Seven months later, Valve’s Steam Machines look dead in the water
Sales of under 500,000 machines so far show an utter lack of market demand.

June 3, 2016 at 02:51PM
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Twilio’s IPO and a new layer in the startup stack: AWSaaS
Just four technology companies have gone public in the US this year. But the fifth one, Twilio, which made its IPO intentions known last week, is bound to be the most interesting.

June 3, 2016 at 11:36AM
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Computing’s Search for Quantum Questions
Recent tests show that quantum computers made by D-Wave systems should solve some problems faster than ordinary computers. Researchers have begun to map out exactly which queries might benefit from these quantum machines.

June 3, 2016 at 09:28AM
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Google Has Been Recording Random Conversations Without Your Knowledge
Google uses its recording function to learn your voice for future searches, which sounds all well and good. However, the problem arises when you use a  “hot word” which will launch the voice function, often without your knowing.

June 3, 2016 at 08:07AM
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Snapchat Passes Twitter in Daily Usage
The four-year-old messaging app is said to have 150 million people using it each day.

June 2, 2016 at 05:36PM
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DOD continues quest to make “Iron Man” exosuit for special ops
At this week’s Special Operations Forces Industry Conference, the US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) cracked the door open a bit on its Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit (TALOS) program.

June 2, 2016 at 04:26PM
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World’s First 3D Light Painting Was Created Using 24 Raspberry Pi Webcams And A Pixel Stick
A team of university students put a lot of work into this. First, they took photos from 24 different perspectives of their subject with a delay, so the movement of the person could be recorded. Then, they cut out each individual image by hand, painted them with light using a pixel stick, and turned these light images into a hyperlapse.

June 2, 2016 at 03:29PM
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GoPro needs a hero
Can a shift to software save the action camera giant?

June 2, 2016 at 03:27PM
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How Are Cell Phones Changing Our Bodies?
More people have cell phones than have working toilets, so how are they affecting our physiology?

June 2, 2016 at 02:35PM
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Elon Musk Explains Why He Thinks We’re Probably Living In An Alien Video Game
While speaking at last night’s Code Conference, Elon Musk revealed that he believes there is a “one in billions” chance that we’re not in a reality-like simulation. His explanation is interesting, but we get the feeling he might have watched “The Matrix” one too many times.

June 2, 2016 at 02:35PM
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