A battle royale seems to be brewing between tech titans Apple and Google and wildly popular game Fortnite. At issue is how players pay for weapon and outfit upgrades for their in-game personas. Apple and Google both require a cut for players using iOS and Android devices, essentially cutting into how much Epic takes in…
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Aurora Mysteries Unlocked With NASA’s THEMIS Mission
A special type of aurora, draped east-west across the night sky like a glowing pearl necklace, is helping scientists better understand the science of auroras and their powerful drivers out in space. Known as auroral beads, these lights often show up just before large auroral displays, which are caused by electrical storms in space called…
Xiaomi reveals its transparent 55-inch TV
…and the benefit?? Xiaomi on Tuesday announced the “world’s first mass-produced” see-through transparent TV, the Mi TV Lux OLED Transparent Edition, as part of its 10th anniversary celebration. For more, check out this MSN/C|Net story.
Hologram Machine Offers Alternative to Video Calls
When Sci-Fi becomes reality…a Los Angeles company has created phone booth-sized machines to beam live holograms into your living room. The device made by PORTL Inc lets users talk in real time with a life-sized hologram of another person. The machines also can be equipped with technology to enable interaction with recorded holograms of historical…
Intel investigating data breach
Intel is investigating a data breach that saw some 20 GB of internal company data released online with a promise of more to come. In a statement, Intel said that “the information appears to come from the Intel Resource and Design Center, which hosts information for use by our customers, partners and other external parties…
Scientists create artificial skin able to feel
Inspired by Star Wars, the ACES, or Asynchronous Coded Electronic Skin, is made up of 100 small sensors and is about 1 square centimeter in size. Singapore researchers have developed “electronic skin” capable of recreating a sense of touch, an innovation they hope will allow people with prosthetic limbs to detect objects, as well as…
Microsoft confirms it’s exploring purchase of TikTok
I guess it is a matter of perspective. Microsoft was vilified for potential abusing user data,,,but now they are more secure than China? Microsoft said Sunday it will continue discussions to purchase the video app TikTok after a conversation between CEO Satya Nadella and President Donald Trump. For more, check out this USA Today story.
Novel Process Combines 3D Printing, Injection Molding
The result is an increased rate of 3D printing and stronger end products. More durable prosthetics and medical devices for patients and stronger parts for airplanes and automobiles are just some of the products that could be created through a new 3D printing technology invented by a UMass Lowell researcher. For more, check out this…
How a secretive Pentagon agency seeded the ground for a rapid coronavirus cure
This is a long article, but really interesting. It walks you through the process they are going through now to find a solution to COVID. Their mission was part of a program under the Pentagon’s secretive technology research agency. The goal: to find a way to produce antibodies for any virus in the world within…
Indian teenagers discover asteroid near Mars moving toward Earth
So many questions in one headline! The asteroid, which is named HLV2514, is slowly shifting in its orbit near the red planet and is moving toward Earth, CNN said. It won’t be near Earth for 1 million years, however, and even then will still be 10 times as far away as the moon. For more,…