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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...
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...
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...
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...
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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.
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 ...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...