Thursday, 5 April 2018

Rumored PlayStation 5 Specs Leak, Suggest Launch as Early as 2018


With the PS4 Pro and Xbox One X firmly established in-market, thoughts have already begun to turn towards what sort of console might be coming in the not-too-distant future.

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Google Employees Revolt Over Project Maven Pentagon Collaboration

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Google employees are more than a little concerned about the company's collaboration with the DoD on Project Maven and many have called on Sundar Pichai to withdraw from it altogether.

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New AI Classifies the Chance of Life on Other Worlds

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Researchers have created an AI to classify planets by how much of a chance they have of supporting life.

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Latest macOS Update 10.13.4 Completely Breaks Multi-Desktop Displays

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Apple may have added external GPU support in macOS 10.13.4, but it appears to have removed something just as valuable -- DisplayLink compatibility.

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Facebook: Cambridge Analytica Got Data on 87M Users

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The tally is based on how many users took the original survey and how many friends they had at the time.

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Wednesday, 4 April 2018

Valve Isn’t Done With Steam Machines After All

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Valve developer Pierre-Loup Griffais claims Steam Machines are not dead, and the company has big plans for gaming on Linux and the associated hardware platform.

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Apple Hires Away Google’s Head of AI


Apple is gearing up for a fight with several high-profile AI hires. Its latest move is to poach John Giannandrea, Google's head of AI.

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