There are some projects that are so simple they require very little description, and [Bobricius’s] automatic sunglasses definitely fit into that category. Their story starts with the fad for 3D displays a few years ago, a resurfacing of the movie business’s periodic flirtation with the third dimension in the hope of using the gimmick to…

The iPhone X may be “better” on paper, but it might not be the iPhone that best fits your needs. …read more Source:: CNet

Because I’m insane, I decided to take the train from northern England to Spain. Long hours of sitting punctuated by moments of sweaty panic. Here’s the story. …read more Source:: CNet

I took three high-speed trains, a subway, and a bus to get from Northern England to Spain so you didn’t have to. …read more Source:: CNet

[XenonJohn] dabbles in cryptocurrency trading, and when he saw an opportunity to buy an RGB color sensor, his immediate thought — which he admitted to us would probably not be the immediate thought of most normal people — was that he could point it to his laptop screen and have it analyze the ratio of…

An anonymous reader quotes the Verge: On July 3rd, narrative designer Jessica Price tweeted a 29-tweet thread dissecting the challenges of writing player characters in an MMORPG. A streamer who goes by Deroir responded, “Really interesting thread to read! However, allow me to disagree slightly,” and shared a three-tweet explanation of how narrative design influences…

A big trend in web services right now is the so-called serverless computing, such as Amazon’s Lambda service. The idea is you don’t have a dedicated server waiting for requests for a specific purpose. Instead, you have one server (such as Amazon’s) listening for lots of requests and on demand, you spin up an environment…

An anonymous reader shares a report: As Netflix and Amazon search for new users abroad, they are increasingly looking to India as a big market. Once crippled by poor internet infrastructure and low household income, the world’s second-largest internet market has exhibited tremendous potential in the recent years. It’s proving, however, to be a tough…

One’s a doozy. The other? Eh… Spoilers ahead! …read more Source:: CNet

“The wealthy are plotting to leave us behind,” writes Douglas Rushkoff, describing what he learned from a high-paying speaking gig about the future of technology for “five super-wealthy guys…from the upper echelon of the hedge fund world,” — and what it says about perceptions of technology today. The Event. That was their euphemism for the…