Microsoft Surface Go 2, Surface Earbuds, Surface Headphones 2 and Surface Book 3. (Microsoft Photo) Microsoft launched an updated line of Surface devices on Wednesday morningand said it will release its delayed Surface Earbuds on May 12 for $ 199, about $ 50 less than originally expected. All devices, including …
Read More »US venture capital activity plummets in April, but Washington State's numbers aren't that bad yet
After VC funding for startups in the Pacific Northwest reached record levels in late 2019, they declined moderately in April, but not as sharply as at the national level. (GeekWire diagram over the Startup Fundings tracker.) Venture capitalists are generally known for their optimism. However, this belief was shaken in …
Read More »New AI technology accelerates language models on edge devices
Recently researched at the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence (CSAIL) and the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab suggested Hardware-Aware Transformers (HAT), an AI model training technique that incorporates Google's transformer architecture. They claim that HAT can achieve triple the inference speed on devices like the Raspberry Pi 4, …
Read More »Reddit bans r / The_Donald and r / ChapoTrapHouse as part of an essential extension of its rules
Reddit will ban r / The_Donald, r / ChapoTrapHouse, and about 2,000 other communities today after its content guidelines have been updated to more explicitly ban hate speech. The policy is updated three weeks after Black Lives Matter's protests have caused several popular Reddit forums to go dark temporarily to …
Read More »The new prototype of the BabyBubble stroller to protect infants from environmental risks is currently looking for investments
LEEK, England – (BUSINESS WIRE) – May 29, 2020 – A unique new stroller design was announced today to protect babies from airborne diseases such as Covid-19 and other environmental threats. BabyBubble is currently in the prototype stage and the company is confident that it will be able to launch …
Read More »LG Velvet rating: slim, not smooth
I have used most of LG's flagship phones in recent years. I even enjoyed using them. But the hell if I could pick them out of a lineup. LG has followed an aggressively boring design language that has been adopted in almost the same way by almost all of its …
Read More »The ROG Zephyrus G14 from Asus is now available with a hidden LED display on the lid
The Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 can now be configured with an LED dot matrix display hidden in the lid. A new model costs $ 1,999.99, Asus announced today. This “AniMe Matrix” display consists of 1,215 mini-LEDs, each of which supports 256 brightness levels and can be used to display music …
Read More »Ascus Biosciences Closes $ 46 Million Funding
The emerging deep science animal health and nutrition company is gathering investors to secure Series B funding for the next wave of innovation in microbial animal solutions SAN DIEGO – (BUSINESS WIRE) – May 27, 2020 – The animal health and nutrition industry is evolving and the tools for improving …
Read More »Space Force will test the transfer of solar energy during the X-37B's next mysterious flight
The Pentagon's X-37B spacecraft is encapsulated in the payload fairing of its Atlas 5 launch vehicle. (Boeing photo) When an X-37B spacecraft built by Boeing is put into orbit for the sixth flight of the test program this month, it will try a technology that has been in development for …
Read More »Fortnite is finally leaving early access as Epic slows Save the World development
Fortnites The legendary Battle Royale game mode took the world by storm and today Epic Games announced it would remove the early access label from both the free-to-play shooter and the less popular original save the world Mode. Epic also announced that save the world will continue to be a …
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