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KIEL, Germany (Reuters) — Four German Computer Science students fulfilled every gamer’s dream this week by playing their favorite games at large scale on the facade of their university’s main building. The young scientists transformed the front of the Christian Albrechts University’s 14-floor main building into a big light show and were able to play Tetris, Breakout, Snake and Pong. The project, called Project Lighthouse, included 57,000 LED lights placed on the 392 windows of […]
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, United States (Reuters) — Japanese company Square Enix decided to hold the unveiling of details surrounding their much anticipated console game ‘Final Fantasy XV’ at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Wednesday (March 30). While fans – some of which dressed in cos play for the event – arrived in their thousands to the free ticketed event called ‘Uncovered: Final Fantasy XV’, many were unaware that the game’s director Hajime Tabata […]
Apple is not alone in getting government requests to unlock phones. The American Civil Liberties Union, or ACLU, says, Google has also been asked to help the government access locked devices in investigations. “All of these orders that we found involved unlocking the devices through capabilities that Google possessed, but, as far as we can tell, Google complied with them. There is nothing in the publicly available information to suggest anything different”, ACLU Staff, Attorney […]
Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella kicked of the company’s BUILD developer conference on Wednesday (March 30) with a keynote address in which he said computers and people together would ultimately move society forward. “Ultimately, it’s not going to be about man versus machine. It is going to be about man with machines. Each of us excels at very different things. The fact that we have creativity, empathy, emotion and judgment that can then be […]
TOKYO,Japan – If you need to change money while passing through Tokyo’s Narita airport — all you have to do is ask the robot. NAO is a friendly bank clerk that can tell you the rate of exchange for any currency in either English, Japanese, or Chinese. Built by Paris based-Aldebaran Robotics, the sleek red and white machine stands about the height of a bedside table. Gestures, eye movements and mannerisms have all been programmed […]
by Jocelyne ZABLIT The FBI has unlocked the iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino attackers, officials said Monday, ending a heated legal standoff with Apple that had pitted US authorities against Silicon Valley. Apple, backed by a broad coalition of technology giants like Google and Facebook, was fiercely opposed to assisting the US government in unlocking the iPhone on grounds it would have wide-reaching implications on digital security and privacy. A key court […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Leading streaming service Spotify said Monday that it had reached 30 million paying subscribers as the company suggested it would keep expanding to more countries. The milestone was announced by Spotify’s chief executive Daniel Ek as he commented positively about President Barack Obama’s historic visit to longtime US adversary Cuba. “We have 30 million Spotify subscribers, but none of them are in Cuba … yet. So cool to see […]
OFUNATO CITY, Iwate Prefecture, Japan (Reuters) — When an earthquake strikes literally every second counts. That was the case 5 years ago when a magnitude 9 quake unleashed a massive tsunami that devastated Japan. A seismological network kicked into action issuing early warnings, but the massive waves still killed nearly 16,000 people and caused an estimated $300 billion (USD) in damage. Since then scientists have been working to improve detection systems in the hopes of […]
https://youtu.be/KOLpvyKacdM by Rob Lever LAS Vegas, United States (AFP) — Managing your health care is moving increasingly to the palm of your hand — with new smartphone-enabled technology and wearable sensors that examine, diagnose and even treat many conditions and ailments. The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas saw the debut of new applications for “virtual checkups” and ways to treat pain, manage stress and monitor conditions such as diabetes. French-based health group VisioMed introduced […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia – To tackle Indonesia’s problem regarding mountains of plastic trash, a man discovered a process that can turn plastic trash into fuel by reversing the manufacturing process of said materials. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing and Uploaded by Vince Alvin Villarin)
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — US sporting goods giant Nike unveiled Wednesday its first shoe that ties itself, the HyperAdapt 1.0, which will go on sale at the end of 2016. Sensors at the heel level activate the lacing when a foot slips into the shoe. Two buttons on the side of the shoe can be pressed to loosen or tighten the lacing. Nike calls the feature “adaptive lacing.” Nike’s star designer Tinker Hatfield said […]
Sa Amerika, naka-imbento ng isang smart phone application na mabilis umanong makaka-detect ng tsunami at earthquake warnings. Sa ganitong paraan umano mabibigyan ng sapat na warning time ang mga tao na nasa lugar na prone sa mga lindol. Si Bernise Galanta sa detalye:
