Nvidia has unveiled some really clever new augmented reality visualization technology that may be key to creating glasses that can actually match human’s visual acuity. Nvidia's Killer AR Tech Doubles Hololens 2's Field of View | Tom's Guide
Updated at 4:05 p.m. ET For the first time, doctors in the U.S. have used the powerful gene-editing technique CRISPR to try to treat a patient with a genetic disorder. CRISPR Gene-Editing Tool: 1st Patient With Genetic Disorder Treated In U.S.
It is absolutely the stuff of science fiction: a contact lens that zooms on your command. But scientists at the University of California San Diego have gone ahead and made it a reality. They've created a contact lens, controlled by eye movements, that can zoom in if you blink twice. Scientists create contact lenses that zoom when you blink twice - CNET
OUR STAFF are our most important asset. Many managers have intoned this mantra over the years but plenty of employees have probably thought to themselves that, deep down, executives place a higher value on the machines on the factory floor or cash in the bank. Employee happiness and business success are linked - Bartleby
Google today launched Chrome 76 for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and iOS. The release includes Adobe Flash blocked by default, Incognito mode detection disabled, multiple PWA improvements, and more developer features. Chrome 76 arrives with Flash blocked by default, detecting Incognito mode d
Lee Harris and his wife Lizanne have won permission to bring a judicial review against Oxford Diocesan Schools Trust (ODST) after arguing that Burford Primary School is acting “unlawfully”. Atheist parents take primary school to court as they say assembly prayers
I have been writing children’s fiction for more than 10 years now, and still I would hesitate to define it; it is a slippery, various, quicksilver thing. But I do know, with more certainty than I usually feel about anything, what it is not: it is not exclusively for children. Story time: the five children’s books every adult should read | Books | The
As a committed vegan, Saliy Shaker-Elmes' menu choices are limited. So she was pleased to discover this week that her local Tim Hortons now offers its meatless breakfast sandwich with a vegan-friendly topping: a plant-based, eggless omelette. Plant-based eggs join meatless options at Tim Hortons | CBC News
An obscure law from 1917 places the moon under the purview of the Diocese of Orlando, Florida. The Diocese of Orlando, Florida, covers much of the greater central Florida area. It encompasses nine counties, hundreds of cities, nearly 401,000 Catholic residents, and, strangely enough, the moon. Yes, the moon has it's own Catholic Bishop
Whether you are a software engineer, a programmer, a data scientist or a technical manager, these skills will help you stand out. Soft Skills Every Programmer or Data Scientist Should Master
Darius ForouxJul 9 · 5 min readhe first successful person I ever met — truly successful, with accomplishments I admired and ambition I strove to emulate — was an entrepreneur in his forties, a client of mine in the first real business I’d ever started. 10 Bad Habits of Unsuccessful People - Forge
Do you have suggestions for better descriptions? Missing products? Pull requests are welcome on README.md (this file). Note: This list only includes products that are publicly available. google-cloud-4-words/DarkPoster.pdf at master · gregsramblings/google-cloud
TabNine is the all-language autocompleter. It uses machine learning to provide responsive, reliable, and relevant suggestions. Traditional autocompleters suggest one word at a time. TabNine
OOP is considered by many to be the crown jewel of computer science. The ultimate solution to code organization. The end to all our problems. The only true way to write our programs. Bestowed upon us by the one true God of programming himself… Object-Oriented Programming — The Trillion Dollar Disaster ?
