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- Wolfenstein II on the Switch is the best way to kill Nazis on the go
- Verizon is shutting down its original video app Go90
- This flying ‘dragon’ drone can change shape in midair
- Apple to reportedly get its OLED displays from LG to reduce reliance on Samsung
- Harlan Ellison, one of science fiction’s most controversial authors, has died
- Former Pixar employee details how the company’s rampant sexism went far beyond John Lasseter
- No, Facebook did not patent secretly turning your phone mics on when it hears your TV
- Amazon’s online pharmacy acquisition proves it’s serious about disrupting healthcare
- AT&T fined $5.25 million for 911 outages that dropped at least 15,000 calls
- SpaceX is sending an AI robot ‘crew member’ to join the astronauts on the space station
| Wolfenstein II on the Switch is the best way to kill Nazis on the go Posted: 28 Jun 2018 05:01 PM PDT  When the Nintendo Switch first debuted, I marveled at the ability to play a vast open world like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild both in my living room and on the go. Sixteen months into the console's life and the novelty still hasn't worn off. The latest such game to inspire those feelings of awe in me is Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, Machine Games' gleefully vicious take on the joys of murdering Nazis. Of course, the Switch port isn't as technically impressive as its counterparts on the PC, Xbox One, or PlayStation 4. It doesn't look as good nor run as smoothly. But it works. And once again, I find myself surprised at just how good it feels to carry a blockbuster game with me wherever I want. Wolfenstein II originally... |
| Verizon is shutting down its original video app Go90 Posted: 28 Jun 2018 03:42 PM PDT  Verizon is shutting down its original video app Go90 on July 31st, according to a report from Variety. The app derived its name from the process of turning a smartphone from the vertical orientation to a horizontal one, presumably to watch longer-form video content like television shows and live sports that Verizon hoped would make its platform appealing to younger audiences. Go90 offered a mix of original short-form videos in the vein of web series, sports, and licensed programming from official networks, all for free. The goal was to subsidize the app with pricey advertising, with the hope that marketers would be eager to reach that lucrative Snapchat-loving demographic. |
| This flying ‘dragon’ drone can change shape in midair Posted: 28 Jun 2018 03:24 PM PDT  Researchers at the University of Tokyo's JSK Lab have developed a "dragon drone," made up of several small drones and capable of transforming on the fly, as reported by IEEE. Not only can the drone change into different shapes, like a square or curved line, it can also autonomously decide what shape it needs to change into depending on the space it requires to navigate. The name of the drone is actually an acronym, standing for "Dual-rotor embedded multilink Robot with the Ability of multi-deGree-of-freedom aerial transformatiON," or DRAGON for short. Its design was modeled off of traditional dragon kites, where the tail is made up of a series of smaller, interlinked kites. The small drones are each powered by a pair of ducted fans that... |
| Apple to reportedly get its OLED displays from LG to reduce reliance on Samsung Posted: 28 Jun 2018 02:25 PM PDT  Apple may soon be using LG as an alternative supplier for its OLED panels used in its iPhone X devices, anonymous sources told Bloomberg. Having LG as a secondary supplier will help the tech giant source OLED displays more quickly and cut costs. Previously, Apple solely relied on Samsung to supply its OLED displays, meaning that the South Korean company could charge higher premiums since it had a monopoly. Bloomberg reports that LG will supply between 2 million to 4 million OLED displays in the initial deal, while it attempts to increase its capacity. For comparison, Samsung's initial deal with Apple was to make about 100 million OLED displays to be used in iPhone X production. |
| Harlan Ellison, one of science fiction’s most controversial authors, has died Posted: 28 Jun 2018 02:24 PM PDT  The science fiction genre has lost one of its greatest — and most controversial — authors. Harlan Ellison, who wrote and edited groundbreaking sci-fi anthologies, short stories, and television episodes, died at the age of 84, according to his wife, via an associate. Ellison was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1934, and published his first short stories in 1949, before moving to New York City to focus on writing science fiction. Throughout the 1950s, he wrote hundreds of short stories, and served in the US Army for two years. In the 1960s, he relocated to California, where he began to write scripts for television shows such as The Outer Limits, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., and Star Trek. He later served as a consultant for shows such as The... |
