Amazon may be working on a smartphone with hologram-like 3D Amazon is reportedly developing a smartphone that sports a 3D screen that relies on retina-tracking technology to make images seem to float above the screen like a hologram. With the smartphone, users would be able to navigate through content by using their eyes alone, according to two unnamed people who discussed the phone with the Wall Street Journal. More
Microsoft may buy Barnes & Noble's Nook unit for $1 billion According to internal documents obtained by the website TechCrunch, Microsoft has offered $1 billion for the digital assets of Nook Media, Barnes & Noble's digital book venture. According to internal documents obtained by the website TechCrunch, Microsoft has offered $1 billion for the digital assets of Nook Media, Barnes & Noble's digital book venture. More
HTC Expects Brighter Second Quarter Taiwan's HTC expects its second-quarter revenue and operating margin to rise from the first quarter, as sales of the new HTC One smartphone pick up. More
What the f***?! Google Glass censors foul language In order to write emails or text messages with Google Glass, you dictate words. The device is pleasantly reliable at transcribing things you say ... unless you happen to have a foul mouth. More
Sony might have perfected Mini LED TVs with its new 2024 lineup At the premium end of home theater, Sony TVs are about as good as it gets — and have been for several years now. The company is lauded for its image processing and penchant for delivering fantastic ... 04/17/2024 - 9:01 am | View Link
Sony’s 2024 Bravia 4K TVs Are More Powerful (and Less Confusing) Instead of arbitrary letters and numbers, the 2024 Sony 4K TV range is divided into four easy-to-grasp models dictated by their display technology. The flagship is the Bravia 9 Mini LED, followed by ... 04/17/2024 - 6:54 am | View Link
Details and Pricing Unveiled for Sony’s New 2024 BRAVIA Mini LED and OLED 4K TVs Sony’s 2024 BRAVIA TV line-up includes 4K TVs sized from 43 to 85-inches featuring groundbreaking Mini LED and OLED technology. One of the most disappointing aspects of CES 2024, was that Sony did not ... 04/17/2024 - 4:59 am | View Link
Sony WF-1000XM5 vs WF-1000XM4: Which ANC earbuds are best? Sony WF-1000XM5 noise cancelling earbuds are the best, but you can save by getting WF-1000XM4 buds instead. Which model is right for you? 04/17/2024 - 12:42 am | View Link
Sony’s best soundbars are reborn as the Bravia Theater Bar 8, Bar 9, and Quad The 2024 Sony Bravia Theater Bar 9 shown with supplied spacers that let it sit on top of a Bravia TV’s stand feet. Simon Cohen / Digital Trends Sony is clearly on a mission to simplify its ... 04/16/2024 - 1:01 pm | View Link
TL;DR: A lifetime subscription to a Plantum AI Plant Identifier Premium Plan is on sale for £13.72, saving you 71% on list price. As flowers bloom and the sun sets later each day, it’s easy to see why so many people love nature. Anyone can appreciate a beautiful flower, tree, or plant but not many know how to identify and care for them.
Business leaders across a range of industries agreed in a Wednesday discussion that the acceleration with which AI can transform society is practically unprecedented—and that, with proper regulation, that should be a good thing.
“This thing is so transformational,” said Booking Holdings CEO Glenn Fogel, speaking at the TIME100 Summit.
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Connections is the latest New York Times word game that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.
CEOs of start-ups and big tech companies spoke at the TIME100 Summit on Wednesday about innovating with artificial intelligence in an ethical way, just moments before a spirited debate on the future of the technology.
“Regulation and innovation are two sides of the same coin,” said Rosanne Kincaid-Smith, Group Chief Operating Officer of Northern Data Group, which is a signature partner of the TIME100 Summit.
Enlarge / M82, the site of what's likely to be a giant flare from a magnetar. (credit: NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team)
Gamma rays are a broad category of high-energy photons, including everything with more energy than an X-ray. While they are often created by processes like radioactive decay, few astronomical events produce them in sufficient quantities that they can be detected when the radiation originates in another galaxy.
That said, the list is larger than one, which means detecting gamma rays doesn't mean we know what event produced them.