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IBM’s Call For Code hackathon takes aim at California’s wildfire problem

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by on April 29, 2019 at 10:20 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence


IBM and 42 Silicon Valley are hosting a hackathon in early May to come up with solutions to California’s wildfire problem. The company hopes to get developers, engineers, designers, and emergency-responders together to brainstorm solutions as part of its annual Call For Code challenge. The Call For Code Global Initiative, founded by IBM and David Clark Cause, is an annual challenge inciting technologists to use cutting-edge technologies to deal with natural disasters. Now in its second year, it asks for STEM-minded people around the world to participate in driving solutions to problems associated with natural disasters. Which brings us to…

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Mobile VR game gathers ‘1,700 years’ worth of Alzheimer’s research data

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by on April 29, 2019 at 9:35 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming


A virtual reality game and its app predecessor, intended to help detect early signs of Alzheimer’s, have accrued over 1,700 years’ worth of data in the two years it’s been on the market, according to its developers, thanks to its millions of players. Sea Hero Quest was made by game studio Glitchers and Deutsche Telekom in partnership with University College London, the University of East Anglia, and Alzheimer’s Research UK. The game was designed to help early detection of Alzheimer’s in otherwise healthy individuals, and the VR version debuted on the market in 2017 — according to Glitchers, VR allows for…

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Satoshi’s Treasure to add side quests on top of $1 million Bitcoin prize

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by on April 29, 2019 at 3:54 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


A million-dollar Bitcoin scavenger hunt began only two weeks ago, but one player has already built software to help others co-ordinate their detective efforts. Satoshi’s Treasure works like this: game organizers split keys to $1 million worth of BTC into 1,000 “shards.” A newsletter sends hints for their discovery, and the first to collect 400 shards immediately unlocks the full prize. So far, clues have led players to explore major cities like San Francisco and London, but they’ve also featured far-off places like Uganda and Australia. When the game first started, player John Cantrell hacked his way to the first…

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TNW2019 Daily: Get the official app

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by on April 29, 2019 at 3:29 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Events, Insider, TNW2019


TNW Conference, our tech festival in Amsterdam, is only ten days away. As the countdown approaches zero, we want to make sure you have everything you’ll need at the touch of a button. That’s why we built our very own TNW2019 app. The TNW2019 app The easiest way to make the most of TNW Conference is through our app. You can: Sail through ticket registration: keep your tickets easily accessible in the app. There’s no need to print it out or find a screenshot in your phone Network with other attendees: want to chat with likeminded people? Can’t find your…

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Nubia’s slipped a whole cooling fan INSIDE its Red Magic 3 gaming phone

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by on April 29, 2019 at 3:25 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


It was only a matter of time, but it’s finally happened: yes, you got that right, someone’s put a PC-style cooling fan inside a phone. Say hello everyone to the Nubia Red Magic 3 – a phone so gamer-centric, it just threatened to teabag your dad. I mean, just look at this thing: Gaming phones have picked up steam of late, with devices from ASUS. Razer, and Honor being the most prominent. The Nubia Red Magic 3 wants to upset this balance though and take the industry to a new place – whether it’s going to achieve that or not is… debatable. Let’s…

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