Pokemon is back with a game called Pokemon Sleep that “turns sleeping into entertainment.” The goal is to use the game to help you get your rest, not keep you up at night obsessing over gameplay. While the players are sawing logs, Pokemon Sleep will use a newly-announced Nintendo Pokemon Go Plus ($50 at Amazon) …
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30 May
Google Maps now tells you a restaurant’s most popular dishes
Google Maps not only wants to give you directions to a restaurant, it also wants to help you decide what to eat when you get there. The search giant on Thursday announced a new feature for its Maps app that surfaces names, photos and descriptions of dishes that are posted most by Google Maps contributors — volunteers who provide the …
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30 May
Google Search now conjures AR animals for you
You search for “tiger” and there’s a invitation to launch a tiger into the real world. Google Search has popped 3D animated objects and AR into people’s phones this morning, just in case you’re looking for animals. I got to try Google’s AR-enabled Search a few weeks ago at Google’s I/O developer conference, and now the feature’s available if you …
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30 May
Facebook shareholders say Mark Zuckerberg holds too much power
Facebook’s long list of scandals has raised concerns, including from shareholders, that CEO Mark Zuckerberg wields too much power over the company. The social network was used to spread fake news during elections, fuel hate speech in Myanmar and livestream killings. Facebook is also expecting to face a record $5 billion fine from the Federal Trade Commission for its alleged …
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30 May
Mojo Vision’s miniature display actually made me excited about AR
When you think of cutting-edge displays, you probably picture a giant modular screen or even a rollable TV. Mojo Vision has just showed me the complete opposite: a tiny monochrome display measuring half a millimeter across that I can only see under a microscope. The Silicon Valley startup is working on what it calls “invisible computing” technology. Rather than constantly …
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30 May
First to 5G? For smartphone users, the race is kind of meaningless
Pop the champagne and polish the medals, for the competition to be first to 5G has declared its victors. UK carrier EE turned on the first 5G network in its home country on Thursday, beating its rivals to the punch. EE joins Verizon and Swisscom as “winners” of the race to being the first in a given country to offer …
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30 May
Microsoft to make its Xbox Game Pass available for PCs now too
If you like the Xbox but prefer to game on a PC, Microsoft has a new service for you. It’s called Xbox Game Pass for PC and, just as it sounds, Microsoft’s offering gamers who don’t play on an Xbox access to a library of 100 games for playing on a computer. “We designed a service specifically for the needs …
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30 May
nReal’s Magic Leap
Lightweight AR glasses haven’t been a real thing yet, despite the promises of glasses-sized, more limited smart glasses such as the Vuzix Blade, or bigger, more expensive setups like the Magic Leap. But nReal’s pair of phone-connected, sunglasses-sized, folding mixed reality glasses coming this year could bridge the gap. nReal Light, which we’ve had a chance to demo earlier this year, …
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30 May
Huawei quietly launches 5G lab in shadow of US ban
Huawei reportedly launched its 5G lab in South Korea on Thursday, but opted to keep it quiet in the wake of a US ban. The lab is the embattled Chinese telecom’s first open next-generation wireless network development center where other companies can test their platforms, but media weren’t invited to Thursday’s event, according to Reuters. Instead, it chose to restrict …
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30 May
Twitter makes students dumb, study finds
Using Twitter to teach literature is producing lower test scores, especially for usually high-performing students, says a new study. Scores on a standardized test were reduced by between 25% and 40% of a standard deviation, says a paper published this month by researchers in the economics and finance department at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan. Twitter use caused …
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