Microsoft and Baidu are hooking up on autonomous car tech, with the Seattle software giant playing cloud host to the Chinese behemoth’s self-driving ambitions. The collaboration will see Microsoft Azure made the home for the Apollo alliance, Baidu’s attempt to make autonomous driving an open platform. Importantly, it gives Apollo some degree of legitimacy outside of Baidu‘s home turf. Launched … Continue reading
You might associate Bluetooth with cutting the cable between your headphones and your phone, but Bluetooth Mesh aims to make it a ubiquitous backchannel for the Internet of Things. Launched today, Bluetooth Mesh is a way that low-energy radios can build many-to-many (m:m) links between devices, evolving to encompass new gadgets, temporary blackouts, and more. Initially, it’s setting its sights … Continue reading
Samsung will once again produce the processors Apple needs for the company’s best selling product according to a report from Korea. This move would place Samsung’s chipmaking factories back in line with iPhone hardware after losing their contract with Apple to TSMC in the year 2013. That was a chip contract loss for the history books. The Next iPhone Chip … Continue reading
Bluetooth is one step closer to connecting smart devices on a large scale. The wireless standard’s Special Interest Group (SIG) has announced support for mesh networking. With the new technology, manufacturers can build devices that can all talk to o…
Social competition and establishing dominance are a part of the culture of many species, from humans to mice. That’s why the results of a recent study published in Science are so interesting. A team of Chinese scientists changed the behavior of mice…
Earlier this week, reports surfaced that Amazon had registered a trademark for a meal kit service with the slogan “We do the prep. You be the chef.” And apparently those kits are already available to some AmazonFresh customers, one of whom told GeekW…
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