When I arrive at the upscale Westfield Century City mall in Los Angeles, I only know the broad background of Dreamscape Immersive. It is a startup funded partly by Steven Spielberg and partly by AMC, with plans to open up VR centers in theaters and other locations around the world. I also know they are using […]
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Switzerland embraces bitcoin & cryptocurrencies amid global crackdown
While financial regulators across the world are cracking down on bitcoin, Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has decided to encourage digital currencies by issuing guidelines on initial coin offerings (ICOs). According to the regulator, Switzerland has recently seen a sharp growth in the number of upcoming ICOs planned to be launched in the country, […]
Walmart embraces the cloud to take on Amazon
(Reuters) — One of Walmart’s best chances at taking on Amazon.com in ecommerce lies with six giant server farms, each larger than ten football fields. These facilities, which cost Walmart millions of dollars and took nearly five years to build, are starting to pay off. The retailer’s online sales have been on a tear for […]
HP embraces Thunderbolt 3 as it brings premium features to mainstream systems
Enlarge / ZBook 15u G5 internals. As a corporate machine, it’s easy to take apart and repair. (credit: Hewlett-Packard) After spending some years improving the quality and design of its premium systems, HP is turning its attention to its mainstream, corporate laptops. The new range of 800-series EliteBooks, ZBook workstations, monitors, and docks, brings many […]
Now On Nintendo Switch, ‘Furi’ Embraces The Power of a Good Boss Fight
The devious rhythmic combat game is a grueling meditation on what a boss fight is worth. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a59479aa7094c2102a1d76a/master/pass/NintendoFuri-FeatureArt.jpg
Learning to fly: Aerials skier Travis Gerrits embraces challenge of bipolar disorder
The upcoming Winter Olympics will be very different for Travis Gerrits, regardless of the Canadian freestyle skier’s performance. The Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea come just months after the 26-year-old from Milton, Ont., publicly announced he is living with bipolar disorder. “I don’t like to say ‘suffer’ because we learn to control it and it can kind of help […]
Penny Oleksiak embraces social media's influence on youth
Canadian swimming star Penny Oleksiak has a message for every person who reaches out to her on social media: she reads everything. Still just 17 herself, the four-time Olympic medallist happily shoulders the responsibilities of being a role model, although her popularity can be overwhelming. “I get kids every day messaging me, and I always […]
Green Bank Observatory Embraces Its Alien-Hunting Future
The billionaire-backed Breakthrough Listen SETI project is keeping a beleaguered telescope running—at the expense of other science. https://media.wired.com/photos/59fce39f8cbbd153ec490396/master/pass/tele-FA.jpg Feed: All Latest
TiVo embraces voice controls in new Bolt Vox, Mini Vox, and Vox Remote
Enlarge (credit: TiVo) TiVo announced today an update to its line of set-top boxes that makes voice a main feature. The new Bolt Vox and Mini Vox devices include all the features of the original TiVo Bolt and TiVo Mini. But now, the devices also have native voice functionality. That means the set-top boxes, using […]
Docker embraces Kubernetes, will let customers run it alongside Swarm
Docker announced today that customers of its Enterprise Edition software for containerized application management will now be able to deploy their apps using Kubernetes. Businesses using Docker EE will be able to take their pick of container orchestration software, running applications using Docker’s Swarm orchestrator alongside Kubernetes-managed apps on the same compute cluster. Docker Enterprise […]
