Expect more details on Google’s plans for virtual reality and augmented reality, building on yesterday’s announcements of the Lens AR app and a new standalone VR hardware platform.
Source: CNET
Think of it as Uber, but for trucks. Because that’s exactly what it is.
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Facebook’s 2014 acquisition of messaging app WhatsApp cost $19 billion when it was announced. Now the price tag has been bumped up a little more, after European regulators slapped the company with a €110M (~$122M) fine for providing “incorrect or misleading” information at the time of the deal. Read More
Source: TechCrunch
Qualcomm has demonstrated some new tech on a test track in Versailles, France, charging up two Renault Kangoo electric vehicles as they drove at highway speeds via pads embedded into the road surface.
The post Qualcomm shows how to charge electric vehicles on (and from) the road appeared first on Digital Trends.
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Easy genetic modification could mean cures for cancer (yay!), kitty-sized pigs (squee!), and, yes, designer babies (ack). The post Crispr Creator Jennifer Doudna on the Promises—and Pitfalls—of Easy Genetic Modification appeared first on WIRED.
Source: Wired
Think before you trust bigoted zealots with the creation of your new country. The post Handmaid’s Tale: Oops, I Created a Sexist Tyranny and Now I Have to Live In It appeared first on WIRED.
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… and the cure-all they claim keeps them safe. The post The Daring Laborers Who Sandblast Chernobyl’s Radioactive Metal appeared first on WIRED.
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Facebook Messenger is getting a new look. No, it’s not getting rid of its Stories feature, Messenger Day, but is instead making a series a smaller changes to the way the content on its home screen is organized in an effort to speed navigation and help you pick up where you left off on your last visit. The update introduces new tabs to the top of Messenger’s main screen for… Read More
Source: TechCrunch
Two very different stories this week got a very similar reaction—depending on what our media diet looks like. The post The Seth Rich Conspiracy Theory: A Tale of Two Filter Bubbles appeared first on WIRED.
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Mercedes-Benz Energy announced that it’s teamed up with Vivint Solar to provide batteries for storing energy at home in the United States, starting in California this spring. Last year, Mercedes started a program in Germany that works almost exactly the same way. Mercedes uses the automotive-grade batteries it’s developed for electric vehicles, which can withstand a lot of… Read More
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