Archivo del Autor: Belen De Leon

Cómo Urban Dictionary está transformando la lengua y la cultura popular

Un estudio podría demostrar que las definiciones de Urban Dictionary y otros diccionarios ‘online’ no solo describen la realidad, sino que pueden crearla. ¿Podemos fiarnos de los términos definidos por usuarios anónimos?

Source: MIT

De alquilar a comprar salud: así están cambiando las terapias génicas la medicina

No es lo mismo pagar una cuota mensual que todo de una vez, como ocurre en el sector inmobiliario y como parece que puede aplicarse a los tratamientos médicos. El alto precio de las terapias génicas ha abierto un nuevo dilema en la medicina: ¿podrán pagarlas todos? 

Source: MIT

CES 2018: New Chips From Qualcomm Point to the Future of Computing

Processor giant Qualcomm makes its move from mobile devices to, well, everything else.
Source: Wired

HTC’s Vive Pro gets sharp enough to read text, goes wireless

What’s better than an HTC Vive? Well, a lot of things, and that’s the point. It’s big, expensive, and the resolution isn’t great, but the newly announced Vive Pro could change all that and more.

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Source: Digital trends

The best monitors announced at CES 2018 so far

Confused by all the monitors announced at CES 2018? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. Here are the five best monitors unveiled at CES this year, the only ones you really need to pay attention to.

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Source: Digital trends

The ThinkPad T480s isn’t the best laptop of CES, but it has a place in my heart

There’s a buffet of awesome laptops to choose from at CES 2018. Step back from the hype for a moment, though, and you may notice a humble laptop that does everything you want. It’s Lenovo’s ThinkPad T480s.

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Source: Digital trends

Cortana gets an unexpected roommate on Windows 10 PCs: Alexa

If you like Cortana, but kinda wish she could control more smart home devices, why not install Alexa instead? Reports suggest that’s what HP, Acer, and Asus all plan to do with select Windows 10 products this year.

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Source: Digital trends

Samsung CES 2018 Liveblog

 Samsung is one of the tentpoles that holds up CES. Every year the company has one of the largest offerings at the show and 2018 will not be different. Samsung’s press conference is always a good time if you’re watching from afar. It’s a mess of people in person, with too many people jammed into a tiny conference hall. It’s too hot, it’s smelly and yet it’s… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

LG has come up with a surprisingly interesting way to apply AI to TV

 Generally speaking, at CES and elsewhere, when a company says something is powered by AI, they’re blowing smoke. And while smoke was definitely blown at LG’s otherwise unremarkable press conference this morning, the company also announced it was applying AI in a way that’s both unexpected and smart: intelligently enhancing TV images using computer vision. Read More

Source: TechCrunch

It’s a walrus! No, it’s a giraffe! No, it’s MicGoat, a new app to debate controversial issues

 Debating is at the core of a robust society — as are online social networks. When combined, they transmute each other into a minefield of negativity, abuse, and destruction. With products today, we are either living in an echo chamber of like-minded people who agree with us all the time, or we’re duking it out in trench warfare format for little gain and few opinions changed.… Read More

Source: TechCrunch