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NVIDIA Jetson TX2 IoT Platform Delivers Pascal-Powered AI Computing For Smart Robots And Commercial Drones

Back in late 2015, NVIDIA introduced the world to Jetson TX1, which crammed “supercomputer” performance into a platform that had a footprint smaller than that of a credit card. NVIDIA is back at it with the successor to the Jetson TX1 and it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure...

This entry was posted in Tech News on March 8, 2017 by gigarefurb.
Jaguar ad 'encouraged unsafe driving' rules watchdog

An advertorial article published in the Guardian about a new Jaguar car has been rebuked by the UK's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). The regulator said the story was "irresponsible" because it was likely to encourage unsafe driving practices. The text had described drivers using in-built smart technology to check their...

This entry was posted in Tech News on March 8, 2017 by gigarefurb.
Philips' 40-Inch Brilliance 4K UHD Curved Monitor Is Certifiably Hot Productivity Goodness

On the desktop, a 4K resolution isn't just hard on our graphics cards; it can be hard on our eyeballs as well. When the first 4K monitors hit the market, most of them used similar form-factors as 1440p models, despite needing to cram way more pixels into that space. Speaking from experience...

This entry was posted in Tech News on March 7, 2017 by gigarefurb.
Android Poised To Topple Windows As World’s Most Used Operating System

It looks as though Google’s Android operating system is on the verge of making history. According to analytics firm StatCounter, the current trending shows Android quickly approaching parity with Windows as the world’s most popular operating system among all computing devices. What more striking, however, is the fact that Microsoft has...

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Kingston Unveils DCP1000 NVMe Solid State Drive With A Blistering 7GB/Sec Of Bandwidth

Kingston is looking to strut its stuff in the data center arena with the arrival of the new DCP1000 family of PCIe SSDs. The storage company says that it is targeting the SSDs for use in online transaction processing (OLTP), database optimization, and virtual desktop infrastructure among other tasks required...

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Mercedes-AMG GT Concept Hybrid Sedan Dazzles With 805HP And Curvy Good Looks

The partnership between Mercedes-Benz and AMG dates back 50 years. To celebrate the occasion, the two developed a new model car, the Mercedes-AMG GT Concept. It's a sexy four-dour coupe—basically a four-door version of the AMG GT sports car—and to say it is a head turner is an understatement. It...

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WikiLeaks Releases ‘Vault 7’ CIA Hacking Tools And Treasure Trove Of Spying Docs

It appears that WikiLeaks has struck the motherlode. The non-profit organization, which has gained notoriety over the years for publishing secretive and often classified information, has just revealed a massive information dump of files obtained from within the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). WikiLeaks has named this latest information release...

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Wikileaks 'reveals CIA hacking tools'

Wikileaks has published details of what it says are wide-ranging hacking tools used by the CIA. The alleged cyber-weapons are said to include malware that targets Windows, Android, iOS, OSX and Linux computers as well as internet routers. Some of the software is reported to have been developed in-house, but...

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Amazon Drops Alexa First Amendment Defense In Murder Case After Defendant Agrees To Share Echo Data

Whether or not audio recorded by smart speakers such as Amazon's Echo is protected by the First Amendment of the United States is a legal argument that will have to wait for another day. That is because Amazon is no longer fighting a subpoena that was issued in an Arkansas...

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Nintendo Switch Sales Off To A Strong Start, Outpacing Even The Mighty Wii

There has been a lot of uncertainty leading up to the retail launch of Nintendo's hybrid Switch console, a game system built for both living room gaming and mobile game play. Would the market be receptive to such a dual purpose device, especially since it doesn't have the hardware chops...

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