Cinema critics keep raving about Arrival, a sci-fi drama focusing on one linguist’s attempts to decipher an alien language. Star Trek recently celebrated its 50th anniversary. As a language geek and a sci-fi fan, I felt it only logical to look into the feasibility of the universal translator, the device used by the crew of the Starship Enterprise. Read More Reverse-engineering the universal translatorThis entry was posted in Column Gadgets TC on December 31, 2016 by Vadim Berman
One indicator of how the market is apparently more comfortable with AR than it is with its immersive sibling, VR, is that one of its earliest adopters are toymakers. Read More Toymakers are the early adopters pushing AR into the mainstreamThis entry was posted in augmented reality Column Gadgets Gaming software TC on December 31, 2016 by Amir-Esmaeil Bozorgzadeh
One indicator of how the market is apparently more comfortable with AR than it is with its immersive sibling, VR, is that one of its earliest adopters are toymakers. Read More Toymakers are the early adopters pushing AR into the mainstreamThis entry was posted in augmented reality Column Gadgets Gaming software TC on December 31, 2016 by Amir-Esmaeil Bozorgzadeh
The hosts take a look at what's coming in 2017, at CES and beyond. The post The Best Is Yet to Come appeared first on WIRED. The Best Is Yet to ComeThis entry was posted in Gadget Lab Gadget Lab Podcasts Gear Podcasts on December 30, 2016 by Wired Staff
An Illinois law is proving a thorn in Facebook’s side as a class action lawsuit, alleging mishandling of biometric information, moves towards trial. The latest developments in the case have the social network objecting against releasing or even admitting the existence of all manner of data, but the plaintiffs aren’t taking “objection” for an answer. Read More Facebook stalls in lawsuit alleging its facial recognition tech violates ...This entry was posted in facial recognition Social TC and tagged facebook on December 29, 2016 by Devin Coldewey
The NFL is hoping to expand its presence in China with a new deal that gives social media platform, Sina Weibo – often called China’s Twitter – the rights to live stream select games on its network, including the Super Bowl. The deal marks the first time a sports league will live stream games on the service, the NFL says. Additionally, Sina will gain the rights to… Read More NFL games are now live streaming on China’s Sina Weibo ...This entry was posted in China Football games nfl Social Sports TC on December 29, 2016 by Sarah Perez
Almost three years ago, Microsoft named Satya Nadella as its CEO. Since then, Microsoft has reversed its fortunes and returned to being a growth stock after stagnating for nearly a decade — and 2016 was not an exception to that. Indeed, as Microsoft continued its transition to cloud-based services and adopting multiple platforms, as well as taking big bets like buying LinkedIn for… Read More The new Microsoft under Satya Nadella is still looking good ...This entry was posted in Apps Enterprise Microsoft Mobile TC on December 29, 2016 by Matthew Lynley
More iPhone 7 devices were unwrapped over the 2016 holidays compared with Google Pixel smartphones, according to new data released by analytics service Mixpanel. Specifically, in the first few days after Christmas, the number of unique iPhone 7’s increased by 12.7 percent, compared with an 8.5 percent increase for Google’s newest flagship. And when comparing iOS to Android devices… Read More iPhone 7 was a top holiday gift, but Apple Watch ...This entry was posted in Android iOS Mobile PIXEL smartphones TC and tagged google iphone on December 29, 2016 by Sarah Perez
Last September, Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced a fairly ambition plan to bring free WiFi to 400 railway stations across India, a goal that would cover 10 million passengers a day, by the company’s count, making a small but meaningful impact on the estimated one billion-plus people in the country who aren’t connected to the internet. In January, the roll out started, bringing… Read More After arriving at 100th railway station in India, Google’s WiFi ...This entry was posted in india Mobile and tagged google on December 29, 2016 by Brian Heater
Nintendo gave Apple a timed exclusive with Super Mario Run, but ‘timed’ means that it was bound to arrive on Android sooner or later. Now, Android users can register in the Google Play Store to get notified when it is actually available, much like iOS users could prior to the game’s launch on Apple’s mobile devices. The Play Store entry for Super Mario Run features a… Read More You can now register to find out when Super Mario ...This entry was posted in Apps Gaming Mobile TC on December 29, 2016 by Darrell Etherington