The XXII Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, has its opening ceremony Friday.
Source: CNET
Schools are often late to taking advantage of new technologies, so today still do much of their business over paper forms. One pain point in particular – for school administrators, teachers and parents alike – is handling permission forms for activities and field trips. A young startup called Script aims to help. Schools can use Script’s app to manage the entire trip… Read More
Source: TechCrunch
Tuesday’s Falcon Heavy launch made history, not only becoming the highest capacity rocket platform since the Saturn V but accomplishing the first double autonomous booster landing. And that’s just the start of what could prove to be an epic year for SpaceX — if Elon Musk’s ambitious timeline isn’t delayed, say by high winds. Read More
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In case you weren’t following along, here’s a one-stop shop to catch up on everything from the Second City.
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For National Pizza Pie Day 2018, we’ve rounded up the most bizarre pizza gadgets and permutations around, from 3D-printed pizzas to shoes that order dinner.
Source: CNET
Researchers at Newcastle University, U.K. believe they’ve discovered a differently evolved form of stereo vision in mantises. The research team studied the phenomenon in the insects precisely as one would hope — by attaching a pair of tiny 3D glasses to their bug eyes. Read More
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The first primary for the 2018 midterm elections takes place March 6—and many states are still woefully underprepared.
Source: Wired
Hulu Original Hard Sun is streaming starting on March 7, and the show looks great based on this trailer. It’s a combination speculative fiction/detective show, based on a rare PRE-apoclaptic premise: The world is ending in five years, but it seems like much of the tension of this show might revolve around who knows that – and who doesn’t want anyone to find out. The show is… Read More
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AMD and Nvidia both posted strong quarterly and annual revenue reports from 2017, but the question remains whether cryptocurrency miners are behind their strong earnings from 2017.
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Source: Digital trends
Fujitsu said it teamed up with Microsoft to bring its PalmSecure technology to Windows 10 Pro. It scans the unique pattern of veins in the palm of your hand and requires flowing blood.
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