[ad_1] In a case of “If only we could buy this”, Google parent company Alphabet’s life sciences branch has detailed a stylish new smartwatch with robust health tracking capabilities. Called the Verily Study Watch, the device is designed to track and collect the health data of wearers who are taking part in clinical and observationalRead more about Alphabet's life sciences branch made a sleek smartwatch for robust health tracking[…]

[ad_1] NI has donated almost $1m (£806,000) to the NYU’s wireless group. This will include equipping labs with software defined radio hardware and software. Millimetre-wave (mmWave) frequencies have now been proposed by the FCC, 3GPP and other standardisation bodies for 5G fixed and mobile networks. The NYU Wireless faculty has been a pioneer of earlyRead more about NI donates $1m to New York University for 5G radio work[…]

[ad_1] Update: The first teaser trailer for Star Wars: The Last Jedi has been unveiled during Star Wars Celebration 2017. Check it out below! Original article follows… If you’re new to the page then read on for everything we know so far about Star Wars Episode VIII, but if you’re familiar with the latest newsRead more about Star Wars: Episode VIII release date, trailers and rumors[…]

[ad_1] This caught my eye when trawling the many and various Google Blogs, trying to keep up with things for the Eyes on Android blog The Google OpenSource blog was highlighting the new home for the companies opens source initiatives – opensource.google.com – and mentioned in passing its Light My Piano project. Basically, it’s anRead more about Google shines with Light My Piano[…]

[ad_1] Not content with planning the colonisation of Mars and building cars that can drive themselves, Elon Musk is also getting into the truck-building business, confirming via Twitter that his Tesla company is readying an electric semi truck too. The truck is going to be unveiled in September, Musk says… and that’s just about everythingRead more about Tesla's next trick will be an electric semi truck[…]

[ad_1] They were testing a technique created for analysing memory use, and found over 100 errors involving incorrect orderings in the storage and retrieval of information from memory in variations of the RISC-V processor architecture. Called TriCheck, its name is derived from three general levels of computing: the high-level programs, the instruction set architecture, andRead more about RISC-V bugs found by Princeton[…]

[ad_1] Almost an entire year since Hulu first teased its plans to bring live TV to its streaming network, it appears like we may have more details of what the new service will be like — and how much it might cost. In addition to live broadcasts from a variety of networks, Hulu’s upcoming liveRead more about Hulu's take on live TV might include its regular service, cost $40[…]

[ad_1] Called the Freedom E301 or FE310, alongside the RISC-V core are a whole bunch of peripherals (see diagram). The core runs at 320MHz, so this is a powerful beas, and it supports the following RISC-V specifications: RV32I base integer instruction Set v2.0 ‘M’ standard extension for integer multiplication and division v2.0 ‘A’ standard extensionRead more about RISC-V silicon available, and pcbs[…]

[ad_1] As we get closer to the for-real reveal of the iPhone 8, speculation continues to grow over what major changes await Apple’s next smartphone. In one of the more interesting (and odd) leaks we’ve seen, images claiming to reveal the next iPhone show a handset that’s nearly all screen on the front, with theRead more about New iPhone 8 leak touts bezel-free design and other bold changes[…]

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