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Microsoft Issues Patent for Smart Tech that Scores Meetings
Since the start of effective lockdown following the COVID-19 pandemic earlier this year, I have had to become a lot more familiar with online conference calls and meetings than I ever really wanted to. It’s not that I dislike the technology in principle. It just seems harder to maintain an…
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UK’s First Flat Earth Convention Held In Birmingham Ends
UK’s First Flat Earth Conference Ends There are a select number of people who, despite all the best information available to them, believe that the Earth is actually flat. Usually, that theory doesn’t extend to 4 elephants on top of a turtle, but it’s something I’ve always struggled to come…
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Cliff Bleszinski Criticizes AAA Game Development Model
Speaking to attendees at Reboot: Develop 2017 conference in Croatia recently, veteran developer and Gears of War creator Cliff Bleszinski likened the AAA model of game development to the American restaurant scene, devolving into a monotonous, cookie-cutter and bland monstrosity that churns out games regularly that are the same thing…
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Intel Cancels Intel Developer Forum Conference Including Upcoming IDF17
Over the past two decades, Intel held its Intel Developer Forum technical conference in San Francisco annually. It was initially held in San Jose near their Santa Clara base back in 1997 when it was still small but has moved to the larger Moscone Center in downtown San Francisco with…
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MSI Announces Huge Range of Pascal Powered VR Ready Laptops
Virtual Reality is commonly perceived as the next big innovation in the gaming industry which allows players to enjoy a whole host of immersive experiences never thought possible. While it’s still an expensive proposition, developers are working on long-term projects to maximise the potential of this technology. Furthermore, the latest…
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Facebook Messenger Introduces Dropbox and Video Chat Heads
Facebook Messenger is a system built to help communicate through the popular social network, but the latest features look to bring it closer to email with Facebook Messenger introducing dropbox features and even adding a chat head imagine to your video calls. The dropbox features allow you to add in…
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Energy-Friendly Chip Could Boost Neural Networks
The quest to gain a greater insight into artificial Intelligence has been exciting and has also opened up a range of possibilities that have included “convolutional neural networks”, these are large visual networks of simple information-processing units which are loosely modelled on the anatomy of the human brain. These networks…
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Make the World a Little Bit Smaller With a Conference Call
New Zealanders might be at the “bottom” of the world, but with today’s technology, there is no longer reason to feel isolated. The Internet has given us the ability to communicate in so many more ways that even the bottom of the world can be connected. Conference calls allow for…
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Volvo to Accept Blame in Event of an Accident
Well in the case of the autonomous cars anyway. Up until now, the only company to come forward with a fully working prototype is Google and the accidents that occurred were never blamed on the company, rather the external parameters such as traffic and pedestrians. It has now come to…
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Conference Cancelled After Pressure From IP Camera Makers
Security is a tricky subject. In recent years both digital and physical security has been scrutinised and exposed for some rather crucial weaknesses. Back in May it was claimed that a security researcher was able to remotely issue commands to a plane’s engines, more recently it was revealed that some car…
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Your Smart Home Appliances Are Not as Safe as You Think
Are you a proud owner of smart lock? How about motion sensors, temperature sensors, bulbs or other Internet of Things gadgets? Well, if they’re made by ZigBee, chances are your house is vulnerable to hacking, according to a paper revealed at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas. ZigBee, a…
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AMD Fury X Gets Benchmarked on Far Cry 4
Details about AMD’s latest Fury X graphics card have been focused on the hardware and specs. We did know the card came with AMD’s HBM technology and a lot of computing power. If you’ve missed the spec details, you can view them again here. So how well can it handle…
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Microsoft’s Surface Hub Aimed at Enhancing Your Workplace Productivity
Microsoft has always been dedicated towards business solutions and it now shows us that once again with its big brand new Surface Hub touch screen. The company aims to make your workplace more productive and interactive in a world where more and more business meetings take place on overseas conference…
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ASRock VIP Event @ Computex 2015
Computex 2015 – On the second day of Computex, we were invited to attend a VIP conference to gain more detailed information on the booth showcased on the main floor. Once we arrived, it was a typical affair, projector and screen with a few rows of chairs and a tantalising layout…
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What Will Facebook Unveil at the F8 Developer Conference?
It’s that time of the year when Facebook will be going through their strategies and upcoming plans and with a lot more in their product portfolio than before, this should be the most interesting F8 conference yet. We’re predicting some updates to Facebook’s standalone and Messenger apps on mobile as…
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