A faster way to teach a robot
2023-07-19
Imagine purchasing a robot to perform household tasks. This robot was built and trained in a factory on a certain set of tasks and has never seen the items inRead More →
Plugable and Kensington unveil USB-4 docks supporting dual 4K 120Hz displays
2023-07-19
Newly released USB-4 docks from Plugable and Kensington allow two simultaneous 4K 120Hz monitor feeds. They also sport impressive arrays of DisplayPort, USB-C, USB-A, and ethernet connections to provide usersRead More →
Plex’s music player, Plexamp is now free to download
2023-07-19
Plexamp was a subscriber-only perk, but Plex has now released a free version offering unlimited streaming of your music library, gapless playback, and support for CarPlay and Android Auto. ReadRead More →
Court grants Apple another stay on allowing external payments while awaiting SCOTUS appeal
2023-07-19
At the same time, it filed a motion in district court to stay its ruling until the SCOTUS decides on the mandate. The lower court granted the motion and willRead More →
Armando Solar-Lezama named inaugural Distinguished College of Computing Professor
2023-07-18
The MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing named Armando Solar-Lezama as the inaugural Distinguished College of Computing Professor, effective July 1. Solar-Lezama is the first person appointed to thisRead More →
Understanding viral justice
2023-07-18
In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, the word “viral” has a new resonance, and it’s not necessarily positive. Ruha Benjamin, a scholar who investigates the social dimensions of science,Read More →
Xbox Live Gold becomes Game Pass Core in September, same price with 25 games
2023-07-18
Starting September 14, Xbox Live Gold will become Xbox Game Pass Core, a new basic tier of Microsoft’s game subscription service. For $9.99 a month or $59.99 a year –Read More →
Millions of US military emails have leaked to the domain of a Russian ally for nearly a decade
2023-07-18
The problem stems from the similarity of the US armed forces email suffix (.mil) and the country identifier for Mali (.ml). Mali is a country in West Africa, just southRead More →
Samsung prices ViewFinity 5K monitor at $1,599, the same as Apple’s Studio Display
2023-07-18
Sammy said the screen covers 99 percent of the DCI-P3 color gamut, has a typical brightness of 600 cd/m2, and comes factory calibrated for Delta E <2 out of theRead More →
Israeli defense forces employ more AI weapons systems in reinvention of warfare
2023-07-17
Bloomberg reports that Israeli military officials have confirmed the use of an AI recommendation system that analyzes swathes of data to determine which targets to select for air strikes. TheRead More →