Saturday, February 25, 2017

'Snow Moon' Lunar Eclipse Shines with Comet Tonight: What to Expect and other top stories.

  • 'Snow Moon' Lunar Eclipse Shines with Comet Tonight: What to Expect

    'Snow Moon' Lunar Eclipse Shines with Comet Tonight: What to Expect
    Early this evening (Feb. 10), careful observers across parts of North America can watch a Full Snow Moon penumbral lunar eclipse. With a pair of binoculars or a small telescope, skywatchers can also catch a glimpse of a bright-green comet passing by Earth. Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdušáková, which entered the media spotlight in December as the "New Year's Eve comet" when it first became visible, makes its closest approach to Earth on Saturday (Feb. 11). While the comet has been visible for..
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  • Facebook's new Oculus gloves let you type in VR

    Facebook's new Oculus gloves let you type in VR
    You need special controllers to manage virtual reality environments, but Facebook is already working on a different kind of accessory that would give you a lot more freedom in VR. Mark Zuckerberg revealed in a post that the Oculus gloves would let you interact with VR and AR (augmented reality) without having to hold any physical controllers. The gloves would even let you type in VR, something that’s not possible right now. “We’re working on new ways to bring your hands in virtual and augmen..
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  • 'Call Of Duty' Will Return To Its Roots In 2017

    'Call Of Duty' Will Return To Its Roots In 2017
    Concept art for Sledgehammer's cancelled Vietnam game by Eddie Del Rio. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare met with fan backlash, underwhelming sales and a disappointing reception in 2016 by fans and critics alike. That's the take-away from Tuesday's earnings call with Activision CEO Eric Hirshberg. In 2017, developer Sledgehammer will take Call of Duty "back to its roots." Activision COO Thomas Tippl said that "traditional combat will once again take center stage" in 2017's Call of Duty. Both Ti..
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  • Tesla's Elon Musk claims UAW behind reports of employee union push

    Tesla's Elon Musk claims UAW behind reports of employee union push
    Elon Musk, the billionaire head of Tesla, defended his company against reports that factory workers were “talking about unionizing,” saying that the man claiming to be an overworked employee is likely being paid by the UAW. Jose Moran, who says he is an employee at Tesla’s Fremont, Calif. factory, wrote in a post on Medium that the company expects “excessive mandatory overtime” and employees make between $17 and $21 an hour, not the $25.58 he says is the average in the auto industry. “Many of u..
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  • Sonos To Release A Speaker With Amazon's Alexa Assistant

    Sonos To Release A Speaker With Amazon's Alexa Assistant
    Sonos To Release A Speaker With Amazon’s Alexa Assistant Sonos will release a speaker featuring Amazon’s Alexa artificial intelligence (AI) assistant, the company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Patrick Spence revealed during a recent interview with Variety. Spence said that an Alexa-powered device will be released by Sonos in the future and reiterated the firm’s intention to update its existing product lineup with support for Amazon’s AI assistant. More specifically, Alexa will be able..
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  • BeatsX, Apple's AirPods alternative, now available to purchase after extended delay

    BeatsX, Apple's AirPods alternative, now available to purchase after extended delay
    Apple’s BeatsX wireless earphones (stylized as Beatsx) are now available to purchase from Apple.com after an extended delay following their introduction in September. Like AirPods, BeatsX earphones use Apple’s special W1 chip that makes pairing and switching between Apple devices nearly instant. Apple.com is quoting short shipping times for the black and white BeatsX, with delivery for Valentine’s Day. Apple’s website is also selling the newly-announced gray and blue colors with longer 2-3 week..
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  • Samsung Galaxy S8 specs: Hello curved screen, AI assistant, and goodbye home button?

    Samsung Galaxy S8 specs: Hello curved screen, AI assistant, and goodbye home button?
    The Galaxy S8 may come with a curved screen like the one on this, the Galaxy S7 Edge. CNET/CBS Interactive The Galaxy S8 is shaping up to be perhaps the most important smartphone Samsung has ever developed, and rumours about the details of its specs continue to emerge.According to The Wall Street Journal the home button may be removed from the front of the smartphone and moved to the back, freeing up space for t..
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  • Cortana can now automatically remind you of commitments made in emails

    Cortana can now automatically remind you of commitments made in emails
    While Cortana is just one of many Digital Assistants available, these AI’s still aren’t very proactive when it comes to assisting users. But that’s about change for Microsoft’s virtual helper. Now, Cortana will automatically remind you of commitments you’ve made in emails. The “suggested reminder” feature started rolling out to Windows 10 users yesterday. Thanks to machine learning, Cortana can now scan emails and pick out sections where you promise to do something by a certain date, or arrange..
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  • Sony's $300 Ultra HD Blu-ray player will arrive in March

    Sony's $300 Ultra HD Blu-ray player will arrive in March
    The XBR-X930E and XBR-X940E are at the top of the line, with a slim backlighting system that Sony claims can provide 10x the contrast of most LED-lit TVs and a more powerful processor that's supposed to adjust the contrast on each individual object in a picture. In the middle are the XBR-900E with full array local dimming and a step-down processor, followed by the XBR-800E/XBR-X850E that drops the local dimming.In terms of price, they go from a 43-inch XBR-43X800E that's $1,000, to the top of t..
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