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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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Jammy’s new MIDI guitar can control all your virtual instruments
Since the MIDI standard was released in the early ‘80s, plenty of musicians have wanted to control electronically-generated sounds with a guitar. Goofy attachments have come and gone, and last year’s Jammy — a stringed MIDI controller that can be pl… Source
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Samsung Galaxy Book S with Intel Lakefield leaked by… Samsung
The Samsung Galaxy Book S with the Intel Lakefield CPU appears to finally be on its way, according to a new leak, and it’s apparently been outed by… Samsung itself. The Book S with an Intel Lakefield Core i5-L16G7 chip was spotted on the Samsung Canada online store, according to…
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‘Serious Sam 4’ arrives on PC and Stadia in August
You won’t have to wait too much longer for a Serious Sam revival. Croteam and Devolver Digital have announced that Serious Sam 4 will be available on PC and Google Stadia sometime in August. Consoles will be a no-show at launch due to a Stadia exclus… Source
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