okay oh
let's see if i still got this ai machine learning mixed reality
xbox connect these are all equally expected topics for microsoft to talk
about at their annual build 2018 conference and talk they did here are
the highlights from the first keynote on monday you know those super fancy
hololens and mixed reality demos that they showed off last year well those are
finally being realized with remote assist which will allow hololens users
to start video calls and share images annotations and more and there are
hololens users how are people getting these things
uh layout for mixed reality and hololens will allow users to import 3d models
into design spaces feng shui will never
be the same and alexa and cortana are
finally speaking to each other because holding grudges is unhealthy unless it's
against apple because apparently screw those guys microsoft also demoed a new
feature where you can tell alexa or cortana to summon cortana or alexa to do
things that only that assistant can do oh i see why siri doesn't matter because
there's nothing siri can do that no one else can
now all you have to do is memorize the capabilities of two separate assistants
competing for your affection definitely no grudges will be held there
Windows is getting some deeper Android smartphone integration though with the
your phone feature that will allow you to respond to text drag and drop photos
and see your notifications from the desktop wow it's a shame dell put all of
that development time into their exclusive feature that does that stuff
oops Windows timeline which is like your
browser history but for your whole pc is
coming this could be good or bad depending and
it will also be available via the microsoft Android launcher and the edge
browser on iOS devices microsoft is also resurrecting the xbox
kinect camera as project connect wow what a name pro
project connect so it's a sensor kit intended for
integration with azure the company's cloud computing service
and if some scientists squeeze in a game of just or two on their lunch breaks i
guess that would be fine too there was actually lots more news from today's
keynote including dji drone integration with Windows updates on project
brainwave and an omniscient meeting room
cone but we don't have time to capture all of it so check the news sources linked in
the description the california energy commission is expected to approve a new
standard in the state which would require solar panel installations on all
new homes that includes houses condos
and apartment buildings up to three stories high they would have to have
solar panels with exceptions for structures that don't get much sun or
other like good reasons the mandate would
follow the lead of san francisco which already requires buildings shorter than
10 stories to sport solar panels
as i said the measure is expected to pass because you'd be foolish to turn
down free energy i love energy delicious
delicious energy youtube has taken down hundreds of
videos that included ads for an essay writing service called eduberdy after a
report by the bbc about 250 videos were taken down
although the report found more than 1400
videos with the adverts baked in eduberdy advertises themselves as a
service that will hire a super smart nerd which is obviously fake because
no one ever reached out to me to write your essays for you
which if you think about is kind of what i do because i didn't write this anyway
the point is that's totally not an obviously morally
questionable thing so it is understandable that the creators behind
the videos are expressing outrage at the takedowns wait that's understandable
some claimed that they wouldn't have promoted the service in the first place
if they'd known it wasn't okay but like come on that's cheating
so apparently youtube did warn the creators
a week in advance that their videos would be removed if the ads weren't
edited out but uh i guess if they'd known for
serious they totally would have done it no fair
speaking of sponsorships how was i supposed to deliver that
speaking of sponsorships here's one that isn't morally questionable d brand no
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unrivaled precision in fact they worked over a year with 3m to research and
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check them out at the link below on to the quick bits
after announcing it a few months ago lenovo has launched their standalone
google daydream headset the mirage solo for 400 us dollars double the price of
the oculus go but lenovo's also throwing in a 180 degree camera oh wait no that's
another 300 what are they thinking
wait what's this you need a new smart tv a google home and a sound bar well
you're in luck because jbl has shown off the new link bar which adds Android tv
and google assistant to your tv in the form of a sound i don't need any of
those things so i'm good thanks but nice job jbl university of
toronto researchers have developed a handheld 3d skin printer that can
dispense skin healing tissue directly onto wounds kind of like
white out onto like grievous spelling mistakes the device is an alternative to
traditional skin grafts that take skin from one area and transport it to
another so we don't need to do that anymore we're like really slow
wolverines now two of the most popular things in
entertainment right now are colliding as thanos the big baddie protagonist of
avengers infinity war dang it i haven't seen it yet we'll be making an
appearance in the popular children's game fortnite
players will be able to find the infinity gauntlet on the map and
transform into the reality bending mad titan although if killing half the
players with a snap of your fingers is part of the gameplay that would be
pretty lame unless you're ninja in which case we'd expect it and you probably saw
this last week but NVIDIA has canceled its contentious GeForce partner program
after pretty much everyone said they hated it so see
we can make a real change in the world even though the name alone makes it
sound like something i'd want to be a part of i mean who wouldn't want to be a GeForce partner no no yeah not me either
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