Day: December 4, 2019

Reddit: Bill Gates had the most upvoted AMA of 2019 – CNET

In second place? Cookie Monster. …read more Source:: CNet


(Literally) Put a Ring on It: Protecting Biometric Fingerprints

Kaspersky creates a prototype ring you can wear on your finger for authentication. …read more Source:: DarkReading


Best Apple Watch and Fitbit deals in 2019: $80 off the Versa SE at Amazon – CNET

A few Black Friday Apple Watch deals are still available, too. …read more Source:: CNet


Amazon Proposes a Home Robot that Asks You Questions When It’s Confused

An anonymous reader shares a report: AI models invariably encounter ambiguous situations that they struggle to respond to with instructions alone. That’s problematic for autonomous agents tasked with, say, navigating an apartment, because they run the risk of becoming stuck when presented with several paths. To solve this, researchers at Amazon’s Alexa AI division developed…


Sara Adkins is Jamming Out with Machines

Asking machines to make music by themselves is kind of a strange notion. They’re machines, after all. They don’t feel happy or hurt, and as far as we know, they don’t long for the affections of other machines. Humans like to think of music as being a strictly human thing, a passionate undertaking so nuanced…


In a touching tribute to its $800m-ish antitrust fine, Qualcomm tears wraps off Snapdragon 865 chip for 5G phones

While supremo predicts mmWave deployments by 2021, everyone moving to the cloud Why is it that Qualcomm is never far from drama?… …read more Source:: TheRegister


5 Galaxy S11 features we may get from new Qualcomm tech – CNET

With the Snapdragon 865 chip inside, Samsung’s new flagship phone will be one of the first with these new features. …read more Source:: CNet


Forget the Snapdragon 865. Qualcomm’s midrange chip will spread 5G faster – CNET

The Snapdragon 765 has something its more powerful sibling doesn’t: integrated 5G. That means less-expensive phones with longer battery life. …read more Source:: CNet


First Nancy Drew game in 5 years wants to teach us to be badass sleuths all over again – CNET

With Midnight in Salem, the feminist icon is back and ready to teach a new generation all kinds of amazing skills. …read more Source:: CNet


The Curse of Outdated DRM Claims Another Vicim, ‘Tron: Evolution’

As of this week, players who owned a legitimate copy of Tron: Evolution they paid for but never played it, no longer can. From a report: Tron: Evolution, a tie-in game for the 2010 Tron: Legacy film, used SecurRom, a form of digital rights management (DRM), and publisher Disney hasn’t paid its bill. This means…