It’s been a fascinating couple of years for high tech sneaker heads, between self-lacing Nikes and Adidas’ experiments with 3D printed midsoles and biodegradable yarn. Asics isn’t generally uttered in the same breath as those sorts of bleeding edge offerings, but the running shoe company has just debuted a pretty compelling new take on the manufacturing process.
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Source: TechCrunch
BMW’s first M-tuned X3 is a thrilling and practical SUV.
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Al igual que ya pasó con los MOOC, a estas aplicaciones les cuesta mantener enganchado al usuario. Pero su naturaleza ubicua, el componente social y la ‘gamificación’ están consiguiendo que los usuarios más motivados aprendan idiomas, a tocar la guitarra e incluso a cantar
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Fei-Fei Li lidera los avances en IA tanto en Google como en la Universidad de Stanford. Considera que los próximos grandes pasos de la tecnologÃa estarán centrados en la visión y la comprensión del lenguaje, y pide que haya más mujeres en el campo para evitar que acabe sesgada
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Elon Musk did an AMA on Reddit yesterday, and while he didn’t provide every missing detail on SpaceX’s ambitious BFR program, he was (as always) engaging and informative in a more general way. Here are the highlights of the Q&A. Read More
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You may remember that last year, Verizon was punished by the FCC for injecting information into its subscribers’ traffic that allowed them to be tracked without their consent. That practice appears to be alive and well despite being disallowed in a ruling last March: companies appear to be able to request your number, location, and other details from your mobile provider quite easily. Read More
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Commentary: Unlike all the other companies’ assistants, Google’s doesn’t have a name. The result? Constant chanting of the company name.
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Russia will issue its own official cryptocurrency, the CryptoRuble, capping months of speculation about the country’s approach to the technology. While in a way it indicates an embrace of the likes of Bitcoin and Ethereum, the CryptoRuble is unlikely to share the truly decentralized nature of other coins. Read More
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Monopoly, Ouija and even Eggo Waffles are becoming spooky games based on the Netflix show.
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Kate McKinnon plays the presidential advisor as the creepy sewer-dwelling creature from Stephen King’s “It.”
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