Text adventures back from the dead
How voice recognition could boost a fading form.

February 27, 2017 at 02:15PM
via Digg http://ift.tt/2lqSaix

Play Around With Some Simple Self-Driving Cars In Your Web Browser
Maybe you think it’s inevitable that we’ll have self-driving cars soon — that they’ll be safer, and capable of sharing the road with humans. Actually designing that AI can be tough, as this little 2D demonstration shows.

February 27, 2017 at 11:23AM
via Digg http://ift.tt/2mwoT6M

My 2015 MacBook Pro Retina exploded.
Daniel Dourvaris says his MacBook randomly shut off and spontaneously combusted, and he’s got the grisly photos to show it.

February 27, 2017 at 11:10AM
via Digg http://ift.tt/2lOo75c

This Invention Makes Riding a Bike Indoors a Lot Less Awful
Zwift is the closest you can get to riding outside if you get stuck inside.

February 27, 2017 at 10:04AM
via Digg http://ift.tt/2l7jdi0

The future of Final Fantasy 15
How FF15 director Hajime Tabata is making his game a living platform for embracing the next steps of game design and technology.

February 27, 2017 at 07:56AM
via Digg http://ift.tt/2lBh2q4

BlackBerry’s new keyboard phone is doomed to be a noble failure
BlackBerry is trying something interesting, but it almost certainly won’t pan out.

February 27, 2017 at 06:36AM
via Digg http://ift.tt/2l1OhUS

Inside Facebook’s AI Machine
Artificial intelligence now helps Facebook see, talk, and understand. It may even root out fake news soon.

February 27, 2017 at 06:35AM
via Digg http://ift.tt/2mvltl1

Guy Tries To Use Windows ’98 And An Old Computer For His Daily Life And… It Gets Frustrating
Need to make an Excel sheet or watch a DVD? It can handle that. Want to use Facebook or most of the internet? You’re shit out of luck.

February 26, 2017 at 04:16PM
via Digg http://ift.tt/2ldHKSu

Nokia’s 3310 returns to life as a modern classic
Like its predecessor, it will still be called the Nokia 3310, but this time it’s running Nokia’s Series 30+ software, with a 2.4-inch QVGA display, a 2-megapixel camera, and even a microSD slot.

February 26, 2017 at 11:47AM
via Digg http://ift.tt/2msooe0

Fintech, the Buzzword Finance Loves and Hates: QuickTake Q&A
Ever since a wave of financial technology startups emerged after the 2008 subprime mortgage crack-up, “fintech” has become shorthand for a digital revolution that could sweep away antiquated banking practices.

February 26, 2017 at 08:36AM
via Digg http://ift.tt/2mtrqOD