Welcome to the race to map reality. At Facebook’s Oculus Connect conference, Augmented and VR VP Andrew “Boz” Bosworth announced that Facebook is making AR glasses, which we technically already knew. But to make those glasses happen, Facebook’s kicking off a project to map reality for spatial computing, called Live Maps. Live Maps looks to …
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This story is part of Elections 2020, CNET’s coverage of the voting in November and its aftermath. Microsoft’s open-source software aimed at protecting election is now available. The company released ElectionGuard on Tuesday on GitHub, saying election tech companies can begin integrating the software into their voting systems. In July, Microsoft demonstrated its ElectionGuard software aimed at protecting electronic voting systems from hack attacks. …
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Windows 10 is now on more than 900 million devices, Microsoft said Tuesday. The company added more new Windows 10 devices over the last year than it ever has before, according to a tweet from Yusuf Mehdi, corporate vice president of the Modern Life, Search and Devices group at Microsoft. “From PCs to HoloLens to Xbox to Surface Hub, Windows …
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It’s been a busy time in quantum computing: IBM announced its biggest quantum computer so far, and Google reportedly has cracked a problem with its quantum computer faster than a conventional computer could. Now D-Wave, a rival with a different approach to the technology, has announced that nuclear weapons research site Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is the first customer for …
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Mrs. Maisel amazed us, Game of Thrones played out and Chernobyl blew up. It’s been a massive year for television, but which of these TV shows will claim the honor of an Emmy? The 71st Primetime Emmy Awards take place at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles tonight, Sunday, Sept. 22 and will be broadcast in the US by Fox starting at 8 …
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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on Thursday announced The Climate Pledge, a plan to make the sprawling e-commerce and tech company carbon neutral by 2040 and reach a goal of the Paris climate agreement 10 years early. Amazon is asking other companies to sign the pledge too. Now playing: Watch this: Jeff Bezos announces climate pledge 1:05 To reach the carbon-neutral goal, …
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IBM’s 14th quantum computer is its most powerful so far, a model with 53 of the qubits that form the fundamental data-processing element at the heart of the system. The system, available online to quantum computing customers in October, is a big step up from the last IBM Q machine with 20 qubits and should help advance the marriage of …
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LinkedIn wants to help you tout your skills. On Tuesday, the resume-sharing site said it’s introducing LinkedIn Skills Assessments, a tool that validates members’ proficiency for potential employers. Enlarge Image Congratulations. You have mad skills. LinkedIn LinkedIn Skills Assessments requires members to take tests in skills that are associated with their profiles. Skills could include proficiency with a program, such …
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HTC did something radical when it designed its newest VR headset for consumers: It listened to its customers. The result is a brand-new headset called the Vive Cosmos. It’s basically better in every way than the original Vive that preceded it. The Cosmos is aimed at existing HTC Vive owners and VR enthusiasts who want better comfort, improved visuals and …
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Tinder apparently has a story to tell, but it’s not a love story, at least not this time. The mobile dating app is experimenting with original scripted video content and has just wrapped up filming on its first TV series, Reuters reports. The series centers on an “apocalyptic” storyline, but there is a relationship subplot, a source tells the news …
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