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Goodbye old friend: Microsoft to end support for Windows 7 in one year

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by on January 14, 2019 at 11:17 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider


It’s not surprising to see PC users running an old version of Windows. Whether they refuse to switch to Windows 10’s service model or their IT department is lazy, it’s still pretty common to see PC’s running Windows 7. It might be a good time to move on now. Microsoft will no longer provide security updates or free support for Windows 7 one year from today. Windows 7 was a huge success for Microsoft. Windows tends to come in good-bad cycles, and after the much-reviled Vista, its successor arrived as a breath of fresh air. Then came Windows 8, which…

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The adorable story of Animal Crossing Grandma is the perfect start to 2019

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by on January 14, 2019 at 10:35 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming


There’s something charming whenever you hear stories about gamers who don’t fit the preconceived notion of what a “gamer” is. At the beginning of the year, we were lucky to hear the story of “Animal Crossing Grandma,” a lovely octogenarian who’s logged more hours in one game than most of us have in all our games combined. The story comes from Paul Hubans, a game designer. He tweeted that, while upgrading his grandmother, 87-year-old Audrey, to a new 3DS, he took a peak at her stats in her favorite game, Animal Crossing: New Leaf. He saw that, through diligent daily play, she’d…

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US Army’s defense of killer robots sounds like the plot to War Games

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by on January 14, 2019 at 10:28 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence


The US Army wants to develop fully autonomous weapons systems, but its initiatives to take humans out of the loop have been met with push-back from lawmakers and the general public. The government’s solution? Treat it as a PR problem. US Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology Bruce Jette recently tried to assuage concerns over the military’s integration of AI into combat systems. In doing so, he inadvertently invoked the plot of the 1983 science fiction thriller “War Games.” In the movie, which stars a young Matthew Broderick, a computer whiz hacks a government system and…

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US Army’s defense of killer robots sounds like the plot to War Games

Jan14
by on January 14, 2019 at 10:28 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence


The US Army wants to develop fully autonomous weapons systems, but its initiatives to take humans out of the loop have been met with push-back from lawmakers and the general public. The government’s solution? Treat it as a PR problem. US Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology Bruce Jette recently tried to assuage concerns over the military’s integration of AI into combat systems. In doing so, he inadvertently invoked the plot of the 1983 science fiction thriller “War Games.” In the movie, which stars a young Matthew Broderick, a computer whiz hacks a government system and…

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YouTube now lets you swipe through videos like Instagram Stories

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by on January 14, 2019 at 7:51 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Insider


We’ve all wasted hours watching recommended videos on YouTube, but now the company is making it even easier to procrastinate your time away. Starting this week, you’ll be able to navigate through recommended videos with a simple horizontal swipe. With each swipe forward you’ll see a new recommend video. Swipe back to return right where you left off on the previous video.It’s basically YouTube’s take on something like Snapchat or Instagram’s stories, which have popularized swiping across video content horizontally. It should theoretically make it just a little bit easier and faster to find something to watch – pretty much…

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