Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Nvidia Puts AI in Cars, Gaming Rigs in the Cloud and other top stories.

  • Nvidia Puts AI in Cars, Gaming Rigs in the Cloud

    Nvidia Puts AI in Cars, Gaming Rigs in the Cloud
    LAS VEGAS—In front of a standing-room only crowd, Nvidia CEO and Founder Jen-Hsun Huang on Wednesday made a slew of announcements covering artificial intelligence for the home, self-driving cars, and of course, gaming. AI Cars Nvidia showed off a demo of its own self-driving car, known as BB8. As you can see in the video below, the car understands and follows commands like "take me to Starbucks," stopping and red lights when necessary, slowing for turns, merging onto then exiting off of the free..
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  • Sony previews an OLED TV with an eye-popping picture

    Sony previews an OLED TV with an eye-popping picture
    Sony on Wednesday showed an OLED television it plans to sell later this year that features a gorgeous image and eliminates traditional speakers by vibrating the display to produce sound. The A1E series Bravia TVs represent a return to the commercial OLED TV business for Sony. OLED screens are based on a fundamentally different technology from the dominant LCD and produce light from fluorescence of an organic element. That produces deeper and richer colors than LCD and means the displays ..
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  • Ford Expands Alexa Use, Heating Up Personal Assistant Battle

    Ford Expands Alexa Use, Heating Up Personal Assistant Battle
    Ford Motor is expanding the use of Amazon.com' s Alexa personal assistant in its vehicles to allow drivers to talk to their cars—demanding anything from a nearby cheeseburger to a weather forecast—marking a leap by the Detroit automaker to incorporate a technology initially targeted for home use.The expanding alliance between Ford (f) and Amazon (amzn), announced on Wednesday at the CES tech show in Las Vegas, underscores the importance to both automakers and Internet commerce companies of c..
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  • Mark Zuckerberg shares Facebook's secrets with all his employees, and almost none of it leaks

    Mark Zuckerberg shares Facebook's secrets with all his employees, and almost none of it leaks
    The CEO opens up to 16,000 employees once a week. Why don't you hear more about it? by Kurt Wagner Jan 5, 2017, 6:00am EST. tweet · share · Linkedin · Justin Sullivan / Getty Images. On a Friday afternoon in July 2015, Mark Zuckerberg stood in front of ...
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  • Razer goes immersive with new in-room gaming projection and 3-screen laptop

    Razer goes immersive with new in-room gaming projection and 3-screen laptop
    Razer, the billion-dollar startup that builds hardware and software for hardcore gaming enthusiasts, is today unveiling two of its latest products aimed at ramping up the immersive gaming experience. And — surprisingly, given how much else we’ve seen in this area this week already at CES — Razer is not launching yet another virtual reality tool. Project Ariana is a new in-room projector that expands your gameplay with a flood of lights, colors and high-definition sound. And Project Valerie is ..
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  • Leaked photo may be our first ever look at Samsung's Galaxy S8

    Leaked photo may be our first ever look at Samsung's Galaxy S8
    The Galaxy S8 isn’t due for a few months, but the phone is already the talk of the town. We’ve been hit with a consistent barrage of Galaxy S8 rumors before and during CES 2017, and you can read everything we know about the Galaxy S8 so far right here. The latest leak actually shows us a picture of a device that might be a Galaxy S8 prototype. On the other hand, it could always be fake, so don’t get too excited just yet. Posted on Weibo, the image seems to show a handset that aligns with coun..
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  • Surprise! Monster Burst of Radio Waves Arose in Tiny Galaxy

    Surprise! Monster Burst of Radio Waves Arose in Tiny Galaxy
    For the first time, scientists have directly traced an incredibly intense, blindingly bright burst of radio waves — known as an FRB — back to its home galaxy. Surprisingly, this impressive cosmic radio flasher has somewhat humble origins, according to three new studies detailing the findings.  FRB stands for "fast radio burst." These flickers of light were just discovered in 2007, and although they last for just a fraction of a second, they release more energy than our entire sun will r..
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  • Top TVs and all the best tech from the biggest day at CES

    Top TVs and all the best tech from the biggest day at CES
    We have arrived.Photo by Kent German/CNET No, CES still hasn't officially begun, but I don't blame you for thinking so given the torrent of news we've seen so far. And today, or CES press day as it's called, was even busier with a long schedule of press conferences from big name companies battling to one-up each other. It's exciting and a bit confusing given the volume, but CNET is here to bring you the coolest a..
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  • 'Pokémon Go' was the most downloaded iPhone app worldwide in 2016, Apple says

    'Pokémon Go' was the most downloaded iPhone app worldwide in 2016, Apple says
    Drew Angerer"Pokémon Go" and "Super Mario Go," Nintendo's first experiments with bringing its characters to Apple devices, both ended up in the top 10 iOS apps downloaded worldwide in 2016, Apple announced on Thursday. "Pokémon Go," which Apple calls a "cultural phenomenon," was the most downloaded iOS app, Apple said in a press release. But Mario is also popular, and "Super Mario Go" was the most downloaded app on Christmas and New Year's Day.  Apple's developers were able to rake in $20 billi..
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