Google’s all excited about the official launch of their flagship Nexus devices. We’ve reviewed the 5X and 6P and since they’re both unlocked, you get to choose your carrier. One option? Project Fi. It’s been closed off to the world up until now, but the team is opening the gates just for the rest of the day: The #Nexus5X ships today–so Project Fi is giving… Read MoreDaily Archives: October 19, 2015
Google’s all excited about the official launch of their flagship Nexus devices. We’ve reviewed the 5X and 6P and since they’re both unlocked, you get to choose your carrier. One option? Project Fi. It’s been closed off to the world up until now, but the team is opening the gates just for the rest of the day: The #Nexus5X ships today–so Project Fi is giving… Read More Uber has a car with a bunch of cameras on it driving around collecting images to improve its maps, driving routes, and ETAs, TechCrunch has confirmed. And here are the first photos of it. When asked about an image dug up from a private Uber drive...
Photos And Details Of Uber’s Map-Making Car
Primitive cultures like my family believe that 3D scanning steals the essence of a person which is why we do not allow binocular vision in my home. The Eora 3D scanner, however, is allowed because it takes 3D scans using a device that is surprisi...
The Eora 3D Scanner Can Capture The Very Soul Of ...
A rare genetic disorder called progeria that causes symptoms of old age to manifest in the young has been popularized in books and movies such as Jack, a film that featured Robin Williams as a boy who aged four times faster than normal, and The C...
How Attackers Could Send Your Smartphone To An Early Grave
It’s been an eventful year for 3D printing company MakerBot — it got a new CEO, opened a new factory in Brooklyn’s Industry City and announced multiple rounds of layoffs. We visited the Industry City facility back in September and spoke to CEO Jonathan Jaglom (previously an executive at Stratasys, which acquired MakerBot in 2013) about where he sees MakerBot going from here.… Read MoreCEO Jonathan Jaglom Talks About MakerBot’s Challenges
How can Facebook Messenger’s AI/human hybrid assistant M lend you a hand? Early data from Facebook’s testing shows people want help booking reservations, finding local businesses that could solve their problems, and buying stuff. Facebook characterized M activity, telling me “So far, most people are using M to pass off less than thrilling chores, get out of a bind, or just… Read MoreFacebook M Assistant’s Top Requests Include Restaurant Suggestions And Shopping ...
The Google-owned navigation app Waze has a number of standout features – its ability to alert you to traffic conditions and speed traps, and re-route you around traffic jams, for example – but its user interface was not one of its better qualities. Today, the company is attempting to change that with the rollout of an entirely made-over version of its iOS application that introduces… Read MoreNavigation App Waze Gets A Huge Redesign – Now Less ...
As rumored last week, the U.S government has just announced a program that will require drones to be registered with the U.S Department of Transportation. At a press conference today in Washington D.C, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced the plan. The department will be creating a task force with the F.A.A to devise exactly how the registration system will work. Secretary… Read MoreDrones Now Need To Be Registered With U.S Government, Says ...
When we say “Facebook IS the Internet to many people” we really mean “Many Facebook users don’t fully understand what the Internet is.” Throwing Internet jargon at them will just make them freeze up and ignore you, or get deeply confused. So imagine what targets of hacking attempts might think when they receive this notification from Facebook: Please Secure… Read MoreFacebook Should Reword Confusing Hack Warning About “State-Sponsored Actors”
Flipboard today is opening up some better targeting to its advertising partners in the form of the advertising based on the interest graphs it has built for its users. Here’s an example: an advertiser that chooses to advertise with coffee topics may also have their ads shown with craft beer topics. The reason behind that, Flipboard head of advertising products Dave Huynh said, is… Read More