Top tech companies in the world are spending billions of dollars investing in voice assistants and smart speakers. Why? Voice assistants represent the third key UI and technology platform shift of the past three decades, following the web in the 1990’s and smartphones about 10 years ago. Each successive UI shift changed the way humans…
Month: May 2019
Microsoft’s Chromium-powered Edge browser roadmap
Neowin has posted an article discussing what’s in and out for Microsoft’s upcoming Chromium-powered Edge browser. The new privacy controls include three settings: unrestricted, balanced, and strict. It’s all about deciding how you can be tracked by the web, and balanced is the default. Microsoft seems to be committed to user privacy, noting that while…
Researchers Finally Make Magic Fat Pill
Uh, don’t know about this! The prototype capsule inflates in your stomach to make you feel full. They call it the “EndoPil,” and it contains a balloon that self-inflates after it’s activated by a handheld magnet. The handheld magnet triggers a reaction between acid and salt, which fills the balloon with carbon dioxide. For more,…
God of Chaos Asteroid Heading Here
An asteroid is setting its sights on Earth…within 19,000 miles. On April 13, 2029, a 1,110-foot-wide asteroid known as 99942 Apophis will speed past our planet at an estimated distance of around 19,000 miles, potentially coming closer to the surface than some orbiting spacecraft. For more, check out this Newsweek story.