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Read MoreSony readies PS5 game streaming for PlayStation Plus Premium members
Sony this morning announced that it has begun testing PlayStation 5 game streaming. The feature is still early days, but it will eventually be available for those subscribed to PlayStation Plus Premium. Sony notes, “Our goal is to add this as an additional benefit to PlayStation Plus Premium as part
Read MoreTwitter is being evicted from its Boulder office over unpaid rent
Twitter owes three months’ rent to its Boulder landlord, and a judge has signed off on evicting the tech giant from its office there, court documents show. Since its takeover by Elon Musk, Twitter’s business has more or less fallen into disarray, and there have been numerous reports of unpaid
Read MoreEverything Bad in Java is Good for You
Let’s talk about Java’s driving philosophy: “The early bird is swallowed by a snake”Image generated with Midjourney“Everything Bad is Good for You” is a pop culture book that points out that some things we assume are bad (like TV) have tremendous benefits to our well-being. I love the premise of disrupting
Read MoreBuilding Startups as a Developer: Learning from My Mistakes
Photo by Christian Joudrey on Unsplash“The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.”— Henry FordFrom having no idea of what a computer was to falling in love with computers and then opting for a diploma course in Computer Science, my story was about a passionate young Nigerian trying
Read MoreFormer SEC chair Jay Clayton feels ‘vast majority’ of crypto tokens are securities
Former SEC Chairman Jay Clayton has reiterated his position that many cryptocurrencies could be defined as securities, even as the crypto industry continues to combat the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over the regulator’s prohibitive stance towards the industry. “I’ve said this for a long time: I think the market
Read MoreEVs are going backwards
When you send a rocket into space, you run into a paradox: Around 90% of the weight of the rocket is the fuel that it needs to lift away from Earth. As the rocket accelerates, three things happen: The speed increases, the rocket gets further away from Earth (and from
Read MoreGoogle Lens can now search for skin conditions
Google’s enhancing Google Lens, its computer vision-powered app that brings up information related to the objects it identifies, with new features. Starting today, Lens can surface skin conditions similar to what you might see on your own skin, like moles and rashes. Uploading a picture or photo through Lens will
Read MoreGoogle intros new AI-powered travel and product search features
Google’s new AI-powered search experienced, released in May, might’ve gotten a mixed reception. But the search giant isn’t letting that slow its feature roadmap. Google today announced new capabilities, some of which it previously previewed at its I/O conference, heading to Search Generative Experience (SGE) — the moniker for its
Read MoreGoogle Maps gains glanceable directions and an expanded Immersive View
Timed to arrive ahead of the summer travel season, Google’s bringing new features to Maps focused on discovery — and navigation. New “glanceable directions,” which Google announced in February. will start rolling out this month in the Maps apps on Android and iOS. They’ll let users who opt in track
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