IT&Software
Oculus’ Santa Cruz Headset Now Officially Called Oculus Quest
It also has support for what's being called 360 degree audio, which Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says is better still than the audio options present in the Oculus Go . "All of the content that works for Rifts is going to work on the next version". The Oculus Quest is essentially a more premium version of the Go, with new features like hand controller tracking. [Full Article...]
Samsung's first triple camera smartphone launched
The Galaxy A7 2018 is also the first Galaxy to have the fingerprint reader on the right side frame attached to the power button. Availability: Available for purchase through Flipkart , Samsung E-Shop and Samsung Opera House on September 27 and 28. [Full Article...]
Google unveils changes to Search
The company says it wants to help users resume tasks where they left off, as well as get familiar with new hobbies and interests. Today, as part of its efforts to improve search, the search giant is revamping Feed and is renaming it to Discover . [Full Article...]
New Zealand - How Microsoft aims to bring AI to the masses
Along with Windows 10 and Windows 7, the Windows Virtual Desktop service also offers virtualized Office 365 ProPlus for multi-user scenarios, Microsoft said. Software developers with applications in the Azure Marketplace also can support the Windows Virtual Desktop service. "The fact that a partner such as us could configure, manage and maintain that environment I think is going to be pret... [Full Article...]
Firefox Monitor shows if your personal information was lost in a hack
This new service was created in partnership with Troy Hunt's Have I been Pwned , whose data is being supplied to Mozilla to power the Firefox Monitor service. With every major data breach, the amount of compromised login information that's available to hackers in various nefarious online databases only gets bigger and, with many people still unwisely reusing the same password across different o... [Full Article...]
Delta Air Lines "technology issue" today: Ground stops lifted in Atlanta
The statement does not specify what the technology issue is. Travelers reported having a hard time printing boarding passes and checking flight statuses. In January a year ago, a 2 1/2-hour computer breakdown grounded domestic flights and left passengers stranded across the U.S. Delta's worldwide computer systems failed in August 2016, when the carrier scrapped about 2,000 flights. [Full Article...]
Google asks employees to delete China search engine memo
According to the New York Times , more than 1,400 workers signed an internal letter, calling on the company to create an oversight process to evaluate the China project and other plans that "raise urgent moral and ethical issues". The Dragonfly Project was already created to censor search queries, but the memo notes it is even more complex, stating that the unnamed Chinese partner could add to ... [Full Article...]
Google Lens is coming to Image search results
The fundamentals remain the same. The Images overhaul includes carousels of online video clip highlights displayed with mobile search query results. On Google Image results, a new Lens button will appear at the bottom of each picture. Right at the time of Apple's macOS Mojave rollout, Google announced a major change to its "Feed". It's now capable of simultaneously displaying articles from sou... [Full Article...]