Atom-thin water layers may lead to faster electric cars

So many battery breakthroughs focus on longer battery life (and for good reason), but what about the speed of delivering that energy? That’s what North Carolina State University researchers want to solve. They’ve produced a material, crystalline tu…

Source: Engadget – Atom-thin water layers may lead to faster electric cars

Sony Reports 60 Million PS4 Consoles Shipped Through March 31, 2017

Posted: 04-30-2017 10:35 PM
Source: https://www.psxhax.com/threads/sony-…-31-2017.2219/
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According to their recent FY2016 Consolidated Financial Results covering the fiscal year ending on March 31, 2017 Sony Corporation reports that 60 million PS4…

Sony Reports 60 Million PS4 Consoles Shipped Through March 31, 2017



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'Major scale' malware targets your Mac through email scams

Mac users are increasingly being targeted by malware after years of being relatively safe, and that means they’re facing attacks that other users have unfortunately come to expect for a while. Check Point researchers have discovered Dok, the first “…

Source: Engadget – ‘Major scale’ malware targets your Mac through email scams

VC Founder Predicts AI Will Take 50% Of All Human Jobs Within 10 Years

An anonymous reader quotes CNBC:
Robots are likely to replace 50 percent of all jobs in the next decade, according to Kai-Fu Lee, founder of venture capital firm Sinovation Ventures and a top voice on tech in China. Artificial intelligence is the wave of the future, the influential technologist told CNBC, calling it the “singular thing that will be larger than all of human tech revolutions added together, including electricity, [the] industrial revolution, internet, mobile internet — because AI is pervasive”…

For example, he said, companies in which his firm has invested can accomplish feats such as recognizing 3 million faces at the same time, or dispersing loans in eight seconds. “These are things that are superhuman, and we think this will be in every industry, will probably replace 50% of human jobs, create a huge amount of wealth for mankind and wipe out poverty,” Lee said, later adding that he expected that displacement to occur in the next 10 years.

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Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku’s reader run community: An Average Joe’s List Of Favorite

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku’s reader run community: An Average Joe’s List Of Favorite Game Expansions (2017 Edition) Wildest Dreams: Wishing For A Harry Potter Hogwarts GameGames of the Week(s)-A Super Trilogy

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Neowin: Microsoft's Windows Phone Business 'Is Dead'

An anonymous reader quote Neowin:
If you’ve been expecting Microsoft to issue a press release formally announcing the end of its Windows phone business, you’re probably hoping for a bit too much. But make no mistake: its phone hardware business is dead. RIP-dead. Send-flowers-dead. Worm-food-dead. Some fans, and even some in the media, have consistently refused to acknowledge this, despite the clear signs in recent quarters. Now, Microsoft’s own figures, and its statements regarding its phone division, should make it irrefutably clear that there is no life left in its Windows phone business.
During the quarter ending in December, Microsoft’s phone revenue dropped to just $200 million, which included some sales of feature phones, before the company completed its sale of that business unit to Foxconn in November. That figure has now dropped to virtually nothing… Today, as Microsoft published its earnings report for Q3 FY2017, it revealed that its “Phone revenue declined $730 million”. Based on its earlier financial disclosures, that means the company’s phone hardware revenue fell to just $5 million for the entire quarter ending March 31, 2017. During Microsoft’s earnings call today, its chief financial officer, Amy Hood, acknowledged this, stating that there was “no material phone revenue this quarter”. The outlook for the next few months is similarly bleak, as Hood predicted “negligible revenue from Phone” in the coming quarter.

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Hungrybox Wins Melee Finals By Running Out The Clock

The final day of DreamHack Austin was filled to the brim with explosive Melee plays, from Jason “Mew2King” Zimmerman’s incredible run through the loser’s side of the bracket to Daniel “ChuDat” Rodriguez taking down some of the game’s finest on his road to the top. Comparatively, the grand finals of Melee were a little…

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Russian Man Facing Prison For Making Pokémon Go Video Inside A Church

A Russian man might be spending years in prison after his trial wrapped up last week, after being arrested in 2016 for making a video about Pokémon Go while inside a church, a violation of the country’s laws against “inciting religious hatred”.

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Russian Man Facing Prison For Making Pokémon Go Video Inside A Church

A Russian man might be spending years in prison after his trial wrapped up last week, after being arrested in 2016 for making a video about Pokémon Go while inside a church, a violation of the country’s laws against “inciting religious hatred”.

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The Late Team Fight That Spun The Dota 2 Kiev Finals On Their Head

OG might have been favorites heading into Valve’s Dota 2 Major hosted in Kiev, but they certainly didn’t look it by game five of the grand finals. Arguably the more talented team, and certainly the more experienced, it wasn’t until a fateful team fight in the 39th minute of the final match that the European squad…

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You'll Swear This Macro Photography Universe Is CGI

It’s an odd paradox of our times, but when we see something extraordinary these days, it’s easy to assume that it was computer generated. CGI is the current all-consuming method of creating movie effects, but this video of ink in water shot with macro photography shows just how beautiful practical effects can be.

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Source: Gizmodo – You’ll Swear This Macro Photography Universe Is CGI

Hacker Leaks 'Orange Is the New Black' Episodes After Failing To Extort Netflix

An anonymous reader writes:
“A hacker (or hacker group) known as The Dark Overlord (TDO) has leaked the first ten episodes of season 5 of the “Orange Is The New Black” show after two failed blackmail attempts, against Larson Studios and Netflix,” reports BleepingComputer. The hacker said he stole hundreds of gigabytes of audio files from Larson Studios last December. “TDO claims the studio initially agreed to pay a ransom of 50 Bitcoin ($67,000) by January 31, and the two parties even signed a contract, albeit TDO signed it using the name ‘Adolf Hitler.'” This might have been the reason why the company thought this was a joke and didn’t pay the ransom as initially agreed.
At this point, the hacker turned from the studio to Netflix, but the company didn’t want to pay either. As a warning, the hacker leaked the first episode of season 5, but half a day later, he leaked 9 more. “According to Netflix’s website, season 5 is supposed to have 13 episodes and is scheduled for release in June, this year.” The hacker also claims he’s in possession of shows and movies from other movie studios and television channels, such as FOX, IFC, NAT GEO, and ABC. Some of the titles include “Celebrity Apprentice,” “NCIS Los Angeles,” “New Girl,” and “XXX The return of Xander Cage”.

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Source: Slashdot – Hacker Leaks ‘Orange Is the New Black’ Episodes After Failing To Extort Netflix

'Orange is the New Black' hackers may have stolen 36 other shows

When the hackers who swiped Netflix’s unreleased Orange is the New Black season warned that they had shows from other TV networks, they might not have been kidding around. TheDarkOverlord has reportedly provided DataBreaches.net with a “preview” of…

Source: Engadget – ‘Orange is the New Black’ hackers may have stolen 36 other shows