Month: January 2020
Amazon’s first USB-C tablet is $50 off for the first time
This story is part of a group of stories called Only the best deals on Verge-approved gadgets get the Good Deals stamp of approval, so if you’re looking for a deal on your next gadget or gift from major retailers like Amazon, Walmart, Best Buy, Target, and more, this is…
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Gates Foundation joins world’s largest EdTech research project
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will join the leadership team at The EdTech Hub, the world’s largest education technology research project. The EdTech Hub is spearheaded by the UK’s Department for International Development. Announced in June, the initiative will see UK funds funneled towards improving the use of education…
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Unearth the future of agriculture at TC Sessions: Robotics+AI with the CEOs of Traptic, Farmwise and Pyka
Farming is one of the oldest professions, but today those amber waves of grain (and soy) are a test bed for sophisticated robotic solutions to problems farmers have had for millennia. Learn about the cutting edge (sometimes literally) of agricultural robots at TC Sessions: Robotics+AI on March 3 with the…
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Toss a Coin to Your Witcher is finally available to stream on Spotify and Apple Music
It took over a month, but Netflix is finally releasing an official version of the breakout musical hit from its popular Witcher series. “Toss a Coin to Your Witcher” is now available to stream on Spotify and Apple Music, and the full soundtrack from the series is set to release…
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Amazon Music passes 55M customers across its free and paid tiers, but still lags behind Spotify and Apple
Amazon Music, the streaming music service from the e-commerce and cloud giant that competes against the likes of Spotify and Apple Music, announced a milestone in its growth today: it has passed 55 million customers across the six different pricing tiers that it offers for the service, ranging from $15…
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Google publishes largest ever high-resolution map of brain connectivity
Scientists from Google and the Janelia Research Campus in Virginia have published the largest high-resolution map of brain connectivity in any animal, sharing a 3D model that traces 20 million synapses connecting some 25,000 neurons in the brain of a fruit fly. The model is a milestone in the field…
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