ULA launches a U.S. military spaceplane for its first Space Force mission
  • E-bike startup Angell partners with SEB for manufacturing and investment
  • Everlywell gains first FDA authorization for a standalone, at-home, COVID-19 test sample collection kit
  • Ford to offer COVID-19 testing for symptomatic workers as part of reopening plan
  • Startups Weekly: How will we build the city of the futu

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  • The MTA developed an app to help essential workers get around during nightly subway closures 3 days ago  –  Photo by Alexi Rosenfeld / Getty Images New York City’s subway system has a new app to help essential workers get around during nightly subway closures. Earlier this month, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the nation’s largest subway system and the only one in the US to run 24/7, an...
  • Facebook is buying Giphy and integrating it with Instagram
  • Microsoft Surface Go 2 review: don’t push it
  • How football is returning to TV screens in Europe with everyone in lockdown
  • Elon Musk’s battle to reopen Tesla’s Fremont plant may shape his legacy
  • Apple supplier TSMC confirms it’s building an Arizona chip plant
  • Tech companies’ work from home policies have some workers ready to flee Silicon Valley
  • OnePlus’ 8 Pro has an accidental X-ray vision filter that sees through plastic and clothes
  • Nintendo announces more SNES and NES games for Switch
  • Ubisoft now giving out its Assassin’s Creed educationa
  • Epic’s month-long Mega Sale has begun with discounts on Control, Red Dead Redemption 2, and more 3 days ago  –  2K Games Epic Games has launched a month-long Mega Sale for its online store. You’ll be able to get some very popular games, including Control, Borderlands 3, and Red Dead Redemption 2, at significant discounts. Some titles, such as Assassin’s Creed Origins and Far Cry 5, are on sale for as m...
  • Club Penguin Online shuts down after receiving copyright claim from Disney
  • Nintendo put together a virtual performance of Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ theme song
  • New Star Trek series based on the USS Enterprise is heading to CBS All Access
  • Netflix is starting to restore normal streaming quality in parts of Europe
  • Postmates launches curbside pickup to help restaurants reduce in-person contact
  • US moves to cut off Huawei from overseas chip manufacturers
  • Questions about Facebook’s oversight board, Quibi’s popularity, and the Pixel 4A
  • Samsung’s portable T5 USB-C SSD is cheaper than ever today
  • Disaster Report 4 is 2020’s best PS2 game
  • Panasonic resumes work at Tesla’s Nevada Gigafactory, but not in New York 3 days ago  –  The Buffalo, New York solar panel factory. | Image: Tesla Panasonic has resumed its work making battery cells at Tesla’s Gigafactory outside Reno, Nevada, the company tells The Verge. But Panasonic will not return to work at Tesla’s Buffalo, New York solar panel factory this weekend as planned...
  • Microsoft’s Surface Duo may not have great battery life
  • The US government is getting ready to sue Google for monopolizing online ads
  • US spending on video games just hit a new quarterly record
  • NASA announces international Artemis Accords to standardize how to explore the Moon
  • An HIV-fighting strategy might help against COVID-19
  • Konami’s TurboGrafx-16 Mini will launch in North America on May 22nd
  • Formula E lost $11.6 million during its fifth season
  • How to buy refurbished gadgets
  • Plant-based meat sales in the US are up 264 percent 
  • How to adopt your next pet safely and virtually a day ago  –  All across the country, people are finding ways to adapt to our new stay-at-home normal, and for some, that means adopting a furry friend. Shelters in the US have reported an increase in adoptions since the start of the pandemic, some of which have had to create waitlists or pause applications un...
  • Nadler calls Amazon letter to Judiciary Committee ‘unacceptable’
  • Edison Mail rolls back update after iOS users reported they could see strangers’ emails
  • The Air Force’s mysterious X-37B spaceplane successfully launches to space on sixth mission
  • Facebook’s Giphy acquisition might have big implications for iMessage and Twitter
  • Amazon’s Echo Show 5 is buy-one-get-one free at Best Buy today
  • Gigabyte Aero 15 review: works hard, plays hard
  • Fitbit is reportedly planning to build ventilators to help treat COVID-19 patients
  • Facebook’s Giphy acquisition sounds antitrust alarms in Congress
  • Go read this BuzzFeed News story about GrubHub’s 
  • Minecraft still incredibly popular as sales top 200 million and 126 million play monthly 2 hours ago  –  Microsoft is detailing the latest sales figures just as Mojang Studios celebrates 11 years since the first Minecraft alpha build was originally released. Microsoft has also seen a big increase i...
  • Logitech’s new Circle View camera comes with built-in privacy controls
  • Microsoft: we were wrong about open source
  • Samsung spins off startup making fake windows that generate artificial sunlight
  • Huawei hits back at US as TSMC cuts off chip orders
  • Apple details its plan to safely reopen retail stores
  • Secret Service investigating a crime ring inundating unemployment offices with fake claims
  • Streaming this week: Patton Oswalt on Netflix, ‘The Great’ on Hulu, and season two of ‘Homecoming’
  • Zoom says Sunday morning outage resolved
  • James Dyson says he spent £500M of his own money o
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