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But it gives one pause — and should give one pause. Combined with the news that Apple is retiring the iTunes brand, these developments could result in consumers who purchased content having it completely wiped from their devices without notice. Sherman, set the WABAC machine for 1967 I’m one of those boomer kids who acquired the book-buying habit young. I started buying a few books, either on the ‘cheap table’ at the Woolworth’s (the original retail chain of “five and dime” stores) or from such used books outlets I could find....

The subscription plan, which combines Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass into a single monthly charge, costs $14.99 / £10.99 / ₹999 a month and gives you access to over 100 high-quality console and PC games on Xbox consoles and Windows 10-powered PCs. By doing so, Microsoft has brought several of its game subscriptions together at a discount. Here’s a quick overview of different Xbox subscription plans –...

The new Surface Pro looks a lot like the Surface Pro 6 at first glance. It still has the 12.3-inch PixelSense display. Just about the only external upgrade worth nothing is a much-anticipated USB-C port, the Surface Pro being one of the last Microsoft products to receive it. — Microsoft Surface (@surface) October 2, 2019 While the exterior looks the same, upgraded internals are the order of the day. The Surface Pro 7 runs on 10th-gen Intel processors, which Microsoft claims will allow it to run 2....

What’s more, only 5.8% of vehicles on UK roads are ultra-low emission. Even electric vehicles, though they create less pollution when driven, have a substantial environmental impact thanks to the materials used to create them. Getting rid of them has an environmental cost, too. And in some areas, car ownership is growing – the county of Hertfordshire is expected to become home to 20.9% more private cars by 2031. If sustainability and mobility are equally important concerns, how do we make sure they’re both addressed?...

The product is currently in the testing stage and only available as a browser extension for Firefox. Plus, you’ll have to request an invite on the site to get it. [Read: Original Streets of Rage soundtracks re-released — on cassette] The inner workings of this product are similar to what Sign in with Apple does while requiring an email ID. However, just to be clear, this is not a sign-in service....

The MSI Creator 17 is configurable with a 17.3-inch, 4K panel capable of covering 100 percent of the DCI-P3 color gamut and supporting the HDR 1000 standard for extra bright whites (over 1000 nits, naturally). To re-iterate, we’re talking about Mini LED, not Micro LED. While the latter behaves more like the OLED panels on our phones – able to turn individual pixels on and off – Mini LED, instead, pushes the limits of LCD technology....

Three to four billion years before our time, volcanoes erupted across the surface of the Red Planet. Smaller, more localized, eruptions continued until three million years ago. But, little evidence was found suggesting that volcanoes on Mars remain geologically active today. “Volcanic activity on Mars peaked during the Noachian and Hesperian periods but has continued since then in isolated locales. Elysium Planitia hosts numerous young, fissure-fed flood lavas with ages ranging from approximately 500 to 2....

Peacock, officially announced in January and rumored about for some time before that, today rolled out to Comcast’s Xfinity X1 and Xfinity Flex subscribers. Those subscribers will have an early preview of the service’s Premium tier, though the original shows that come with that tier won’t debut until next year. Read: ViacomCBS reportedly joining the streaming wars… again For those who don’t know, Peacock’s tiers will work a bit differently than you might think....

The button is a one-off to be used in Seth Meyers’ upcoming stand-up special, Lobby Baby. That makes the button a joke itself – it’s not something the company plans to roll out to every show or film. According to CNN Business, Meyers says the button isn’t meant to be taken seriously and doesn’t expect people will actually use it, but thought it would be fun to try since he could....

Hints that the moon is not quite geologically dead though have been around since the Apollo era, 50 years ago. Apollo missions 12, 14, 15 and 16 left working “moonquake detectors” (seismometers) on the lunar surface. These transmitted recorded data to Earth until 1977, showing vibrations caused by internal “moonquakes”. But no one was sure whether any of these were associated with actual moving faults breaking the surface of the moon or purely internal movements that could also cause tremors....

