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Abzû on the Switch: Stunning in the hands, hell for thalassophobia

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by on November 30, 2018 at 6:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming


The Nintendo Switch added another indie feather to its cap this week with the release of Abzû, an underwater adventure game from Giant Squid Studios. The game‘s beauty translates exceptionally well to the Switch’s handheld screen — and if you have any fear of the ocean blue, it’s almost too good. In Abzû, you play a small, featureless being with flippers, exploring the ocean and activating beacons to cleanse polluted sections. I couldn’t tell you why — in that classic short indie game fashion, the game doesn’t deliver its story directly, opting to use environmental cues and visual markers in order…

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E Ink’s new digital paper lets you draw with almost no lag

Nov30
by on November 30, 2018 at 5:26 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


The hypothetical pinnacle of digital paper is when it becomes indistinguishable from the real article, both in terms of reading and writing. Today, at the Connected Ink conference in Tokyo, E Ink Holdings took us a little bit closer with its new JustWrite technology. JustWrite is designed to feel as close as possible to writing on a sheet of standard A4, without the inclusion of a bulky TFT backplane. It requires very little electricity to run, and boasts very low latency, in order to offer a natural-feeling writing experience. So, how does this work in practice? You can see an…

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Apple Music arrives on Amazon Echo next month

Nov30
by on November 30, 2018 at 4:58 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Plugged


In something of a surprise announcement today, Amazon revealed that Apple Music would soon be available on its Echo devices. The feature arrives on December 17, joining existing services like Spotify, Pandora, and, of course, Amazon Music. Users simply need to enable the Apple Music skill in the Alexa app and link their accounts. I say ‘surprise’ because it’s somewhat unusual for Apple to share its services on other hardware, especially considering the HomePod is still pretty new. Then again, Apple Music is available on Android, because no matter how much Apple likes its walled garden, it would be silly to…

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Starwood hacked with over 500 million customer details accessed

Nov30
by on November 30, 2018 at 4:34 pm
Posted In: Around the Web


If you’ve stayed at a Starwood hotel in the past few years, it’s time to buy some credit monitoring. The Marriott International-owned hotel brand has reported a massive hack that saw the details of over 500 million customers accessed by an unauthorized party. The hotel chain says that the attackers have been able to access the company’s internal network — including the guest reservation database — since 2014. For 327 million unlucky customers, the data accessed includes sensitive personal information like address details and passport numbers. Marriott International, which acquired Starwood in 2016, says the information also contains payment card…

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How to get a job working with artificial intelligence/machine learning

Nov30
by on November 30, 2018 at 4:04 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Contributors


Artificial intelligence is one of the most exciting and attractive fields to get into. The global machine learning (ML) market is estimated to grow from $1.4 billion in 2017 to $8.8 billion by 2022. AI is projected to create 2.3 million related jobs by 2020, according to Gartner. The average salary of a machine learning engineer is between $125,000 and $175,000. At the top ten highest paying companies for AI talent, the average salary easily surpasses $200,000. Clearly, there are a lot of reasons to join this booming industry. In this article, I’m going to break down exactly what artificial intelligence…

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