Kristoffer Lawson created one of the coolest things I’ve seen in a while: Solu, the social computer. His tiny device uses a unique UI and UX to allow you to connect with friends and collaborate using an icon-based OS that lets you zoom in and out of work. Lawson and I spoke about the future of computing and how his ideas – and the ideas of other OS thinkers – will change the… Read More
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Researchers at MIT have developed a machine-learning algorithm that is able to predict how much pain a person is in by looking at an image of them. Here is why that is more important than it sounds.
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Commentary: In an amusing trailer for the Activision game that launches September 6, you are confronted with everything wonderful that is currently under threat.
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Last year’s big Beats announcements revolved around the addition of the W1 chip, the first real collaborative addition to the hardware line since the company was picked up by Apple in 2014. The quick-syncing wireless chip is back for the newly announced Studio 3 over-ear headphones, but active noise canceling is the story the Beats is really looking to tell here. I had the opportunity… Read More
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While the third-generation of Beats flagship over-ear headphones look the same as their predecessors, they’ve been markedly improved on the inside.
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Beats Studio 3 might look just like the previous model, but new noise-cancelling tech makes the listening experience so much better.
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Pear, a popular seed-stage venture firm whose early bets include Guardant Health, Memebox, and Branch, hosted its fourth demo day in Woodside, Ca., last Thursday, and though it was a scorchingly hot afternoon at a largely outdoor venue, a veritable who’s who of VCs showed up: Bryan Schreier of Sequoia Capital was there. So was Brian O’Malley of Accel Partners, another frequent guest. Read More
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The serial CEO is already fighting the science fiction battles of tomorrow, and he remains more concerned about killer robots than anything else.
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Still, Essential saw something missing in the now very mature smartphone market, and led by Android creator Andy Rubin, set out to address that gap.
The Essential Phone (PH-1 by technical model name) is the fruit of that labor, created by what seems like an impossibly small team, that number under 100 and for much of the device’s development, actually numbered far fewer. It’s an… Read More
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Google reminds that Labor Day is about more than picnics and backyard barbecues.
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