Category: Tech

Can Byte recreate the magic of Vine?

[ad_1] Launch Byte, and you’ll find all the usual trappings of video capture apps. There’s your feed with constantly looping six-second videos, an Explore page where you can look at other accounts, an Activity page with the usual “like” and “follow” notifications, a personal profile page and, of course, the center camera button, which is […]

IBM uses AI to predict progress of Huntington’s disease symptoms

[ad_1] The existing understanding of the disease only indicates that symptoms tend to materialize between the ages of 30 and 50, not which symptoms and how they’ll evolve. The researchers are “optimistic” that a single MRI scan could produce more accurate estimates of functional decline across multiple categories. It wouldn’t result in better treatment by […]

This is the end of ‘Kentucky Route Zero’

[ad_1] I interviewed Jake Elliott at GDC 2013, in between the debut of acts one and two, and I asked him about the game’s release schedule, its themes and its ending. Seven years later and on the eve of the final episode’s launch, I read bits of this interview back to the Cardboard Computer team. […]

A Vermont bill would bring emoji license plates to the US

[ad_1] The bill, introduced by Democrat Rebecca White, would allow drivers to add one of six emoji to their license plates. The pictographs would be in addition to whatever combination of letters and numbers the state’s Commissioner of Motor Vehicles assigns to a car or a driver picks for themselves. So you won’t have to […]

Avast packaged detailed user data to be sold for millions of dollars

[ad_1] The investigation incriminates a lot of big name companies. We don’t know for certain which are past, present or potential clients, but the list includes Expedia, Intuit, Keurig, Condé Nast, Sephora, Loreal and more. Microsoft said it doesn’t have a current relationship with the company. Yelp said Jumpshot was “engaged on a one-time basis,” […]

Amazon is having a sale on all of its Fire TV streamers

[ad_1] The new Fire TV Cube is also on offer with a decent discount: $100 instead of $120. Again, not the cheapest we’ve seen it (it dropped to $90 just before the holidays), but a great price for all the new features it packs in, such as support for Dolby Vision and HDR+, YouTube and […]

Amazon slashes Echo Buds to $90

[ad_1] Amazon’s Echo Buds have had their first ever price drop, and are now on sale for $90 instead of the usual $130. This AirPods alternative does a lot of things well: its customizable, the hands-free Alexa function works great – and the Buds are maybe a bit more inconspicuous than Apple’s offering. That said, […]

Watch the first full trailer for Netflix’s divisive ‘Ghost in the Shell’ series

[ad_1] The 3DCG animation style — the first for a Ghost in the Shell production — has proved to be divisive, with more thumbs-down than thumbs-up votes on the original teaser trailer. That could be because it varies dramatically from the original hand-drawn anime style, to put it generously. What folks can be more excited […]

Nintendo will stop repairing Wii consoles in March

[ad_1] Nintendo’s Wii has had a phenomenal run since its 2006 launch, selling more than 101 million consoles across its seven-year lifespan. Now, years after it was supplanted by the Wii U and then the Switch, Nintendo is announcing that it’ll no longer service your damaged Wiis. If you’ve been sleeping on getting a unit […]