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Monthly Archives: October 2017
Autonomous two-seater ‘Passenger Drone’ that could revolutionise the daily commute completes its first manned flight
Incredible images and video footage have captured the first manned flight of an autonomous drone that could revolutionise the daily commute. Passenger Drone took to the skies with a pilot aboard to test out the aerial craft’s capabilities.
Can Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre Save the Music Industry?
immy Iovine has a line he likes to use. Actually he has a lot of them. Today, Iovine runs Apple Music, the latest stop in a career that has taken him from studio rat to cofounder of Interscope Records to head of Beats Electronics.
Three U.S.-born scientists win 2017 Nobel Medicine Prize
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Scientists Jeffrey Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael Young won the 2017 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling our biological clocks, the award-giving body said on Monday.
Roku rolls out Roku OS 8, refreshes TV hardware with 4K and faster processors
Roku just announced updates to five of its TV streaming products, as well as a new operating system that marries access to over-the-air TV with video streaming services.
Stop the Endless Scroll. Delete Social Media From Your Phone
Most of the time, I navigate to my social media apps reflexively, as though my finger and the icons are magnets. I don’t even realize I’m doing it until my thumb taps the Instagram icon on my screen. Again. And again. And again. It’s a dirty digital habit, and it doesn’t make me happy.
Google CEO Appeases Publishers With Subscriptions
The Alphabet Inc. unit is scrapping a contentious search result rule for subscription news sites and giving them new tools to attract more paying customers.
Watch Ryan Gosling rage over Avatar’s Papyrus font in SNL’s best sketch in ages
Late into its season 43 premiere, Saturday Night Live surprised viewers in the best way possible by taking on two pretentious movies — and one unbearably overused font — at once.
Travis Kalanick appoints two to Uber board, company surprised by the move
(Reuters) — Uber Technologies Inc co-founder Travis Kalanick said he had appointed two new directors, a surprise move that publicly reignited a board battle over the role of the ousted former chief executive.