Eight of Europe’s leading micromobility companies have created a coalition to address what they say is “a gap in the representation of industry” in transport and mobility policy discussions. Micro-Mobility for Europe (MMfE) — which comprises Bird, Bolt, Dott, FreeNow, Lime, TIER, Voi, and Wind — plans to contribute to the development of a “coherent policy framework” in Europe that will ensure micromobility solutions grow in cities and support the rapid transition to zero-emission urban mobility....

A pair of researchers from Trinity College in Dublin and the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw recently published what may turn out to be landmark research in the quest to understand the human brain, consciousness, and the physical nature of the universe itself. The team’s paper, titled “Experimental indications of non-classical brain functions,” details an experimental MRI paradigm in which it appeared test subjects’ brains were entangled with their hearts....

Medical image (MI) processing on the other hand involves much more detailed analysis of medical images that are typically grayscale such as MRI, CT, or X-ray images for automated pathology detection, a task that requires a trained specialist’s eye for detection. Most popular use cases in the MI domain include automated pathology labeling, localization, association with treatment or prognostics, and personalized medicine. Prior to the advent of deep learning methods, 2D signal processing solutions such as image filtering, wavelet transforms, image registration, followed by classification models [2–3] were heavily applied for solution frameworks....

I hope that’s possible through Niantic’s AR glasses — a teaser of which Niantic CEO John Hanke shared on Twitter. The company, which is also behind Pokemon GO didn’t say much about when these will be available or exactly what they’ll be capable of. — John Hanke (@johnhanke) March 29, 2021 While Pokémon GO on AR glasses might be a pipe dream, for now, it’s no secret that Niantic wants to map the world for augmented reality....

The company is releasing an application programming interface (API) for accessing new AI models developed by its researchers — including GPT-3, its latest text generator. It’s initially offering the API as a free, two-month private beta. — OpenAI (@OpenAI) June 11, 2020 OpenAI says the product provides a general-purpose “text in, text out” interface for “almost any English language task,” including content generation, translation, and sentiment analysis. [Read: OpenAI’s struggles expose tensions between profit and purpose] Companies can integrate the new API into products such as chatbots and automated news reporting (eek)....

There’s been some progress since these firms got started, but it looks like we’re almost at the finish line now, thanks to Ossia – which has just secured FCC approval for its wireless charging technology. The Bellevue, Washington-based company, which was founded in 2013, has now received certification for Cota, its tech that uses radio frequencies to safely deliver up to 1W of power within a distance of 1m. So, can we start juicing up our phones without putting them down already?...

Big Zuck brought this comparison up on the Tim Ferris Show, explaining that he has this “unending amount of energy to go work on something, and if you point that at any given team, you will just burn them.” Yes, you could argue that the Eye of Sauron in The Lord of the Rings stands in as a physical representation of evil, but do you buy that explanation? Really? Do you?...

Generally, I used Otter to record my interviews, and then go back to the app to listen to them while writing my stories. The company wants to change that. It’s trying to make Otter a meeting hub for individuals and teams. To achieve this, it’s bringing new features like a revamped home feed, calendar integration, collaborative meeting notes, and AI-powered meeting summaries. The biggest change to the home screen is that now you can see all your meetings for the week....

Take Zoom. According to its website, there’s a feature that, when turned on, can tell hosts if chat participants have navigated away from the active Zoom window for more than 30 seconds. Simply put, your computer narcs you out to your boss when you’re paying more attention to Reddit than you are a morning meeting. Crafty teens figured out that they could cheat the system while attending online classes by looping a video or just adding a still image as their custom background in Zoom Rooms....

Although common sense tells us there’s a lot more to them, in my five years covering the tech startup world I’ve lost count of the number of times the media mentions these kinds of perks. They publish photos of startup offices featuring slides, free beer, and pizza as if this is what matters most. Startups aren’t always taken seriously, but what’s most telling is the fear they instill in incumbents when they threaten to disrupt markets....