Dicas de como fazer! |
- Qualcomm’s first new smartwatch chip in two years is for kids’ watches
- Qualcomm launches three new Snapdragon processors for mid-range phones
- Japanese blogger stabbed to death, allegedly by online harasser with a grudge
- Amazon adds voice control to its Alexa iOS app
- Facebook abandons quest to build its own internet drones
- Oil companies can’t be sued for climate change even though it’s real, judge rules
- Too Many Cooks creator returns to skewer video games and streamer culture
- Microsoft’s facial recognition can better identify people with darker skin tones
- Charter’s gigabit internet service now available in 27 million US homes
- Tesla battery reignited twice after fatal crash in Florida: report
| Qualcomm’s first new smartwatch chip in two years is for kids’ watches Posted: 26 Jun 2018 06:00 PM PDT  It's been more than two years since Qualcomm last introduced a new smartwatch processor, and Android smartwatches have very much stalled (to a large extent, though certainly not exclusively) because of it. That's going to change this year as Qualcomm introduces at least two new smartwatch chips. The first one is being announced today, but it isn't the general-purpose chip we've been waiting for: instead, it's meant just for kids' watches. The new chip, the Snapdragon Wear 2500, is designed for what Qualcomm sees as an emerging market of smartwatches built around kids' (and parents') needs. Pankaj Kedia, who leads wearables at Qualcomm, says these watches are meant to give kids the ability to keep learning and connecting with gadgets when... |
| Qualcomm launches three new Snapdragon processors for mid-range phones Posted: 26 Jun 2018 06:00 PM PDT  Qualcomm is introducing three new processors designed for phones and tablets: the Snapdragon 429, 439, and 632. Though these are the latest in Qualcomm's 400 and 600 series processor lines, none of these processors reflect the best of what those lines have to offer — instead, they're midtier options within each series, offering better performance than some of the entry-level options currently being used. The Snapdragon 429 and 439 are supposed to be up to 25 percent faster and more battery efficient than the earlier 425 and 430 chips. The 429 supports either a single 16-megapixel camera or dual 8-megapixel cameras and a screen resolution of around 720p; the 439 supports a resolution of around 1080p and can go up to a 21-megapixel camera,... |
| Japanese blogger stabbed to death, allegedly by online harasser with a grudge Posted: 26 Jun 2018 05:35 PM PDT  On Sunday night, cyber-security expert and prolific blogger Kenichiro Okamoto held a seminar in the city of Fukuoka about writing on the internet. During the two-hour event, Okamoto — who also used the online handle Hagex — offered tips on how to get traffic, as well as how to deal with the "blog trouble" he had experienced online over the years, from readers pointing out typos to legal threats and internet feuds. After the seminar, Okamoto went to the use the bathroom and was stabbed to death by an assailant, who then fled. According to the The Asahi Shimbun, police say that a 42-year-old man named Hidemitsu Matsumoto later turned himself in, saying he "held a grudge" against Okamoto because of their online exchanges and had decided to... |
| Amazon adds voice control to its Alexa iOS app Posted: 26 Jun 2018 03:42 PM PDT  Amazon announced today that its Alexa iOS app will finally support voice control, so you can interact with Echo devices and other smart home products through an iPhone or iPad by issuing spoken commands. The feature ha been a long time coming; Alexa on iOS launched way back in March 2017, and Android users got voice control back in January. Now, with the tap of a button from within the Alexa app on iOS, you'll be able to ask Amazon's assistant for music playback, smart home controls, web queries, and other compatible Alexa skills. Unlike on Android, where you've been able to set Alexa as the default voice assistant since May, Apple's operating system is more locked down. So that means you can't use Alexa as a replacement for Siri.... |
| Facebook abandons quest to build its own internet drones Posted: 26 Jun 2018 03:19 PM PDT  Facebook announced today that it is no longer pursuing its plan of developing its own high-flying drones for delivering internet, an initiative within its Aquila project that was started four years ago. The news was tucked away in a blog post titled "High altitude connectivity: The next chapter," penned by Yael Maguire, a director of engineering at Facebook. Initially, Aquila was Facebook's bold stratosphere internet project that imagined gigantic drones running partially on solar power that could remain in flight for long periods of time and beam down LTE service to remote parts of the world. In broad terms, Aquila was one of many ways, alongside Internet.org and other initiatives, that Facebook is trying to help the developing world... |
