By NICK WINGFIELD
The releases, which will weave features from the popular streaming video service into the gaming experience, are Amazon’s first games aimed at hard-core players.
Amazon Creates 3 Games for Twitch Fans
Monthly Archives: September 2016
A Health Checkup for Your Laptop Battery
By J. D. BIERSDORFER
Lithium-ion batteries don’t last forever, but there are ways to find out your battery’s current condition.
Daily Report: Trust Busters Destined to Dig into Data
By QUENTIN HARDY
European regulators look at Microsoft’s purchase of LinkedIn not for what it is, but for what may be. They are right to.
WATCH: Rosetta Crashes Into Comet, Bringing Historic Mission To End
WATCH: Rosetta Crashes Into Comet, Bringing Historic Mission To End
The Rosetta spacecraft has been orbiting the 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko comet for two years. Now scientists have ended the mission, and the spacecraft has lost contact with Earth forever.
Crisis Mapping Pioneer Focuses On Humanitarian Uses For Drones
Crisis Mapping Pioneer Focuses On Humanitarian Uses For Drones
Patrick Meier pioneered the field of crisis mapping during the 2010 Haiti earthquake, compiling information to create a real time map of damage. Now he’s focusing on humanitarian uses of drones.
Microsoft Reorganizes Its Research Efforts Around A.I.
By NICK WINGFIELD
The company will combine its vaunted research group with the unit focused on products that use artificial intelligence, like Bing and Cortana.
Americans Unconvinced Of Potential Good Of Self-Driving Cars, Study Finds
Americans Unconvinced Of Potential Good Of Self-Driving Cars, Study Finds
Most Americans say they should always have the option to drive themselves. That’s despite the fact the average driver is excited by driverless technology.
Our Robot Overlords Are Now Delivering Pizza, And Cooking It On The Go
Our Robot Overlords Are Now Delivering Pizza, And Cooking It On The Go
A Silicon Valley start-up wants to use technology to solve the pizza paradox. It’s a food that’s meant to be delivered, but never tastes quite as good upon arrival.
Forget Self-Driving Cars. Self-Driving Chairs Have Arrived
Forget Self-Driving Cars. Self-Driving Chairs Have Arrived
Nissan unveiled the ProPilot chair, a high-tech self-driving seat that the automaker says makes waiting in line “easy and fun” by using technology designed for semi-autonomous cars.
Phone Emergency Alerts Will Begin Including Links, Phone Numbers
Phone Emergency Alerts Will Begin Including Links, Phone Numbers
Regulators have voted to expand cellphone alerts to 360 characters from the previous cutoff at 90, and to begin including clickable URLs and phone numbers over the next year or so. But no photos, yet.