Author: Randall

The best gear for your backyard party

[ad_1] GRILL ALL THE THINGS If you’re having friends over, a good host always provides some eats. And when it comes to entertaining in the backyard, that usually involves a grill. There’s a literal truckload of options to choose from, and you can snag a solid setup for under $100 if you’re on a budget. […]

Senators ask FTC to investigate how social networks curate content

[ad_1] The FTC should publish any information it finds that would be “in the public interest,” the senators added. This isn’t a formal demand, and there’s no time frame for an expected response. It won’t be surprising if the letter doesn’t translate to action. However, it does illustrate the determination of conservative politicians (including the […]

Intel’s ultra-efficient AI chips can power prosthetics and self-driving cars

[ad_1] The Loihi chips are installed on a “Nahuku” board that contains from 8 to 32 Loihi chips. The Pohoiki Beach system contains multiple Nahuku boards that can be interfaced with Intel’s Arria 10 FPGA developer’s kit, as shown above. Pohoiki Beach will be very good at neural-like tasks including sparse coding, path planning and […]

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 855 Plus chip is built for gaming and VR

[ad_1] Those aren’t giant leaps, but Qualcomm is betting that they’ll be ideal for gaming, where GPU performance is more important than raw number crunching. The tweaks also make the 855 Plus helpful for AR and VR experiences, AI and anything else that’s particularly taxing. This isn’t your dream chip for 5G, though. The built-in […]

eBay offers Prime Day discounts even if Amazon doesn’t crash

[ad_1] Regardless of whether Amazon goes offline, some of the best tech deals include the following: Google Home Hub, 64 percent off Xbox One S 1TB Bundle, with two controllers and a three-month Game Pass, 23 percent off Bose QuietComfort 35 Series wireless headphones, 40 percent off Samsung Galaxy S10 128GB, 35 percent off LG […]

Europe’s sat-nav network crippled by ‘technical incident’

[ad_1] The GSA said that “experts are working to restore the situation as soon as possible. An Anomaly Review Board has been immediately set up to analyze the exact root cause and to implement recovery actions.” Sat-nav capabilities will be unavailable until further notice, it added. However, Galileo’s ability to pick up distress messages for […]

Synthetic fiber ‘muscles’ could lead to brawny robots and prosthetics

[ad_1] The fibers can range from just a few micrometers in thickness to a few millimeters, and they can be hundreds of meters of long. You can weave other elements into the fiber, too, such as nanowires (as researchers did to measure tension), electrodes or optical fibers. A robotic limb wouldn’t need external, bulky heat […]

US Army to test robotic combat vehicles in 2020

[ad_1] Every MET-D will have four soldiers in the back controlling two uncrewed vehicles, each of which is equipped with 7.62mm machine guns. Testing will ramp up over the next few years. A second phase in the Army’s late fiscal 2021 will see the robotic vehicles used in company-scale maneuvers with six MET-Ds and eight […]

France is creating a space command to defend its satellites

[ad_1] This is just the start, Macron added. Eventually, France would rename the military branch as the Space and Air Force. It would be an essential part of the country’s military strategy, then, not just a companion to the usual air, land and sea units. Space hasn’t been directly militarized so far, but there are […]