| Oil companies can’t be sued for climate change even though it’s real, judge rules Posted: 26 Jun 2018 02:36 PM PDT  Five major oil companies got their wish when a federal judge ruled to dismiss the lawsuit brought by the cities of San Francisco and Oakland. The cities sued Big Oil for the damage wrought by global warming and sea level rise. In his order to dismiss the case, Judge William Alsup, who was presiding over the lawsuit, agreed that burning fossil fuels has contributed to global warming and sea level rise. But, in his opinion, lawsuits aren't the best solution for this planetary problem. "Nuisance suits in various United States judicial districts regarding conduct worldwide are far less likely to solve the problem and, indeed, could interfere with reaching a worldwide consensus," he wrote. The defendants — Chevron, ExxonMobil,... |
| Too Many Cooks creator returns to skewer video games and streamer culture Posted: 26 Jun 2018 01:40 PM PDT  In 2014, Adult Swim published an "infomercial" called Too Many Cooks that became an instant viral hit. The darkly funny, surreal comedy parodied the corny ensemble-oriented title themes of the 1970s and '80s sitcoms before spiraling into a bizarre slasher film that defied explanation. Now, creator Casper Kelly is back with another parody — but this time, it's aimed at the culture of games and people who stream them. Final Deployment 4: Queen Battle Walkthrough starts as a (barely) over-the-top sketch starring Blair Trigger, a streamer playing what best resembles a bad Gears of War game. In between dropping his best puns ("ass-id juice, see what I did there") and playthrough tips, Blair reads aloud questions and comments from fans like... |
| Microsoft’s facial recognition can better identify people with darker skin tones Posted: 26 Jun 2018 01:12 PM PDT  Microsoft says its facial recognition tools are getting better at identifying people with darker skin tones than before, according to a company blog post today. The error rates have been reduced by as much as 20 times for men and women with darker skin and by nine times for all women. The company says it's been training its AI tools with larger and more diverse datasets, which has led to the progress. "If we are training machine learning systems to mimic decisions made in a biased society, using data generated by that society, then those systems will necessarily reproduce its biases," said Hanna Wallach, a Microsoft senior researcher, in the blog post. |
| Charter’s gigabit internet service now available in 27 million US homes Posted: 26 Jun 2018 12:55 PM PDT  Telecom giant Charter says it's now offering its gigabit internet service in more than half of the 50 million homes and businesses it provides cable to in the US, via Ars Technica. The company provided the new milestone last week when it said it added 4 million new homes across Ohio, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Kentucky, South Carolina, and Florida. The total number of households who subscribe to Charter service that now have access to its gigabit internet service is 27 million. (Granted, about 24.3 million subscribers purchase internet service from Charter currently, and only a small fraction of those customers likely purchase the gigabit option.) Unlike service from other major US ISPs, like Comcast, Charter does not have... |
| Tesla battery reignited twice after fatal crash in Florida: report Posted: 26 Jun 2018 12:54 PM PDT  The battery of a Tesla Model S reignited twice in the aftermath of a fiery crash that killed two teens and injured one other in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, according to a report released on Tuesday by federal investigators. It is another instance of a Tesla vehicle's battery catching fire in the hours or days after a deadly crash. The Model S was traveling at 116 mph when it crashed into a wall surrounding a residence on the evening of May 8th, the National Traffic Safety Board (NTSB) said in its two-page preliminary report. The car continued forward and struck the wall a second time on the south side of a driveway. Several witnesses reported that the Tesla erupted in flames after the second collision. |
| You are subscribed to email updates from The Verge - All Posts. To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
| Google, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States | |
Nenhum comentário:
Postar um comentário