[ad_1] Today, Microsoft announced that it’s investing $1 billion in the Elon Musk-founded company OpenAI. The two companies will work together to bring supercomputing technologies and AI to Microsoft Azure. And OpenAI will run its services exclusively in Microsoft’s cloud. Ultimately, the partners hope to build artificial general intelligence (AGI), a technology that some say […]
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You might have to be a die-hard fan to get ‘Star Trek: Picard’
[ad_1] Star Trek: Picard will stream on CBS: All Access in the US, air on Space/Crave in Canada, and be available on Amazon Prime in the rest of the world. It’s likely going to have cost Jeff Bezos’ mega-retailer a pretty penny, since CBS has proved to be a tough negotiator. Star Trek Discovery, after […]
Etsy buys music gear marketplace Reverb to expand its reach
[ad_1] If regulators approve the deal, it should close late in the third quarter or early in the fourth quarter of 2019. Reverb CEO David Kalt will step down from his leadership role once Etsy names a new executive. Etsy hasn’t made many acquisitions in its day (there were ‘just’ five between 2009 and 2016), […]
Slack’s latest update should make its desktop app more efficient
[ad_1] It’ll launch up to 33 percent faster and you’ll be able to hop into a call with your colleagues or collaborators up to 10 times more quickly, which should save you time. It’ll also hog up to 50 percent less memory, easing the strain on your machine so you can perhaps have even more […]
Huawei allegedly developed a spy-friendly phone network for North Korea
[ad_1] It’s well-established that Koryolink enables spying on users, although the new details suggest the system is more elaborate than previously thought. While it’s known that the network is highly restrictive for locals (who can’t make international calls or reach the internet) and loosened for visitors (barred from local calls and the state intranet), the […]
Airbnb makes it easier to find a place to stay on business trips
[ad_1] Airbnb wants to make it easier to find work-friendly listings, and its solution is fairly simple. Before, the company would ask if you were traveling for business at checkout. Now, it’s offering an Airbnb for Work toggle that you can select at the beginning of your search. The feature will bring up listings that […]
Netflix is getting a samurai anime from country singer Sturgill Simpson
[ad_1] Titled Sound & Fury, the film will be released this fall together with a new album of the same name. The film will be set to Simpson’s music, with each song acting as the soundtrack for a different short anime segment. The rock and country singer hasn’t released a full album since 2016’s A […]
Facebook’s prototype VR bangle squeezes and vibrates your wrists
[ad_1] As explained by UploadVR, the idea is that you’d wear one Tasbi unit on each wrist, letting you get a sensation when you pick up objects, push buttons or touch a surface. Apparently, even though your fingers aren’t touching anything, Tasbi is smart enough to make you think you are. Sadly, Tasbi doesn’t do […]
Elon Musk promises longer, curved tunnel for future Hyperloop contests
[ad_1] Elon Musk made the announcement on Twitter shortly after the 2019 Hyperloop Pod competition. Next year’s @Hyperloop competition will be in a 10km vacuum tunnel with a curve — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 22 July 2019 The Hyperloop competition is a student engineering challenge where teams are invited to design and build a prototype vehicle […]
ASUS’ ROG Phone II combines high-spec power with accessory spectacle
[ad_1] The most interesting part here is the accessories. The ROG Phone II still comes bundled with a clip-on fan (this still uses the phone’s side port), but this new and improved AeroActive Cooler II is apparently four times quieter, and it can reduce the surface temperature by up to 5 degrees Celsius lower. Another […]