[ad_1] What makes them special? As we explained when they were announced, the RTX Super cards are basically souped-up versions of NVIDIA’s existing lineup. They’re taking the place of the faster “Ti” cards we’re used to seeing from the company (though, confusingly enough, the 2080 Ti is sticking around as the king of the RTX […]
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Harvard’s camera can show you the world through the eyes of a shrimp
[ad_1] Paul Chevalier, one of the co-authors of the study published in Science, explained how polarization can help us: “Polarization is a feature of light that is changed upon reflection off a surface. Based on that change, polarization can help us in the 3D reconstruction of an object, to estimate its depth, texture and shape, […]
SpaceX’s Starhopper will undergo hover test next week
[ad_1] The Starhopper has already undergone two previous hop tests and shown that it can lift a few inches off a launchpad. Now the Raptor engine has been mounted to the Starhopper again so the next stage of testing can begin, with a hover test scheduled for Tuesday, July 16th. This is where the engines […]
Three Houses’ is a slice of epic life
[ad_1] Explore mode would not work if the game wasn’t written well. It is. The terms of Nintendo’s embargo forbid me talking about the story beyond a major flashpoint around ten hours in, and I wouldn’t want to spoil it anyway. What I will say is Three Houses has some great twists and turns. The […]
Apple lets parental control app OurPact return to the App Store
[ad_1] The company said those parental control apps are using a technology called Mobile Device Management, which could give third parties access to information saved on devices. OurPact fired back with a post of its own, explaining that MDM doesn’t give it access to personal data (such as text messages, emails and contacts or browser […]
Lenovo fuels the first PC sales increase in six months
[ad_1] IDC and Gartner count shipments slightly differently, but IDC saw “high single-digit” US growth and Gartner saw a slight sales decline stateside. The number of units shipped went up for both desktop and portable PC models, according to IDC. Apple’s MacBook keyboard problems may or may not have affected worldwide shipments, which were flat […]
Luminar’s cheap LiDAR could be a big boost for autonomous vehicles
[ad_1] Luminar’s Iris LiDAR systems will cost less than $1,000 per unit for production vehicles or $500 for a limited version, according to TechCrunch. This is a massive saving from other LiDAR systems on the market today, which run up to $75,000 for a top of the line unit from developer Velodyne. However, Alphabet subsidiary […]
Google Voice for web update makes it much faster to place calls
[ad_1] You might not even need that keypad anyway if you’re calling contacts you get in touch with often. When you hover over a contact’s name in your call list, a phone icon will now show up — just click it to call that particular contact. Finally, a new audio icon in the main menu […]
Las Vegas autonomous shuttle crash happened due to lack of manual control
[ad_1] Apparently, the truck driver thought the shuttle would stop at a “reasonable” distance from the truck. Although the shuttle did start slowing down when it was 98.4 feet away, it’s not programmed to stop until it’s only 9.8 feet away from obstacles. The attendant hit the emergency stop button when the vehicle was 10.2 […]
The ‘Minecraft Earth’ beta begins its global takeover this month
[ad_1] The iOS-first launch isn’t surprising after we got our first peek at live gameplay during WWDC last month. While this new trailer has a lot of info on how you’ll play the game, interested players may want to revisit the Apple demo to get more feel for what it will be like to share […]