Under the nom de guerre of Redrock Biometrics, two former Leap Motion execs are waging war on the world’s legions of identification cards, pin numbers, passwords, and voice identification technologies with a combination of off-the-shelf hardware and proprietary software to identify palm-prints to verify user identity. Read More
Source: TechCrunch
With Halloween just around the corner, use these Alexa tricks to take your celebration to the next level.
Source: CNET
The change could have big ramifications for publishers. The social network emphasized, though, that it’s only a test.
Source: CNET
Oh, to work at Disney, to have a hand in creating those lusciously detailed 3D worlds, every character lovingly rendered, every animal sidekick unique and hilarious, every tree… filled with leaves. Designed and placed individually. In movies that take place in forests. There has to be a better way. What if you could just 3D scan some leaves and then tweak them to your liking? Read More
Source: TechCrunch
Facebook has caused a 60% to 80% drop in referral traffic to news outlets in six countries due to a test that removed Page posts from the News Feed and relocated them to a separate, hard-to-find Explore Feed. But now Facebook’s VP of News Feed Adam Mosseri writes that “We currently have no plans to roll this test out further.” But that doesn’t mean Facebook won’t… Read More
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Consumer group Which? is unhappy with the U.K. data protection bill and has called on the government to amend the draft legislation to allow third-party organizations to seek collective redress for data breaches on behalf of consumers. Read More
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One of the best flagship phones of 2017 just got a massive price cut.
Source: Wired
A fan on Reddit sets up a wall of Christmas lights connected to the internet so others can transmit messages to his dorm room, “Stranger Things” style.
Source: CNET
Your eyes don’t deceive you — some Pixel 2 XL’s screens have a burn-in issue.
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The Pixel 2 is all about two things: taking fantastic photos and Google’s software.
Source: CNET