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VR

Sony Patent Suggests a New PSVR Controller May Be in Development

Sony Interactive Entertainment has filed a patent that may point to a new PSVR controller.The patent, titled "Controller Device," details a new design for a remote-like VR controller that shares some similarities with the current PlayStation Move controllers, but it also has its fair share of upgrades.Like the PlayStation Move…

bubmagFebruary 19, 2020

TikTok

TikTok rolls out feature that should make parents happy. Their kids? Not so much.

By Haidee Chu2020-02-19 11:47:29 -0800 TikTok announced a new feature on Wednesday that lets parents manage their children's screen time. When enabled, teen users won't be able to view videos once they reach their time limit. "We want people to have fun on TikTok, but it's also important for our…

bubmagFebruary 19, 2020

Water Pollution

‘I’ll probably cark it’: Couple fears asbestos in drinking water tank after bushfire

Updated February 20, 2020 09:43:07 Debbie Padroth and her partner, Pete Richer, stared down a firestorm to save their home at Balmoral, south-west of Sydney, but two months are concerned about the safety of their drinking water from asbestos contamination. Key points:Couple fears asbestos fibres from destroyed homes have contaminated…

bubmagFebruary 19, 2020

Oxycodone

Hedge funds are reportedly scrambling to cut ties with the family that owns opioid-maker Purdue Pharma

Getty ImagesDeepCurrents Investment Group LLC and Sunriver Management LLC are reducing financial ties with the Sackler family, The Wall Street Journal reported. The Sackler family owns Purdue Pharma, the OxyContin maker facing thousands of lawsuits for its alleged role in the opioid epidemic. Visit Business Insider's home page for more…

bubmagFebruary 19, 2020

Julian Assange

Trump offered WikiLeaks’ Assange a pardon to cover up Russian hack, lawyer tells court

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gestures from the window of a prison van as he's driven out of a London court on May 1, 2019, after being sentenced to 50 weeks in prison for breaching his bail conditions in 2012. Daniel Leal-Olivas/Getty Images US President Donald Trump offered to pardon WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange…

bubmagFebruary 19, 2020

Protectionism

EU Shakes Up Policy To Get Competitive In Tech

The European Commission is planning a single European market for data, in hopes that by pooling talent, the region can compete with Big Tech in Silicon Valley and China, Reuters reported on Tuesday (Feb. 19).The proposed plan to revamp the region’s digital market policy also includes measures to limit data…

bubmagFebruary 19, 2020

Doping in Cycling

The Outer Line: Davis Phinney discusses his racing career and today’s pro cycling scene

The Outer Line sits down with legendary American rider Davis Phinney to relive his career, the career of his son, Taylor, and to discuss the current state of the sport. Any discussion of great American cyclists has to include Davis Phinney. Phinney won over 70 races during his time as…

bubmagFebruary 19, 2020

Greenland

8 Hilarious Historical Feuds

Main Blog > 8 Hilarious Historical Feuds Peary, left, and CookIf you had to name the first person to reach the North Pole, you would probably say Robert Peary. But we may never know for sure, as Peary was in a race against Frederick A. Cook. Both men set out…

bubmagFebruary 19, 2020

Big Data

Cloud And Big Data Technology Are Disrupting Injection Molding

Injection molding is vital to the mass production of plastics and plastic products. Due to the variety of complications with mold design and mold manufacturing, and the combining of plastics and molding machines, there is difficulty in molding products with high quality and precision.However, Big Data and Cloud technology make…

bubmagFebruary 19, 2020

Machine Learning

How a little electrical tape can trick a Tesla into speeding

McAfee researchers recently tricked a Tesla into speeding while the car’s intelligent cruise control feature was engaged. This news signals, yet again, that completely safe, fully autonomous cars have still not arrived, and it suggests that they face new types of vulnerabilities. Over the course of 18 months, the researchers,…

bubmagFebruary 19, 2020

Sony Patent Suggests a New PSVR Controller May Be in Development

TikTok rolls out feature that should make parents happy. Their kids? Not so much.

‘I’ll probably cark it’: Couple fears asbestos in drinking water tank after bushfire

Hedge funds are reportedly scrambling to cut ties with the family that owns opioid-maker Purdue Pharma

Trump offered WikiLeaks’ Assange a pardon to cover up Russian hack, lawyer tells court

EU Shakes Up Policy To Get Competitive In Tech

The Outer Line: Davis Phinney discusses his racing career and today’s pro cycling scene

8 Hilarious Historical Feuds

Cloud And Big Data Technology Are Disrupting Injection Molding

How a little electrical tape can trick a Tesla into speeding

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