Elon Musk is building a five-mile Hyperloop test track
The track would be used as a place “for companies and student teams to test out their pods,” suggesting Musk will be leaving the project open to any groups that want to work on it.
January 15, 2015 at 05:27PM
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Google Translate App Gets an Upgrade
A universal translator is still years away, but with a new update to the Google Translate app, we’re one step closer.
January 15, 2015 at 03:54PM
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Google Glass sales halted but firm says kit is not dead
Google is ending its experimental Google Glass program, the BBC has learned.
January 15, 2015 at 12:43PM
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Why on Earth Is IBM Still Making Mainframes?
IBM quit making PCs in 2005, and it quit making servers last year. But it looks like Big Blue will keep pumping out its mainframes forever. The first mainframes were designed to serve Cold War clients like the US Department of Defense. The mainframe of today is designed to serve a very different world — and economy.
January 15, 2015 at 12:20PM
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Disinformation of Charlie Hebdo and The Fake BBC Website
While we can’t say definitively what the motives are of the operators are, it is apparent that they are untrustworthy and potentially nefarious. The predictive classification that we used to identify and flag the site is showing the attack is very similar to former incidents that malicious actors have used in the past like the Boston Marathon malware incidents. This post highlights the OpenDNS Security Labs analysis of the campaign and its indicators.
January 15, 2015 at 11:00AM
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The Time BlackBerry Decided I Shouldn’t Review Its New Phone
Blackberry all but begged us to review its Passport phone — until I made it clear that it was an all-or-nothing battle against my iPhone.
January 15, 2015 at 08:34AM
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Google Wants To Build A Modular Smartphone
There’s any number of reasons why this might not work, from durability to cost to people not bothering to develop new modules. But as a pie-in-the-sky dream phone, Project Ara has our attention.
January 15, 2015 at 07:28AM
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Prominent Scientists Sign Letter of Warning About AI Risks
Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk, and many other prominent figures have signed an open letter pushing for responsible AI oversight in order to mitigate risks and ensure the “societal benefit” of the technology.
January 14, 2015 at 10:04PM
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The Mimic
Two months ago, Zelda did her first pinch-to-zoom.
January 14, 2015 at 09:36PM
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Snapchat Asks Brands for $750,000 to Advertise and Won’t Budge
Brands balk at paying top dollar for one day of disappearing ads.
January 14, 2015 at 04:23PM
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