YouTube is expanding its virtual reality app to support Samsung’s Gear VR devices, and it’s also adding a new feature that lets users watch a video together and chat. If you own a Gear VR device, you’ll be able to download the app from the Oculus Store beginning this week, Google announced today in a […]
Nanotransistors, nanosensors, and medical nanorobots are just a few of the futuristic devices that will require electrical wires engineered to molecular precision. Graphene nanoribbons are a leading candidate to take on that role. These narrow strips of graphene, with widths of less than 50 nm, inherit all the electromechanical advantages of graphene but also have […]
Researchers at the University of Sheffield in the UK have built a nanoscale chip that can emit rapid pulses of single, mostly indistinguishable photons. The research team, led by Feng Liu, exploited the physics behind the Purcell effect to design the system, helping them to reduce losses and achieve increased photon production rates. Physicists have […]
Google’s throwing its weight around and using its latest edition of its Chrome browser to make the web a little safer by shaming sites that haven’t implemented the more secure data transfer protocol HTTPS–which keeps bad actors from digitally watching over your shoulder as you browser. BBC reported the browser’s URL bar will not show […]
You no longer have to turn to tools like Grammarly if your Google Docs output lacks polish. As part of a sweeping set of updates aimed mostly at G Suite users, Google has introduced grammar suggestions to Docs users involved its Early Adopter Program. The addition uses machine translation to spot everything from basic grammatical […]
It was revealed at E3 last month that Microsoft was building a cloud gaming system. A report today calls that system Scarlett Cloud and it’s only part of Microsoft’s next-gen Xbox strategy. And it makes a lot of sense, too. According to Thurrott.com, noted site for all things Microsoft, the next Xbox will come in […]
While many hospitals and medical groups are exploring artificial and machine learning, Hill Physicians Medical Group in San Ramon, California, has already reaped noteworthy results using the technologies to advance value-based care work. “The efficiencies we’ve gained have allowed us to increase the number of charts collected by more than 200 percent,” said Jennifer Pereur, […]
Quantum communication and cryptography are the future of high-security communication. But many challenges lie ahead before a worldwide quantum network can be set up, including propagating the quantum signal over long distances. One of the major challenges is to create memories with the capacity to store quantum information carried by light. Researchers at the University […]
Scientists don’t understand how some materials become superconducting at relatively high temperatures. Leiden physicists have now found a surprising connection with auxiliary black holes. It enables researchers to apply knowledge of black holes to the mystery of high-temperature superconductivity. The new study is published in Nature Physics. Superconductivity, discovered in Leiden in 1911, is exploited […]
We’re just a couple of weeks away from the expected debut of Samsung’s Galaxy Note 9, but it seems we’re already getting an early look at some accessories for the smartphone. The latest is a charging station called the Wireless Charger Duo, a device that appears to give Samsung owners their own version of Apple’s […]
While Apple was quiet about HomePod updates at WWDC, that doesn’t mean it’s twiddling its thumbs — its staff are privately testing pre-release software. And now, we might now what that software entail.s French site iGeneration claims to have details of the HomePod’s iOS 12-based beta, and it could address a laundry list of feature […]
Snap’s one-time hope of becoming a major player in money transfers has come to an ignominious end. The company has confirmed to TechCrunch that it’s discontinuing its Snapcash service on August 30th. While it didn’t say what would happen to users’ accounts, it promised that they’d receive notifications through both the Snapchat app itself as […]
