Tag: world
Europe’s free land could house enough wind turbines to power the world
Sustainable energy sources like wind power are all well and good, but the unfortunate reality is that there simply isn’t enough free land to create the massive numbers of wind turbines that would be needed to make them a viable replacement for our current methods of energy production. Is that right? Well, don’t make the […]
Apple isn’t the most cash-rich company in the world anymore, but it doesn’t matter
Google co-founder Larry Page is now CEO of Alphabet. Justin Sullivan / Getty Images You’ve probably heard it before: Apple has more money in the bank than any other corporation on Earth, thanks to huge profit margins on its products and a run over nearly two decades leading in the consumer technology industry. It has […]
GamesBeat Decides 122: Super Nintendo World and Ninja on Mixer
Summer has broken — at least as far as video games are concerned. That means we finally have a lot of news to talk about on the GamesBeat Decides podcast. On this episode, GamesBeat reviews editor Mike Minotti and PC gaming editor Jeffrey Grubb talk about Ninja defecting from Twitch to Microsoft’s Mixer. Mike also […]
Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos have made their divorce official in a $38 billion settlement, making the author the third richest woman in the world
Getty Images The marriage of Amazon’s power couple, which has spanned the transformation of the company from online bookstore to massive e-commerce platform, is officially over. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his ex-wife, MacKenzie Bezos, officially finalized their divorce Friday, Bloomberg reports. As a result, MacKenzie Bezos is set to gain millions of shares of […]
Our guide to taking down the monsters in Monster Hunter World: Iceborne
The Monster Hunter World: Iceborne beta on PS4 features three hunts, each more challenging than the last. First, it’s back to the Ancient Forest for a showdown with a Great Jagras. Then you face off with the brute wyvern Banbaro in the chilly Hoarfrost Reach. Rounding out the beta is Tigrex, the agile and punishing […]
AT&T declares itself ‘world leader’ in 5G despite 0 consumer devices
AT&T said that it launched a 12-city commercial 5G network at the end of last year, but after six months, the silence from actual AT&T 5G customers has been deafening: The company said it upped the tally to 19 cities and even hit 2Gbps peak speeds in April but, unlike rivals Verizon and Sprint, has zero […]
Robert Downey Jr. embraces his inner Tony Stark to save the world for real
In a move that sounds like it’s been ripped straight out of an Iron Man movie, big-screen Avenger Robert Downey Jr. has unveiled the Footprint Coalition, an organization that will use robotics and nanotechnology to help the environment and battle climate change. Downey took the stage at Amazon’s artificial intelligence-focused Re:Mars conference to deliver a 20-minute presentation […]
From Ancestor Glade to Hyrule Castle, these are the eight wonders of the virtual world
Steeped in magic and mystery, the Collosi wander the plains of a curious valley in “Shadow of the Colossus.” (Sony) By Cian Maher June 4 at 11:45 AM The wonders of the natural world are often recognized for their sublime, awe-inducing beauty. These structures are magnificently built, to the point that an attempt to conceive […]
Windows Solitaire inducted into the World Video Game Hall of Fame
Enlarge Microsoft The classic Windows game Solitaire has joined such landmarks as Doom, Tetris, and World of Warcraft in being inducted into the Strong Museum of Play’s World Video Game Hall of Fame. The award recognizes Solitaire‘s role as a significant part of gaming’s history. Solitaire was first bundled with Windows 3.0. Much like the other notable bundled […]
Drone delivers life-saving kidney for transplant patient in world first
[embedded content] Drone technology is increasingly proving itself across a variety of industries, including the medical field where the machine’s ability to be quickly deployed and move at speed across urban areas for vital deliveries can be a life-saver. In what’s believed to be a world first, researchers at the University of Maryland this week […]
Why computer vision is rocking the business world — and bottom lines
Computer vision technology is one of the more remarkable AI applications. It actually helped spark the current AI revolution in 2012, when researchers used a deep neural network to radically improve the ability to recognize and classify objects in images. Since then, neural nets have surpassed even human abilities in many areas. Companies are now […]
Finalists from NASA’s 3D-printed Mars home challenge are out of this world
Team SEArch+/Apis Cor It’s expensive to ship things through space, so when the first space colonists reach the moon or Mars, they will want to carry as little cargo as possible. That poses a challenge: If they need to limit the amount of resources they bring, what will colonists use to build their shelters? One […]
Studio Roqovan closes, taking VR shooter World Wars Toons with it
World Wars Toons, one of VR’s earliest hopes for a great first-person shooter (FPS), is no more as developer Studio Roqovan closes its doors. The company revealed as much last week. World War Toons was a multiplayer FPS. It featured optional VR support set in a cartoonish version of the Second World War. In 2015 […]
Hold onto your butts: A tour through Kualoa Ranch, aka real world Jurassic Park
You see, it works on levels. Nathan Mattise (with a 2014 Moto G) A view from just outside the fence before a Kualoa Ranch UTV tour (other transport options include ATVs, boats, trolleys, bikes, buses, etc.). Nathan Mattise (with a 2014 Moto G) Forget golf carts, we’d like our future retirement community to run on […]