Ride shotgun in this 360-degree Le Mans video
Sure,
360-degree video is practically old news at this point, but we've never
seen an example that works as well as this. To coincide with the Le
Mans 24 Hour endurance race, Nismo (Nissan's motorsports division) has
uploaded a 360-degree lap of Circ... Read More ...
Amazon's first transparency report details data requests for 2015
Amazon
has finally published a bi-annual transparency report (PDF), revealing
the kinds of data requests it received from the government in recent
months and how the company responded to them. Apparently, from January
1st to May 31st, 2015, the e-com... Read More ...
Tearaway Unfolded arrives adorably to PS4 on September 8th
Ready
to guide a papercraft "You" through a world of hugs, malevolent
squirrels and craft projects again? Yes, Tearaway Unfolded is coming at
last to Sony's PS4 console on September 8th. The game is a remake of the
Tearaway on PS Vita, but reworked e... Read More ...
Technical error prevents US issuing passports and visas overseas
A
technical issue has halted the State Department's issuing of passports
and visas from its overseas offices. According to the department's
guidance, anyone that applied for a passport from outside the US after
May 26th is affected by the problem, th... Read More ...
Leak: 'Street Fighter' DLC coming to 'Super Smash Bros.'
Street
Fighter's Ryu is almost certainly coming to Super Smash Bros. (SSB).
Multiple files featuring the character have been extracted from a recent
update, adding weight to a rumor that began back in April. The evidence
is pretty compelling: there's... Read More ...
Scientists defy gravity with 'perpetual' water pump
Scientists
have figured out how to pump water upwards in a thick tube using a
combination of surface tension and water-repellent materials. Before you
get your hopes up, it's definitely no perpetual-motion machine -- but
the discovery from Beihang Un... Read More ...
Amazon to launch 'Catastrophe' comedy series on Facebook
Amazon
is slated to debut British comedy Catastrophe in the US on June 15th,
but you won't find the pilot episode on Prime. Instead of bringing the
series straight to its video platform, the e-commerce company will post
the 30-minute pilot on its Fac... Read More ...
CubeSats will escort NASA's InSight lander to Mars in 2016
NASA's
InSight lander will make its way to the red planet with two smaller
companions: briefcase-sized CubeSats called Mars Cube One (MarCO). Each
one measures 14.4 x 9.5 x 4.6 inches and is comprised of six 4-inch
square cube satellites. All three o... Read More ...
Wikipedia's secure pages stop others from tracking your fact finding
You
may not think that the security of your Wikipedia research is a big
deal, but it can be. You don't want spies to misinterpret your searches
for potassium nitrate and the Gunpowder Plot as evidence of a terrorist
conspiracy, after all. Appropriate... Read More ...
Moore's Law in action: making our machines ever more micro
Over
the past few decades, engineers have leveraged Moore's Law to the
fullest, resulting in powerful ultrathin laptops and feature-rich
miniature wearables. Back in 1981, a 23-pound Osborne 1 computer was
considered portable, with 64KB of onboard me... Read More ...
Recommended Reading: NFL player turns mercenary in 'Call of Duty'
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Germany calls off probe into whether the NSA spied on Angela Merkel
We
might never know if the NSA truly spied on German chancellor Angela
Merkel. And if the agency did, the details might never come to light,
because her government has decided to stop investigating whether Merkel
was actually a target. The country's ... Read More ...
Apple reportedly scrapped a Sonos-like Beats speaker
Shortly
after it acquired Beats, Apple spiked one of Dre and Co.'s pet
projects, according to a report from Variety. The product was supposedly
a WiFi-connected speaker that could directly play internet subscription
music, similar to offerings from S... Read More ...
'Dota 2 Reborn' will make playing or just watching easier next week
E3
isn't even under way yet, but Valve (which will not be presenting at
the event) is starting things early by revealing a new client for its
massively popular PC game Dota 2. Dota 2 Reborn is being revealed in
three blog updates before it launches i... Read More ...
Facebook tweaks your newsfeed by how long you read each post
In
an unsurprising revelation, it turns out your Facebook news feed is
watching you almost as much as you watch it. The Menlo Park-based
company announced today that it is "improving" its news feature by
taking into account not just whether someone l... Read More ...
Realdoll invests in AI for future sexbots that move, and talk dirty
Tired
of your $10,000 anatomically-correct sex doll just lying there? Well,
now RealDoll, purveyors of alarmingly lifelike silicone sex partners --
and apparently not movie buffs -- plans to give them personalities.
According to the New York Times, R... Read More ...
The original number-pushing puzzle game, 'Threes,' goes free
Threes
is a deceptively simple puzzle game. You slide numbered tiles across a
16-slot board, combining twin numbers to rack up the highest score
possible. It seems like something timeless, like it should have been
next to the crossword puzzle in The ... Read More ...
Planes take to the runway in a glorious 8K 360-degree video
We
haven't even had a chance to fill our homes with 4K TVs and already
YouTube is moving on to 8K. To get an early jump on the coming wave of
mega-high resolution videos, Dubai360 says that it has posted the
world's first 8K 360-degree video. World's... Read More ...
Background info on US spies, military stolen by hackers
Wondering
how the recently uncovered hack covering personal information from
millions of government employees could be worse? We now have our answer,
as sources have told the Associated Press and other outlets that in
another breach, hackers accessed... Read More ...
I visited Jurassic Park in VR and tried to pet a dino
Imagine
you're in a dense forest with the largest lizard-like creature that has
ever walked the planet. It's just you and the Apatosaurus, one of the
many dinosaurs featured in Jurassic World. You sit and watch her sleep
from a few feet away. It's st... Read More ...
Quirky bails on building not-so-useful products
The
Quirky dream is over -- or at least, it's fundamentally changing. The
company just announced that it'll no longer be building products of its
own, instead it'll focus on channeling ideas to corporate partners like
GE and Mattel. Quirky launched a... Read More ...
E3 2015: What to expect from gaming's big show
We
meet again, E3. Festivities around the 2015 Electronic Entertainment
Expo kick off on Sunday, June 14th, with Bethesda's first-ever E3 press
conference at 7PM PT. We're expecting more news about Fallout 4, footage
of the new Doom, maybe something ... Read More ...
Cooking with Watson: Caymanian Plantain Dessert
Cognitive
Cooking with Chef Watson is a collaboration between IBM and the
Institute of Culinary Education in New York City. Once a week, as part
of an ongoing series, we'll be preparing one recipe from the book until
we've made all of them. Wish us l... Read More ...
ILM created a film-quality Star Wars VR experience
Industrial
Light and Magic, George Lucas' award-winning special effects company,
has created a stunning photo-realistic augmented and virtual reality
that puts Star War fans in the middle of scenes inspired by the upcoming
film. In a sneak peek with ... Read More ...
Sprked does for game modders what Valve couldn't
When
Valve and Bethesda introduced paid Skyrim mods on Steam, there was a
huge backlash from the community. Some players were unhappy with the
profit-sharing model, which only gave 25 percent of each sale to
modders, while others were concerned about... Read More ...
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