Monthly Archives: January 2018

Google Bets a Billion Dollars More Brains Can Help Take On Apple

Posted on January 30, 2018 by HeyJK

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Google officially closed its $1.1 billion deal with HTC Corp., adding more than 2,000 smartphone specialists in Taiwan to help the search giant chase Apple Inc. in the cut-throat premium handset market.

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Facebook invented a new time unit called the ‘flick’ and it’s truly amazing

Posted on January 26, 2018 by HeyJK

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So what is a flick? A flick is one seven hundred and five million six hundred thousandth of a second — 1/705,600,000 if you prefer the digits, or 1.417233560090703e-9 if you prefer decimals. And why is that useful?

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NASA’s Long Dead ‘IMAGE’ Satellite is Alive!

Posted on January 26, 2018 by HeyJK

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Over the past week the station has been dedicated to an S-band scan looking for new targets and refreshing the frequency list, triggered by the recent launch of the mysterious ZUMA mission.

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Apple, in Sign of Health Ambitions, Adds Medical Records Feature for iPhone

Posted on January 25, 2018 by HeyJK

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In the latest indication of Apple’s growing ambitions in the digital health market, the tech giant on Wednesday unveiled a new feature that would allow users to automatically download and see parts of their medical records on their iPhones.

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How do you turn an ad into a meme? Two words: Dilly dilly

Posted on January 23, 2018 by HeyJK

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Since then, the list of commercial catchphrases to earn a cultural foothold has been short.

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Here’s How Scammers Are Using Fake News To Screw With Bitcoin Investors

Posted on January 22, 2018 by HeyJK

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On Saturday, Jan. 14, a Twitter account purporting to be that of John McAfee, the outlandish founder of cybersecurity firm McAfee, shared a bit of investment advice. “Coin of the day,” the account tweeted, promoting GVT, a new digital coin that had started trading in the fall of 2017.

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Amazon’s automated grocery store of the future opens Monday

Posted on January 21, 2018 by HeyJK

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SEATTLE (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc will open its checkout-free grocery store to the public on Monday after more than a year of testing, the company said, moving forward on an experiment that could dramatically alter brick-and-mortar retail.

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Falcon Heavy | Flight Animation

Posted on January 21, 2018 by HeyJK

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When Falcon Heavy lifts off it will be the most powerful operational rocket in the world by a factor of two. Thrust at liftoff is equal to approximately eighteen 747 aircraft operating simultaneously.

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Competitive Self-Play

Posted on January 16, 2018 by HeyJK

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Learn more: https://blog.openai.com/competitive-s…

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Alibaba’s AI Outguns Humans in Reading Test

Posted on January 16, 2018 by HeyJK

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Alibaba has developed an artificial intelligence model that scored better than humans in a Stanford University reading and comprehension test. Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.

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The Making of Apple’s Emoji: How designing these tiny icons changed my life

Posted on January 15, 2018 by HeyJK

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When design leads to friendship, and that friendship leads back to design, magic happens. This is the story of how an intern and her mentor designed Apple’s original emoji set and together changed the way people communicate around the world.

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Scientists Discover Clean Water Ice Just Below Mars’ Surface

Posted on January 12, 2018 by HeyJK

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Locked away beneath the surface of Mars are vast quantities of water ice. But the properties of that ice—how pure it is, how deep it goes, what shape it takes—remain a mystery to planetary geologists.

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GM Rips the Steering Wheel Out of the Self-Driving Car It Will Launch Next Year

Posted on January 12, 2018 by HeyJK

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After more than a century making vehicles for humans to drive, General Motors has ripped the heart out of its latest ride, and is now holding the grisly spectacle up for all the world to see: A car with no steering wheel.

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Facebook feed change sacrifices time spent and news outlets for “well-being”

Posted on January 12, 2018 by HeyJK

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Facebook is making a huge change to its News Feed algorithm to prioritize friends and posts that spark comments between them at the expense of public content, news outlets, and importantly, the total time spent and ads you see on the social network.

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Website Glitch Let Me Overstock My Coinbase

Posted on January 12, 2018 by HeyJK

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Coinbase and Overstock.com just fixed a serious glitch that allowed Overstock customers to buy any item at a tiny fraction of the listed price.

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Intel CEO issues ‘security-first pledge’ following Meltdown, Spectre exploits

Posted on January 12, 2018 by HeyJK

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In an open letter released on Thursday, Intel chief Brian Krzanich outlined the company’s response to the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities while reassuring customers that his company views security as “an ongoing priority.

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Facebook Tweaks Newsfeed to Favor Content from Friends, Family

Posted on January 12, 2018 by HeyJK

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In November, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg started sprinkling a new phrase, or perhaps a new idea, into his quarterly call with investors. “It’s important to remember that Facebook is about bringing people closer together and enabling meaningful social interactions,” he said.

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Snapchat’s big redesign bashed in 83% of user reviews

Posted on January 12, 2018 by HeyJK

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Confusingly jamming Stories in between private messages has sparked backlash amongst the first users of Snapchat’s sweeping redesign. In the few countries including the U.K.

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Mystery deepens over fate of super-secret $1 billion military satellite

Posted on January 12, 2018 by HeyJK

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On Sunday, SpaceX launched a secret satellite codenamed Zuma on its first flight of the new year. Since then, no one knows what has happened to it.

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REVEALED: NASA’s 430,000mph machine that can travel from London to NYC in 28 SECONDS

Posted on January 12, 2018 by HeyJK

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Just a day after claims Google Earth has snapped the USAF’s 4,600mph hypersonic warplane, NASA has gone one better. The Parker Solar Probe’s extraordinary speed is almost too big to comprehend.

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