IT&Software
Protester arrested at Jeff Bezos Amazon conference in Vegas
A remarkably unfazed Bezos picked back up with a "Where were we?" Geekwire reports that at Amazon's re:MARS conference, the company's Worldwide Consumer CEO, Jeff Wilke, revealed a new Prime delivery drone that could reportedly be ready to deliver packages "within months". [Full Article...]
Robert Downey Jr. wants to combat climate change with robots
According to the actor who has played the character of Tony Stark aka Iron Man for the past 11 years - the latest being the mega-hit "Avengers: The End Game" - AI gives him hope to tackle the climate problems. Downey didn't announce what technology it plans to use and made no mention of partners, investors or advisers. Following the conference, the website FootprintCoalition.com went live an... [Full Article...]
Apple looking to buy autonomous-car startup
Basically, Apple is looking to simply purchase the talent inside of the company, perhaps not the company itself or its self-driving vehicle infrastructure or hardware. According to the California Department of Motor Vehicles, Apple had the third-most autonomous miles driven in that state in 2018, but struggled with disengagements, with human drivers having to take control back from the auto about ... [Full Article...]
Google Stadia games, price and release date confirmed
Stadia Pro , which will launch at £8.99 a month, is Google's equivalent of Playstation Plus and Xbox. Other games announced include Gylt , an adventure game from developer Tequila Works, and a multiplayer Overcooked-style game called Get Packed from Moonshine Studios. [Full Article...]
HTC's Eye-Controlled VR Headset Arrives in the US
The eye tracking technology can even make your virtual avatar seem more lifelike by showing your real eye movements and blinking. The Vive Pro Eye was created to meet their needs. Using the Vive Pro Eye, Ovation can tell if you're making eye contact with the audience and keeping them engaged. "Using this headset's eye tracking technology, we can add significant extra value to our clients' projects... [Full Article...]
Verizon's LG G7 Gets Updated to Android Pie
Some new features coming to the G7 via the Pie update include gesture navigation, App Actions, Cine Shot, Intelligent Gallery Zoom, and more. This functionality permits the user to create cinemagraphs, which refers to still photographs with limited repeated movements. [Full Article...]
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair - Announcement Trailer
The pair have to rescue Queen Phobee's Royal Beettalion Guard from each level and take on Capital B and oh god I can't write more of these awful puns. More information will be announced during E3 2019, which runs from June 11 to 13 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is the second game from Playtonic Games. [Full Article...]
Microsoft Wipes Huge Facial-Recognition Database
The database, known as MS Celeb , was the largest public facial recognition dataset in the world, amassed by scraping images off the web under a Creative Commons license that allows academic reuse of photos. Named MS Celeb, the database was built back in 2016 with the goal of keeping images of celebrities across the world. The database was created to contain photos of celebrities, but as Berl... [Full Article...]