Tuesday, April 19, 2016

GameStop Forms Publishing Program to "Revolutionize" the Process and other top stories.

  • GameStop Forms Publishing Program to "Revolutionize" the Process

    The announcement earlier this year that Ratchet & Clank developer Insomniac Games would be working with retailer GameStop on its latest game may have caught some by surprise. A retailer-development arrangement is not very common. But it turns out GameStop has bold plans in the publishing space.The company today announced a publishing label called "GameTrust." It's not just Insomniac that has signed up, either, as other independent developers including The Order: 1886 developer Ready at Dawn, Te..
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  • Wall Street Punishes Netflix For Missing Subscriber Growth Targets, But Here's Why Consumers Should Be Happy ...

    Wall Street Punishes Netflix For Missing Subscriber Growth Targets, But Here's Why Consumers Should Be Happy ...
    I watched two episodes of Netflix‘s Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt on Friday evening. When I sat down to my Roku to watch the next episode two nights later, the main screen on the Netflix app knew where I was headed: One click down to Kimmy Schmidt, which was listed first under “Continue Watching.” One click into the Kimmy Schmidt episode screen. That is all. No more clicks. The next episode just started playing. I didn’t have to click a thing. If I had wanted to re-watch part of the previous epis..
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  • Apple confirms WWDC 2016 kicks off on June 13, opens ticket registration

    Apple confirms WWDC 2016 kicks off on June 13, opens ticket registration
      Apple confirms WWDC 2016 kicks off on June 13, opens ticket registration By AppleInsider Staff Monday, April 18, 2016, 04:11 pm PT (07:11 pm ET) Hours after Siri leaked upcoming dates for Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference, the company on Monday confirmed its 27th annual WWDC will indeed run from June 13 through June 17 in San Francisco. Developers can now register to take part in this year's ticket lottery. In a press release, Apple said developers can look forward to learn abou..
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  • The Long Decline of the Dinosaurs

    The Long Decline of the Dinosaurs
    Around 66 million years ago, the sky fell on the dinosaurs’ heads. An asteroid smashed into the Yucatan Peninsula, causing cataclysmic climate changes that marked the end of the Cretaceous period, and killed off some three-quarters of animal species. A small proportion of hardy birds survived, but the other dinosaurs went extinct.They were, however, already in decline.Manabu Sakamoto from the University of Reading has shown that dinosaur species were going extinct faster than new ones were appe..
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  • YouTube rolls out support for 360-degree live streams and spatial audio

    YouTube rolls out support for 360-degree live streams and spatial audio
    YouTube will today begin supporting 360-degree live streaming on its service, confirming reports from earlier this year stating that such a feature was in development. One of the first videos to take advantage of this more immersive format will be this year’s live stream from music event Coachella, where select performances from the festival will now be live streamed in 360 degrees. Also new today is support for spatial audio for on-demand YouTube videos, the company says. With this announceme..
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  • Gamma-Ray Burst Detected Near Gravitational Wave Source

    Gamma-Ray Burst Detected Near Gravitational Wave Source
    On Sept. 14, 2015, our planet experienced a very slight spacetime ripple that was detected by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO). On analyzing the signal, physicists realized these gravitational waves were caused by a black hole merger, some 1.3 billion light-years away. This first gravitational wave event was dubbed “GW150914.” PHOTOS: When the World Went Gravitational Wave Crazy The observation, which was announced on Feb. 11 to global fanfare, not only confirmed o..
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  • Tesla Owners Can Now Trial Autopilot For Free

    Tesla Owners Can Now Trial Autopilot For Free
    Grandma may be terrified about using autopilot in a Tesla electric car, but most of us would be more than happy to do so. And now more Tesla customers will get to be able to see what it’s like to have a Model S or Model X drive them around—even if they haven’t ponied up the usual $2,500 fee. Tesla says it’s now offering free trials of its autopilot software for all Model S and Model X cars made after September 2014. Cars made after that cut-off date already have the necessary equipment includin..
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  • Supreme Court hears legal aid residence test challenge

    Lord Chancellor's proposed residence test strikes at the heart of legal principles, says Bindmans lawyer The Supreme Court will today hear an appeal arguing that the government's proposed residence test for civil legal aid is unlawful. Seven justices will be told that the Lord Chancellor has no power to make regulations withholding legal aid on a discriminatory basis to people who have lived in UK for less than 12 months.The challenge is brought by the Public Law Project, which contends that the..
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  • Irish tech firm Movidius signs major camera deal with FLIR Systems in the US

    Irish tech firm Movidius signs major camera deal with FLIR Systems in the US
    Irish technology company Movidius has continued its stellar 2016 with the announcement of its third major deal just four months into the new year.The Dublin-founded chipmaker has teamed up with leading US thermal imaging technology company FLIR Systems to help create the world’s most intelligent thermal imaging solution. The collaboration will bring FLIR’s existing technology together with Movidius’ virtual processing unit and marry artificial intelligence with thermal imaging products for the f..
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  • The mysterious volcano that got Western scientists a rare invite to North Korea

    The mysterious volcano that got Western scientists a rare invite to North Korea
    In this June 18, 2014 photo, a North Korean national television station camera crew records the scenery from the peak of Mt. Paektu in North Korea's Ryanggang province. (David Guttenfelder/AP) With a roar that sounded like the pounding of a divine drum, the peak of towering Mount Paektu was blasted into the air. The resulting plume of volcanic material turned daytime into darkness and blanketed the landscape for hundreds of miles in a thick layer of snow-white ash. Meanwhile, a fast-moving f..
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