Day: June 8, 2019

Ai-Da the robot artist’s first exhibition has us asking: What even is art? – CNET

Are her drawings the art? Or is she the art? Or is it all art? Much to think about. …read more Source:: CNet


Bezos HQ2: Amazon CEO Pays $80 Million For Three NYC Apartments

Long-time Slashdot reader theodp writes: Architectural Digest on Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ $80 million New York City bachelor pad: “Jeff Bezos is not only taking over the internet but is also ruling the real-estate world too. It was just revealed that he purchased not one but three Manhattan apartments overlooking Madison Square Park for $80…


EA Play opens the doors on new games at E3 2019 – CNET

EA shows off Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Apex Legends, FIFA 20 and The Sims 4 …read more Source:: CNet


E3 2019: How, when and where to livestream Square Enix’s E3 conference – CNET

We can expect Marvel’s Avengers, Dying Light and perhaps another dose of the Final Fantasy VII remake. …read more Source:: CNet


E3 2019: How, when and where to watch the Bethesda conference live – CNET

Doom, dragons and dreamboats (can we call you that Mr. Howard?). …read more Source:: CNet


E3 2019: Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Apex Legends, FIFA 20, The Sims 4 and everything announced at EA Play – CNET

The video game giant showed off its highly anticipated games, including Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, new content for Apex Legends and a bunch of other cool stuff. …read more Source:: CNet


How npm Stopped a Malicious Upstream Code Update From Stealing Cryptocurrency

“If you’re a cryptocurrency startup, would you face a huge backlash by hacking your own customers to keep their funds safe if you know that a hacker is about to launch an attack and steal their funds?” asks ZDNet: This is exactly what happened yesterday when the Komodo Platform learned about a backdoor in one…


E3 2019: Apex Legends gets new character, Wattson, and the insane L-Star weapon at EA Play – CNET

We also got a new look at Season 2. Will this be enough to bring people back to Apex Legends? …read more Source:: CNet


Unconventional Drone Uses Gas Thrusters For Control

You’ve got to hand it to [Tom Stanton] – he really thinks outside the box. And potentially outside the atmosphere, to wit: we present his reaction control gas thruster-controlled drone. Before anyone gets too excited, [Tom] isn’t building drones for use in a vacuum, although we can certainly see a use case for such devices….


E3 2019: Sims 4 expansion pack goes tropical with ‘Island Living’ – CNET

One word: Mermaids. …read more Source:: CNet