Tag: work
How combat and storytelling will work in Square Enix’s The Avengers game
One of the big reveals at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the big game trade show in Los Angeles, was the unveiling of gameplay for Square Enix’s The Avengers game. The timing for this game (coming soon) is good because the film Avengers: Endgame has made about $ 2.7 billion at the box office so […]
Want to work in the stars? Here are six future space jobs you could hold
We’ve written plenty about the disruptive impact cutting-edge technologies are going to have on the job market. According to some experts, approximately 43% of current jobs in the United States are at risk of automation in the coming years. According to the World Economic Forum, however, technology will also cause plenty of new jobs to […]
Google, Microsoft work together for a year to figure out new type of Windows flaw
Enlarge Marco Verch / Flickr One of the more notable features of Google Project Zero’s (GPZ) security research has been its 90-day disclosure policy. In general, vendors are given 90 days to address issues found by GPZ, after which the flaws will be publicly disclosed. But sometimes understanding a flaw and developing fixes for it […]
These are the best photography portfolio websites for showing off your work
Andrea De Martin / 123RF Putting photos on display no longer requires big canvases and white museum walls. Thanks to the web, you can showcase your snapshots in just a few clicks. However, there are hundreds, if not thousands, of portfolio websites to choose from. So, how is a photographer supposed to know which sites they […]
Microsoft begins work on its 2020 Windows releases in new preview
Enlarge / Windows is now perpetually under construction. David Holt Microsoft has published a new preview release of Windows 10, build 18836, to participants of the “Skip Ahead” group. But it’s not quite the preview that they were expecting to get. Microsoft’s preview program has a number of different channels to let people use and […]
Work and play anywhere with these portable, large-screen monitors
UNICK press photo/UNICK Kickstarter Gaming and working remotely often requires equipment that travels well. And with consumer tech, portability often means smaller sizes and usually smaller screens. But as a new Kickstarter campaign touts, traveling gamers and workers may no longer have to sacrifice screen size for convenience. Taihe Gemini, a line of two new […]
What is MHL, exactly, and how does it work with your TV?
Thanks to Google Chromecast and a host of other great streaming options, wireless streaming from your phone to your TV has never been easier. But if you’re looking for something with a few more options, you may want to utilize a little-known technology called MHL. Using an MHL connection to wire your phone directly to your display via […]
MIT science photographer isn’t an artist, but her work could fill galleries
Felice Frankel is an educator, photographer, and research scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her passion for science started at a young age, eventually merging with her photographic experience and eye for design in a unique career as a science photographer. Since 1992, she has helped scientists better communicate their research and ideas through […]
HP Elitebook x360 1030 review: Small tweaks made to a stylish work 2-in-1
Enlarge Valentina Palladino It has been 10 years since HP launched the original Elitebook, and the company continues to improve upon this already stellar business notebook family. This year’s Elitebook x360 1030 is the follow-up to last year’s model and will replace the 1020 model in the Elitebook lineup. The new Elitebook has been sprinkled […]
‘I Don’t Really Want to Work for Facebook.’ So Say Some Computer Science Students.
Supported by ‘I Don’t Really Want to Work for Facebook.’ So Say Some Computer Science Students. ImageThe Cal Hacks 5.0 competition drew students to the University of California, Berkeley, including, from left, Haitao Zhang, Ingrid Wu and Emily Hu, all students at Berkeley. Some students at the hackathon expressed a reluctance to work for big […]
New simulation shows how Elon Musk’s internet satellite network might work
From Tesla to Hyperloop to plans to colonize Mars, it’s fair to say that Elon Musk thinks big. Among his many visionary ideas is the dream of building a space internet. Called Starlink, Musk’s ambition is to create a network for conveying a significant portion of internet traffic via thousands of satellites Musk hopes to […]
NVENC vs. X264 — Does CPU or RTX GPU encoding work best for Twitch?
If you want to livestream to Twitch, Mixer, or YouTube Live, you’ve had two options when it comes to video encoding. You can set your CPU to do software encoding. You could alternatively select your Nvidia GPU to handle that task. Each of these have their benefits, but your best bet was to use your […]
How do 3D printers work? Here’s a super-simple breakdown
3D printing is everywhere these days. People use it to make everything from product prototypes to jet engines, and everything in between — but how do 3D printers work, exactly? How do these magical machines make three-dimensional objects — of virtually any shape — in a matter of hours? Well, if you’ve ever been curious […]
Google Employees Protest Secret Work on Censored Search Engine for China
Google Employees Protest Secret Work on Censored Search Engine for China ImageGoogle employees have signed a letter protesting the company’s building of a censored search engine for China.CreditAly Song/Reuters By Kate Conger and Daisuke Wakabayashi Aug. 16, 2018 阅读简体中文版閱讀繁體中文版 Hundreds of Google employees, upset at the company’s decision to secretly build a censored version of […]