October 1, 2021 Dark Shadows and Beyond Pays Tribute to the Man Who Played TV’s Most Beloved Vampire Biographies and documentaries about actors tend to focus on scandalous stuff—their tumultuous family life, tragedies, addiction problems…whatever personal turmoil helped (or hindered) them as…
October 1, 2021 X-Rays Reveal Censored Messages Between Marie Antoinette and Her ‘Tender Friend’ A team of conservation scientists recently went through 230-year-old correspondence between Marie Antoinette and her close friend (and rumored lover) Axel von Fersen, a…
October 1, 2021 What’s the deal with Seinfeld’s aspect ratio on Netflix? Seinfeld has officially moved over to stream on Netflix today, with a new 4K upgrade that promises to make the show look better than…
October 1, 2021 Nvidia, University of Toronto are making robotics research available to small firms Despite progress in the field, research on robotics hands remains extremely expensive and limited to a few very wealthy companies and labs.Read More via…
October 1, 2021 AI Weekly: Amazon’s ‘custom’ AI features showcase the potential of unsupervised learning Amazon’s newly announced Custom Sounds and Custom Event Alerts features illustrate the potential of techniques like unsupervised learning.Read More via VentureBeat Check out the…
October 1, 2021 Ray-Ban Stories vs. Snapchat Spectacles: Who wants Facebook on their face? Facebook recently introduced its first wearable: Ray-Ban Stories, smart sunglasses with cameras, microphones and speakers built in.If that sounds familiar, it might be because…
October 1, 2021 Boats, Ranked Boats: They are vessels of ancient Solomon Islanders who charted a now-fantastical journey 2,000 miles into the unknown. They contain drunk people while idling…
October 1, 2021 Apple updates iOS 15 to fix the iPhone 13’s Apple Watch unlock bug Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Apple’s iPhone 13 lineup just launched last week, but some users ran into a frustrating issue where…
October 1, 2021 Why does Blink still exist? Ring’s founder Jamie Siminoff announced a new video doorbell this week, from another company. | Image: Blink In December 2017, Amazon spent $90 million…
October 1, 2021 Blue Origin Employees Claim Jeff Bezos’s Rocket Company Is Sexist, Toxic, and Lax About Flight Safety A scathing essay written by nearly two dozen current and former Blue Origin employees paints a grim picture of work conditions at the company…