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Amazon is rolling out a number of new options for Alexa routines. Starting today, you can set up a routine to trigger actions when your alarm stops. You might prompt Alexa to read your flash briefing a few minutes after your alarm goes off, or perhap… Source: Engadget | Tell Alexa to set a routine …
May 6, 2019 | by RaheelAs of today, Twitter users can include GIFs in their retweets. Users can also include up to four photos or a video. The update is rolling out on iOS, Android and mobile.twitter.com, and accounts like @GameOfThrones and @NASA are already putting it to… Source: Engadget | Twitter lets you add GIFs to retweets
May 6, 2019 | by RaheelDespite all the advancements in artificial intelligence, most AI-based products still rely on "deep neural networks," which are often extremely large and prohibitively expensive to train. Researchers at MIT are hoping to change that. In a paper prese… Source: Engadget | MIT finds smaller neural networks that are easier to train
May 6, 2019 | by RaheelFake news, conspiracy theories and misinformation aren't just problems for Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. They're also rampant on Instagram. While Instagram has been working to reduce the reach of false posts, starting this week, it will go a step fu… Source: Engadget | Facebook fact checkers will soon review Instagram posts
May 6, 2019 | by RaheelIf you played Pokémon video games extensively as a kid, there's a good chance that a specific region of your brain gets fired up when you see the characters now. In a recent study, researchers from Stanford University showed test subjects hund… Source: Engadget | Playing ‘Pokémon’ as a kid may have rewired your brain
May 6, 2019 | by RaheelA plagarism case against the creators of Netflix hit Stranger Things, Matt and Ross Duffer, has come to an end after plaintiff Charles Kessler withdrew his lawsuit. A trial was scheduled to take place this week, but that'll no longer be going ahead. Source: Engadget | ‘Stranger Things’ plaintiff drops plagiarism lawsuit before trial
May 6, 2019 | by RaheelPokémon used brand synergy. It's super effective! To celebrate Detective Pikachu hitting theaters on May 10th, Pokémon Go is getting a heap of new content. From May 7th to May 17th, players of the popular mobile game will find themselve… Source: Engadget | 'Pokémon Go' players are getting 10 days of 'Detective Pikachu' events
May 6, 2019 | by RaheelArchaeologists use satellite photos to spot potential archaeological sites, but urban sprawl and other human development has erased many traces of ancient civilizations. To get around that, Harvard's Jason Urs and Emily Hammer from the University of… Source: Engadget | 1960s aerial spy photos reveal hidden archaeological sites
May 6, 2019 | by RaheelStaff at Mozilla have issued a comprehensive fix for the Firefox browser after users endured three days without any add-ons, caused by the expiration of a signing certificate. The company has been scrambling to fix the issue since it appeared on Frid… Source: Engadget | Firefox pushes another update to fix its broken add-ons
May 6, 2019 | by RaheelIn May 2018, Opportunity had been doing science on Mars since 2004, and there was no reason to think that the plucky rover wouldn't carry on. Then, a dust storm hit that completely obscured the planet from view. After fine dust coated Opportunity's s… Source: Engadget | Dust storms may have stolen all of Mars' …
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