Month: September 2020
Facebook wants its AR glasses to give wearers superhearing
A new Facebook experiment shows how sound could play a major role in augmented reality. Chief scientist Michael Abrash and his team at FRL Research (formerly Facebook Reality Labs) released details today about what the team calls “perceptual superpowers” — AR systems that figure out what you’re trying to hear,…
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Alexa for Residential lets landlords create smart apartments
Amazon wants to make it easier to have a smart home without actually owning a home. Today, the company is unveiling its “Alexa for Residential” program that lets property managers add Alexa-enabled devices and experiences to rental properties. Landlo… Source
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Apple ordered to pay California store workers for time spent waiting for bag searches
Apple has to pay store employees in California for the time they spend waiting for their bags to be checked by security officers, an appeals court ruled this week. The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued the ruling Wednesday, which reverses a summary judgment order in Apple’s…
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Oracle loses bid for $10 billion Pentagon JEDI cloud contract The Pentagon (US Department of Defense)
Oracle’s efforts to get a portion of the US Department of Defense’s $10 billion JEDI cloud computing contract may finally be at an end after a US appeals court fully rejected the company’s argument that it had been wrongfully excluded from the contract. The decision comes after nearly a year…
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Oracle loses bid for $10 billion Pentgaon JEDI cloud contract The Pentagon (US Department of Defense)
Oracle’s efforts to get a portion of the US Department of Defense’s $10 billion JEDI cloud computing contract may finally be at an end after a US appeals court fully rejected the company’s argument that it had been wrongfully excluded from the contract. The decision comes after nearly a year…
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Chromebooks are now better suited to remote work than ever null
Google is making it easier for users to work from home on their Chromebooks thanks to a number of new features included in the release of Chrome OS version 85. Staying connected can be difficult for those using multiple Chromebooks or sharing notebooks among family members which is why the…
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