Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images The rumor mill has been abuzz about Motorola’s supposed folding phone all year, and a new report says the device is still on track for a 2019 debut. Motorola initially wanted to launch the phone over the summer, but that didn’t work out. It’s …
Read More »NASA Produces Stunning Simulation of a Black Hole
It was just this year that we got our first real look at a black hole, and it matched many of the theoretical predictions that came before the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) project made history. An impressive new NASA simulation shows us what that black hole might look like …
Read More »Researchers Identify 44 Genes Involved in Age-Related Hearing Loss
A team of scientists from King’s College London, University College London and the University of Manchester has identified 44 genes linked to age-related hearing loss. Wells et al performed genome-wide association studies for two self-reported hearing phenotypes, using more than 250,000 UK Biobank volunteers aged between 40 and 69 years. …
Read More »On Google’s 21st birthday, a look back in time
Google’s exact “birthday” remains a mystery, but the official line is that September 27, 1998 was the day the startup launched. Today marks the 21st anniversary of the company that has grown into one of the world’s largest companies, now considered by most to be a tech titan. Not long …
Read More »4 Things to know about Google posts in the 3-pack and local finder
In early 2019, Google started to display post highlights in the 3-Pack and Local Finder. We are seeing these more and more lately and have learned a lot about how they function. Here is everything we know about them so far. 1. The highlights pull in content from posts older …
Read More »Nvidia’s New RTX Broadcast Engine Features AI-Powered Green Screen Mode
Nvidia’s latest RTX-series GPUs are the first to feature real-time ray tracing, which can make games look prettier than ever. However, they’re also powerful computing platforms for AI development. Nvidia has demoed a new AI application powered by the Tensor Cores in RTX cards called RTX Broadcast Engine. Among …
Read More »Google Apologizes for Crashing Macs After Outage Blamed on Avid
Earlier this week, news broke that a large number of Macs running Avid software had failed upon rebooting and were no longer functional. There was a quick flurry of debates regarding the cause, with a virus or deliberate malware attack raised as a major potential suspect. As we were …
Read More »App Annie acquires analytics firm Libring, bringing adtech-related insights to its platform
App Annie, a go-to source for mobile app market data and analytics, is expanding its platform with the acquisition of mobile analytics provider Libring. The deal will allow App Annie to present its mobile app market data side by side with advertising analytics data in order to paint a …
Read More »ClimateTech is the new hot space for investors in a warming planet
How do you attract the attention of a prince? Aside from being Meghan Markle, of course. One answer came recently in the form of Prince Harry’s backing of a new initiative designed to make offsetting the carbon from your airline flights a properly mainstream idea. For Harry, the initiative had …
Read More »Android 10 Go Edition Is Coming This Fall With Speed, Security Boosts
Android has become the largest computing platform in the world, but the version of the OS most people use isn’t ideal for low-power hardware. That’s why Google debuted the “Go edition” of Android back in 2017. With Android 10 now rolling out to a few phones, Google has detailed …
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