Have you ever noticed that when you present people with facts that are contrary to their deepest held beliefs they always change their minds? Me neither. In fact, people seem to double down on their beliefs in the teeth of overwhelming evidence against them. How to Convince Someone When Facts Fail - Scientific American
Neuralink — Musk's secretive company that's developing a brain-machine interface — gave a presentation Tuesday that outlined its first steps toward this building this technology, which it's been working on for the past two years. Elon Musk's Neuralink unveils brain-machine interface device - Big Think
Andersen called a local veterinarian to get advice, and was told to cut old socks into T-shirts for Tintin and to protect the open wound. Because the squirrel was so young, he had to be fed kitten milk through a baby bottle. What It’s Really Like Owning a Pet Squirrel — OK Whatever
PARIS — The security employee monitoring the smoke alarm panel at Notre-Dame cathedral was just three days on the job when the red warning light flashed on the evening of April 15: “Feu.” Fire. It was 6:18 on a Monday, the week before Easter. The Rev. Notre-Dame came far closer to collapsing than people knew. This is how it w
Some of the most intriguing details from the Apollo 11 saga remain largely unknown or poorly understood. Fifty years ago next week, 600 million people around the world watched on live television as Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin took those historic first footsteps on the moon. Apollo 11: Eleven things you never knew about NASA's landmark moon mission
Twitter Facebook Name The name of the application (but I bet you knew that). Package name: An identifier for Android applications on the Play Store. It must be unique, so I suggest using the URL of the PWA in reverse order (e.g. com.netguru.wordguru). How to Get a Progressive Web App into the Google Play Store | CSS-Tricks
As the saying goes, what goes up must come down—and, as it turns out, a lot of what goes up comes down into the world’s oceans. Iron particles, released by human industrial activities, are one example of a pollutant that goes into the atmosphere and eventually settles into the sea. Humans May Be Accidentally Geoengineering the Oceans - Scientific American
Here's a to-do list for preventing dementia, new research suggests: Ditch red meat, take a brisk walk to the grocery store, do the Sunday crossword and stick to one glass of wine at dinner. Doing these five things could decrease your risk of Alzheimer's by 60 perce
Carbon fiber composites are incredibly strong for their weight; that’s why they’re key to the newest aircraft designs. However, they’re only strong in one direction, so they’re generally layered or woven in grid patterns before being shaped into structures. First the E-Bike, Next the Flying Car - IEEE Spectrum
Hey, if Nintendo and Sega can do it, then Konami can too. In a surprise E3 announcement, the company is releasing a miniature version of their classic 90s Turbografx-16 console, called the Turbografx-16 mini. More to come... Konami Announces The Turbografx-16 Mini
In 1886, the British archaeologist Arthur Evans came across an ancient stone bearing a curious set of inscriptions in an unknown language. The stone came from the Mediterranean island of Crete, and Evans immediately traveled there to hunt for more evidence. Machine learning has been used to automatically translate long-lost languag
The San Luis Valley in southern Colorado still looks much as it did one hundred, or even two hundred, years ago. Blanca Peak, at 14,345 feet the fourth-highest summit in the Rockies, overlooks a vast openness. [Folio] The Last Frontier, by Ted Conover | Harper's Magazine
I used to drink coffee on a daily basis since I was a teenager. Two weeks ago, I stopped cold turkey. Here’s how I did it. What I Learned From Quitting Coffee After 15 Years Of Daily Consumption
We've been restoring an Apollo Guidance Computer1. Now that we have the world's only working AGC, I decided to write some code for it. Trying to mine Bitcoin on this 1960s computer seemed both pointless and anachronistic, so I had to give it a shot. Bitcoin mining on an Apollo Guidance Computer: 10.3 seconds per hash
Helping educators give their students confidence in CS, advance their skills, and prepare them for the future. CS First is a free computer science curriculum that anyone can teach. Code with Google | Google for Education
Click here to win a free trip to Iceland! … Enter to win a 2019 Ford F-150! … Share a photo on Twitter and win a lifetime supply of Hershey’s Kisses! Spend enough time online, and you’ll come across some kind of contest or sweepstakes offering you a chance to win a prize. The women who win hundreds of sweepstakes per year
Some things are so tragic that they take time to process and recover from before we can discuss what happened, even with family and friends. Time might be able to heal all wounds, but there’s no schedule that shows exactly how long it might take. I respect that. The bizarre, tragic Disney history of Goofy’s wife and family - Polygon
Sometimes we take Web and user interface design for granted—that's the point of User Inyerface, a hilariously and deliberately difficult-to-use website created to show just how much we rely on past habits and design conventions to interact with the Web and our digital devices. Behold, the most (intentionally) poorly designed website ever created | Ars
Russia will revive the Cold War-era Intervision Song Contest this October, according to July 25 reports. Intervision was first established back in 1977 as a direct rival to the Europe-oriented Eurovision Song Contest. What's Behind Russia's Revival of a Soviet-Era Song Contest? | theTrumpet.c
Tongue twisters have been screwing up speaking abilities around the world for centuries. As entertaining as tripping over tricky terms can be, early English twisters were also used to teach pupils proper speech. The History Behind 8 Famous Tongue Twisters - Mental Floss - Pocket
If the "mirrorverse" exists, upcoming experiments involving subatomic particles could reveal it. At Oak Ridge National Laboratory in eastern Tennessee, physicist Leah Broussard is trying to open a portal to a parallel universe. Scientists are searching for a mirror universe. It could be sitting right i
“Agile is dead.” People keep saying that. But then they say, “We’re just kidding.” They tell you they meant the way you do Agile is dead. And stupid. But “real” Agile isn’t dead. It’s just that everyone does Agile wrong. So I guess real Agile is, you know, Agile in theory. Dear Agile, I’m Tired of Pretending – Columbus’ Egg – Medium
On a Tuesday night in May, Sean Coonce was reading the news in bed when his phone dropped service. He chalked it up to tech being tech and went to sleep. When he woke up, his Gmail account had been stolen and by Wednesday evening he was out $100,000. How a trivial cell phone hack is ruining lives