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·TechLinked
·2019-05-06
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1,254 words · ~6 min read
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okay oh
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let's see if i still got this ai machine learning mixed reality
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xbox connect these are all equally expected topics for microsoft to talk
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about at their annual build 2018 conference and talk they did here are
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the highlights from the first keynote on monday you know those super fancy
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hololens and mixed reality demos that they showed off last year well those are
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finally being realized with remote assist which will allow hololens users
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to start video calls and share images annotations and more and there are
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hololens users how are people getting these things
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uh layout for mixed reality and hololens will allow users to import 3d models
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into design spaces feng shui will never
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be the same and alexa and cortana are
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finally speaking to each other because holding grudges is unhealthy unless it's
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against apple because apparently screw those guys microsoft also demoed a new
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feature where you can tell alexa or cortana to summon cortana or alexa to do
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things that only that assistant can do oh i see why siri doesn't matter because
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there's nothing siri can do that no one else can
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now all you have to do is memorize the capabilities of two separate assistants
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competing for your affection definitely no grudges will be held there
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Windows is getting some deeper Android smartphone integration though with the
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your phone feature that will allow you to respond to text drag and drop photos
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and see your notifications from the desktop wow it's a shame dell put all of
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that development time into their exclusive feature that does that stuff
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oops Windows timeline which is like your
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browser history but for your whole pc is
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coming this could be good or bad depending and
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it will also be available via the microsoft Android launcher and the edge
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browser on iOS devices microsoft is also resurrecting the xbox
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kinect camera as project connect wow what a name pro
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project connect so it's a sensor kit intended for
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integration with azure the company's cloud computing service
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and if some scientists squeeze in a game of just or two on their lunch breaks i
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guess that would be fine too there was actually lots more news from today's
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keynote including dji drone integration with Windows updates on project
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brainwave and an omniscient meeting room
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cone but we don't have time to capture all of it so check the news sources linked in
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the description the california energy commission is expected to approve a new
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standard in the state which would require solar panel installations on all
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new homes that includes houses condos
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and apartment buildings up to three stories high they would have to have
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solar panels with exceptions for structures that don't get much sun or
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other like good reasons the mandate would
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follow the lead of san francisco which already requires buildings shorter than
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10 stories to sport solar panels
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as i said the measure is expected to pass because you'd be foolish to turn
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down free energy i love energy delicious
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delicious energy youtube has taken down hundreds of
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videos that included ads for an essay writing service called eduberdy after a
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report by the bbc about 250 videos were taken down
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although the report found more than 1400
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videos with the adverts baked in eduberdy advertises themselves as a
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service that will hire a super smart nerd which is obviously fake because
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no one ever reached out to me to write your essays for you
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which if you think about is kind of what i do because i didn't write this anyway
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the point is that's totally not an obviously morally
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questionable thing so it is understandable that the creators behind
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the videos are expressing outrage at the takedowns wait that's understandable
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some claimed that they wouldn't have promoted the service in the first place
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if they'd known it wasn't okay but like come on that's cheating
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so apparently youtube did warn the creators
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a week in advance that their videos would be removed if the ads weren't
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edited out but uh i guess if they'd known for
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serious they totally would have done it no fair
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speaking of sponsorships how was i supposed to deliver that
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speaking of sponsorships here's one that isn't morally questionable d brand no
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i'm not saying quick bits that's your thing they're your source for awesome
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vinyl skins for laptops phones tablets console controllers and more they use
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high quality authentic true textured 3m vinyl on every product and feature
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unrivaled precision in fact they worked over a year with 3m to research and
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develop a skin for the nintendo switch that uses a unique adhesive to protect
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the console and joy-cons without damaging anything on removal and now you
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can even get tempered glass screen protectors from dbrand with affordable pricing and worldwide shipping so go
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check them out at the link below on to the quick bits
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after announcing it a few months ago lenovo has launched their standalone
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google daydream headset the mirage solo for 400 us dollars double the price of
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the oculus go but lenovo's also throwing in a 180 degree camera oh wait no that's
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another 300 what are they thinking
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wait what's this you need a new smart tv a google home and a sound bar well
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you're in luck because jbl has shown off the new link bar which adds Android tv
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and google assistant to your tv in the form of a sound i don't need any of
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those things so i'm good thanks but nice job jbl university of
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toronto researchers have developed a handheld 3d skin printer that can
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dispense skin healing tissue directly onto wounds kind of like
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white out onto like grievous spelling mistakes the device is an alternative to
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traditional skin grafts that take skin from one area and transport it to
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another so we don't need to do that anymore we're like really slow
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wolverines now two of the most popular things in
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entertainment right now are colliding as thanos the big baddie protagonist of
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avengers infinity war dang it i haven't seen it yet we'll be making an
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appearance in the popular children's game fortnite
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players will be able to find the infinity gauntlet on the map and
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transform into the reality bending mad titan although if killing half the
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players with a snap of your fingers is part of the gameplay that would be
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pretty lame unless you're ninja in which case we'd expect it and you probably saw
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this last week but NVIDIA has canceled its contentious GeForce partner program
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after pretty much everyone said they hated it so see
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we can make a real change in the world even though the name alone makes it
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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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and that's it for the first episode of TechLinked so if you don't know this
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