Saturday, May 28, 2016

Amazon puts Alexa in the browser with Echosim.io and other top stories.

  • Amazon puts Alexa in the browser with Echosim.io

    Amazon puts Alexa in the browser with Echosim.io
    Amazon has put Alexa, the voice-powered AI software found in the Echo, Dot and Tap, right inside the browser with the launch of Echosim.io. After logging in with an Amazon account, anyone can start asking Alexa questions by clicking and holding on the mic button. Amazon’s Alexa is able to answer basic questions around information, weather, news and music and control other gadgets in the home. But since launch, one of the real differentiators for the Echo has been integration with third-party d..
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  • Op-ed: Oracle attorney says Google's court victory might kill the GPL

    Op-ed: Oracle attorney says Google's court victory might kill the GPL
    Annette Hurst is an attorney at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe who represented Oracle in the recent Oracle v. Google trial. This op-ed represents her own views and is not intended to represent those of her client or Ars Technica. The Oracle v. Google trial concluded yesterday when a jury returned a verdict in Google's favor. The litigation began in 2010, when Oracle sued Google, saying that the use of Java APIs in Android violated copyright law. After a 2012 trial, a judge held that APIs can't ..
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  • No Man's Sky has been delayed until August

    No Man's Sky has been delayed until August
    You'll have to wait a little bit longer to explore the vast universe of No Man's Sky. Today developer Hello Games revealed that the game will now be coming out on August 9th in North America; it was previously planned to hit both the PS4 and PC next month. Hello's Sean Murray said that the delay was because the game had "some key moments [that] needed extra polish to bring them up to our standards." Kotaku first reported the news earlier this week. "We get one shot to make this game and we can'..
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  • NASA Will Try to Pump Up Inflatable Space Station Room Again Saturday

    NASA Will Try to Pump Up Inflatable Space Station Room Again Saturday
    This artist's illustration shows the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) built by Bigelow Aerospace as it will appear once fully inflated on the International Space Station. NASA and Bigelow Aerospace will try to inflate the module on Saturday, May 28, after calling off their first try on Thursday. Credit: NASA Editor's note: This story was updated at 7:25 p.m. EDT on May 27 to give the time of Saturday's attempted BEAM inflation, which NASA had not previously announced. NASA wil..
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  • This odd ancient Australian marsupial had an insatiable appetite for snails

    This odd ancient Australian marsupial had an insatiable appetite for snails
    Artist reconstruction of a malleodectid from 15 million years ago chomping down on what appears to have been its favorite food — snails. (Peter Schouten) Australia's Riversleigh World Heritage site — a limestone cave filled with countless skeletons, remains of poor creatures that plummeted in over the course of millions of years — is a who's who of weird extinct animals. From its depths, scientists have uncovered fossils of the Thingodonta, a woodpecker-like marsupial that used its teeth to..
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  • Manhattanhenge happening Memorial Day

    Manhattanhenge happening Memorial Day
    Like this topic? You may also like these photo galleries:AutoplayShow ThumbnailsShow CaptionsLast SlideNext SlideClearing skies allowed the sun to come through with a dramatic sunset during a past Manhattanhenge.(Photo: Jared Kay, Your Take)Like your cousin with the tiny house, the sun’s location is always changing.That’s why four times a year, New Yorkers and anyone with an artsy Instagram page freak out about Manhattanhenge, when the sun lines up exactly with Manhattan’s street grid and the ci..
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  • Dragon Quest's On and Off History With PlayStation

    Dragon Quest's On and Off History With PlayStation
    Dragon Quest’s On and Off History With PlayStationToday is Dragon Quest’s 30th anniversary! The influential role-playing game franchise is a phenomenon in Japan, and is has a dedicated fanbase worldwide. Dragon Quest is set for a big 2016 with three releases planned (two of which are already out in Japan), so we wanted to take a look back at how the series has interacted with PlayStation over the past three decades.Dragon Quest (or Dragon Warrior as it would initially be known as to American fan..
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  • SpaceX makes fourth successful rocket landing

    SpaceX makes fourth successful rocket landing
    SpaceX launched an Asian communications satellite into a distant orbit Friday and for the fourth time managed to recover the rocket that did the work. Under blue skies dotted with clouds, the shiny white Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral, ...
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  • HP sheds some more light on the Omen X VR PC backpack

    HP sheds some more light on the Omen X VR PC backpack
    The Omen X by HP VR PC is nothing if not compelling. The company showed off a picture of the concept earlier today and let slip a smattering of details around the backpack PC but not much else. No press release, no product page. It was a fairly usual announcement for HP. The hardware company’s VP of Consumer PC & Solutions Mike Nash agreed to shed a bit more light on the upcoming product, which is HP’s attempt to adapt the expand world of virtual reality through the creation of a rig that cuts..
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