[ad_1] FastStart works by applying machine learning to identify which parts of the game are required for full-fledged gameplay. This is what differentiates it from the Ready to Start feature. It will allow you to launch a game about twice as fast as you were able to before. If the ...
Read More »Former head of UberEats in Europe has joined VC Atomico as Executive-In-Residence
[ad_1] When long time Uber employee and head of Uber’s food delivery business in Europe, Middle East and Africa, Jambu Palaniappan, quit the on-demand juggernaut, it was let slip that he planned to join a European venture capital firm, but it wasn’t clear who. Until now. TechCrunch has learned from ...
Read More »Who controls the tech inside us? Budding biohackers are shaping ‘cyborg law’
[ad_1] Karen Sandler Getty Karen Sandler has a complicated relationship with her pacemaker. On the one hand, the device has the power to save her life. On the other, it sometimes suddenly and unnecessarily shocks her, mistaking a slight aberration in her heartbeat as a call for help. Sandler was ...
Read More »The Morning After: Netflix's 'Ultra' price test
[ad_1] Internet TV is getting more expensive, again.Netflix tests ‘Ultra’ tier that could add a higher-price option With Netflix adding new original content at a breakneck pace, it only makes sense that another price adjustment is around the corner. The company confirmed tests of an Ultra tier that some European ...
Read More »Baidu and Softbank’s SB Drive are bringing an autonomous bus service to Japan
[ad_1] Chinese search engine giant Baidu have partnered with Softbank subsidiary SB Drive and manufacturer King Long to deploy a self-driving mini bus service to Japan early next year. The agreement was announced at Create Baidu, the company’s annual AI developer conference in Beijing. Under the agreement, a version of Baidu’s ...
Read More »SpaceX delivers CIMON, along with berries and ice cream, at ISS
[ad_1] Airbus SpaceX’s June mission to the International Space Station (ISS) included a new crew member quite unlike any other. The name of the new addition is CIMON (pronounced Simon, and stand for Crew Interactive MObile companioN) and it’s being sent to act as a mobile autonomous assistance system. Still not ...
Read More »Nintendo unveils a 'Minecraft' Creeper 2DS XL special edition
[ad_1] The two other special editions that you can only drool at but not buy here in the US are the Dobashi Animal Crossing Amiibo + and Mario Kart 7 packs. The first one includes Animal Crossing Amiibo +, and sports a textured green body with a hollowed out leaf. ...
Read More »Google releases Beta 3 of Android P
[ad_1] It still doesn’t have an official name (Popsicle? Peppermint? Your guess is as good as ours), but Google’s just dropped what it says is a near final version of Android P. The new version arrives a month after Beta 2, bringing with it what largely amounts to bug fixes ...
Read More »Tear it up on Mars in ‘Red Rover,’ the driving sim built on NASA data
[ad_1] During the festive holiday season in 2016, Alan Chan spent his week’s vacation time off work exploring Mars. As most of us did last minute Christmas shopping, ate turkey, and reminded ourselves of why discussing politics with dad is a bad idea, Chan was romping, carefree, over Mars’ ruddy ...
Read More »The Morning After: Testing phones with pop-up cameras
[ad_1] Welcome back! Ahead of your midweek plans for July 4th, here’s the biggest tech news from over the weekend. It includes a smartphone with a pop-up camera. Because it might be the future. Spoiler alert: It’s really cool, but don’t bother importing one.Vivo’s all-screen NEX S is a frustrating ...
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