| Former Pixar employee details how the company’s rampant sexism went far beyond John Lasseter Posted: 28 Jun 2018 02:08 PM PDT  When John Lasseter, Pixar's former chief creative officer, left the esteemed animation studio in early June 2018, the public word on his transgressions were vague. Lasseter reportedly had "missteps" that made some people feel "disrespected and uncomfortable." Today, a former Pixar employee has detailed how things at Pixar have been, and it's much worse than Pixar had previously disclosed. In a guest column for Variety, edited from a much lengthier original post on the Be Yourself vertical at Medium, graphic designer Cassandra Smolcic — who spent her late twenties at Pixar, from 2009 to 2014 — levels specific accusations about Lasseter and other men at the company. From the onset, she claims she was warned about the behavior Lasseter and... |
| No, Facebook did not patent secretly turning your phone mics on when it hears your TV Posted: 28 Jun 2018 02:01 PM PDT  Hi, everyone. Let's talk about how to read patents again. There's a raft of headlines today claiming that Facebook has a patent on secretly turning your phone mic on when it hears a signal from a TV. The story appears to have picked up in Metro UK, which ran the headline "Facebook wants to hide secret inaudible messages in TV ads that can force your phone to record audio." Here's Gizmodo, in classic Giz style: "Facebook patent imagines triggering your phone's mic when a hidden signal plays on TV." Here's Engadget, which personally breaks my heart since I used to do all the patent stories there: "Facebook patent turns phone mics on to record reactions to ads." Here's Esquire, for some reason: "Facebook's new patent can turn on your... |
| Amazon’s online pharmacy acquisition proves it’s serious about disrupting healthcare Posted: 28 Jun 2018 01:32 PM PDT  After months of speculation around how Amazon might enter the healthcare market, the e-commerce giant announced today that the company will be acquiring pharmaceutical startup PillPack. The acquisition sent standard brick-and-mortar pharmacy stock prices plunging, and signaled a potentially huge disruption in the United States healthcare market. The terms of the deal have yet to be disclosed, but TechCrunch reported that the acquisition went for just under $1 billion. In a press release, the companies said they expect to close the deal in the second half of 2018. PillPack is an online pharmacy startup that provides consumers with prescription medication in prepackaged doses. The company's... |
| AT&T fined $5.25 million for 911 outages that dropped at least 15,000 calls Posted: 28 Jun 2018 01:27 PM PDT  AT&T has agreed to pay a $5.25 million fine to settle an investigation into a pair of nationwide 911 outages that occurred in early 2017. The Federal Communications Commission said the first outage, on March 8th, lasted about five hours and affected 12,600 callers. The second, on May 1st, lasted 47 minutes and resulted in 2,600 failed 911 calls. "Such preventable outages are unacceptable," the FCC wrote in a statement announcing the settlement. "Robust and reliable 911 service is a national priority, as repeatedly expressed by both Congress and the Commission." In addition to the fines, AT&T is also required to make changes to help minimize issues should an outage... |
| SpaceX is sending an AI robot ‘crew member’ to join the astronauts on the space station Posted: 28 Jun 2018 01:24 PM PDT  Early Friday morning, SpaceX will launch its 15th cargo mission to the International Space Station for NASA, sending up nearly 6,000 pounds of supplies on top of its Falcon 9 rocket. On board the vehicle are shipments of food and water for the six astronauts living on the ISS, as well as new science experiments and technologies to be tested out in microgravity. And within that haul includes the first ever AI robot "crew member" to live on the station. The robot's name is CIMON — for Crew Interactive Mobile Companion — and it looks a bit like a volleyball with a computer screen on one side. The screen displays a simplified cartoon face that the bot will use to interact with the humans on the ISS. And to maneuver around, CIMON is equipped... |
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