Month: May 2020
Samsung seeks patents for 3 screen covers for its foldables
Samsung Electronics, which already has two foldable smartphones in the market, seems to be upping the ante in this segment as the news is out that it has filed for patents to three different covers. As of now, Samsung uses a plastic film over the Galaxy Fold’s foldable display and…
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Amazon’s free-to-play shooter ‘Crucible’ is now available on Steam
Amazon Games has officially launched Crucible, one of the two titles it’s been planning to release this year. The free-to-play third-person shooter is now available on Steam, and logging in before 11:59 PM PST on June 1st/2:59AM EST on June 2nd will… Source
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‘The Simpsons’ aspect ratio problem will get fixed (again) on May 28th
About five years ago, Fox launched Simpsons World as a streaming arm of its FXX network that would give the show’s fans a way to watch any episode they wanted. Unfortunately, it initially launched with cropped versions of old 4:3 episodes (intended t… Source
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Apple And Google’s Coronavirus Tech Won’t Actually Do Contact Tracing. Here’s Why Exposure Notification Is Different.
Today, Apple and Google announced that they’re pushing out their exposure notification technology — which lets states and countries build apps that alert people if they’ve been near someone who later tested positive for COVID-19. But there’s a key difference between apps that use Apple and Google’s technology, and what…
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Scientists create a cyborg eye that mimics the real thing
Scientists have been working on artificial eyes for years, but mimicking the shape and behavior of a real eye has been difficult. A breakthrough might just lead to a practical design, though. Researchers have created (via New Scientist) a cyborg eye… Source
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Founder Collective barrels forward, closing its fourth and newest fund with $85 million
Founder Collective, a seed-stage fund formed 11 years ago in Cambridge, Ma., has closed its newest fund with $85 million. Earlier today, we talked with the firm’s general partners — Eric Paley, David Frankel, Micah Rosenbloom — to learn more about it. Among our first questions: whether the three are…
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