Vaping is a controversial habit: it certainly has its downsides, but anecdotally it’s a fantastic smoking cessation aid. The thing is, until behavioral scientists know a bit more about who does it, when, how much and other details, its use will continue to be something of a mystery. That’s where the PuffPacket comes in. Designed
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By the summer of 2016, Marie Outtier had spent eight years as a consultant advising media agencies and martech companies on marketing growth strategy. Pierre-Jean “PJ” Camillieri started as a music software engineer before joining one of Apple’s consumer electronics divisions. Inspired by Siri, he left to start Timista, a smart lifestyle assistant. When the
Ready at Dawn’s zero-g sports game will be available free to all users until its official release. After two closed alphas and a single closed beta, Echo Arena will finally be available to all Oculus Quest users beginning next week as part of a free open beta which will run from May 5th until the
Directly taking on Google and Amazon generally seems to be an ill-advised strategy for a young startup. It’s even more complicated when you’re competing on the home assistants front, a technically complex, capital-intensive future platform into which both tech giants have dumped substantial sums. Over the past few years, the small smart home startup Josh.ai
Illustration: Whole Worker As the coronavirus pandemic continues to highlight the struggles of essential workers, those same workers—who are performing considerably more dangerous jobs than they signed up for—are getting more organized and more sophisticated in their organizing tactics. Case in point: Whole Worker. Advertisement The grassroots group for Whole Foods employees, Whole Worker was
Veteran VA David Hayter plays the role of disgraced ex-Soviet General Zhurov. Phantom: Covert Ops, nDreams’ long-awaited stealth-based VR shooter, is scheduled to arrive on Oculus Quest and Oculus Rift/Rift S headsets June 25th. Set in the year 1991, players step into the shoes (kayak?) of a special forces operative tasked with infiltrating a Cold
If you’re an avid reader, it’s convenient way to take your personal library wherever you go with a Kindle e-reader. In addition to frequent discounted deals on various Kindle models, you can often find sales on 2-packs, special prices on Kindles bundled with accessories, and refurbished models. On this page, we list the best cheap
Even before the COVID-19 shutdown, venture funding rounds and total deal volume of VC funding for esports were down noticeably from the year prior. The space received a lot of attention in 2017 and 2018 as leagues formed, teams raised money and surging popularity fostered a whole ecosystem of new companies. Last year featured some
Moto Edge Plus review: Overshadowed by giants “The Moto Edge Plus looks like the future.” Beautiful “Endless Edge” display Sleek, futuristic design Sharp 108MP camera Great performance Massive battery Thick and heavy 21:9 aspect ratio is awkward Mediocre front-facing and telephoto MSRP $1,000.00 Motorola’s new flagship phone, the Moto Edge Plus, looks like something out
Intel has finally launched its latest generation of new desktop chips, known as 10th-gen Comet Lake-S. They were announced months ago, and in that time, leaks with nearly every spec have been posted online. Intel still has a couple of tricks up its sleeve, though. These processors, ranging from Core i3 up to Core i9,
As scientists race to develop vaccines and treatments for COVID-19, there’s one particular drug that’s getting a lot of buzz right now: Remdesivir. Developed by pharmaceutical giant Gilead Sciences, remdesivir is an antiviral drug that was originally meant to fight the Ebola virus after an outbreak struck in 2013, but it was so ineffective that
FP TrendingApr 30, 2020 16:51:42 IST For years, AI researchers have been working on building an artificial intelligence system that can converse as well as humans. Facebook has now introduced a lifelike chatbot, named Blender that outperforms other bots in terms of engagement, and also feels more human-like in its conversations. Blender is an open-source
If your organization uses Microsoft Teams, you’re probably using it as your go-to tool for remote work or quick team meetings. Teams can be a more complex tool than something like Zoom or Skype, and not all of its features are immediately apparent, like changing your background. That doesn’t mean you can’t do it, though,
Pro tennis players will swap their real rackets for virtual ones this weekend in an e-sports contest set to deliver more than $1 million to charity. If you haven’t already noticed, the coronavirus pandemic has prompted the suspension of professional sports events around the world, leaving fans everywhere wondering when they can next cheer on
New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo.Photo: Matthew Cavanaugh (Getty Images) Appearing in the president’s Twitter mentions has, incredibly, finally paid off for somebody: a random Silicon Valley-based electrical engineer named Yaron Oren-Pines who scored a $69.1 million contract with the state of New York after he tweeted at Trump, “We can supply ICU Ventilators, invasive
Entertaining and educating kids stuck at home for an extended period is a noble goal, but most parents need help. Fortunately, there are plenty of cheap kids tablets pre-loaded with age-appropriate games, apps, entertainment titles, and education material out there. Here, we’ve rounded up all the best kids tablet deals from Kindle, Amazon Fire, and Samsung.
Need to learn how to download YouTube videos? We can walk you through it, with our easy to follow step-by-step guide. But before we begin, we do need to warn you: Even though it’s generally legal to share and embed YouTube videos on the internet, downloading them for your own offline use isn’t always permitted.
Fire up your lightsabers, Star Wars fans, because it’s official: Ewan McGregor is back to being a Jedi. Not only will the veteran actor slip back into Obi-Wan Kenobi’s robe again for Disney+, but Lucasfilm has announced that The Mandalorian director, Deborah Chow, will also direct the entire, still-untitled Obi-Wan series. The show has yet
Volumetric 3D capture adds a whole new dimension to the classic jigsaw experience. Available now free on Oculus Quest headsets, Puzzle Places offers a fresh take on the conventional jigsaw experience, allowing users to assemble an intricately-detailed three-dimensional VR scene captured using volumetric photogrammetry—a unique form of 3D capture which involves taking a large number
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla will be the next game in Ubisoft’s popular action game series, and it has a Viking setting as previously rumored. Ubisoft unveiled the Viking setting for the next Assassin’s Creed game uniquely, with artist Kode Abdo, better known as BossLogic, crafting a digital painting for over eight hours on its Twitch channel.
The celebrated zombie shooter is now available on Oculus Quest in its entirety. Arizona Sunshine’s final story expansion “The Damned” is now available on Oculus Quest, marking the end of five months of scheduled content releases from developer Vertigo Games. In that time we’ve been introduced to new weapons, horde maps, missions, and protagonists, but
Edtech was long defined by stodgy sales cycles, sluggish adoption and splashy pitches to K-12 districts with tight budgets, but the COVID-19 pandemic turned that reputation on its head in short order. Now, companies in the space are entering Q2 — traditionally a slower time reserved for product development and extra focus on existing clients
Who could have guessed that Trolls World Tour, of all things, would be the film tearing apart the movie business? This week, Universal Pictures announced that the animated sequel Trolls World Tour — which had been scheduled to hit theaters April 10 — earned more in three weeks of $20 digital rentals than the original
Stripe and Shopify have transformed the face of commerce for small business users, yet when it comes to putting that cash somewhere, SMBs have found that the banking options aren’t quite as transformative. Wise is a new challenger bank built specifically for small businesses. The startup is aiming to insert itself as an essential service
As the coronavirus started to spread across the U.S., there was (and still is) a Catch-22 with testing: Many couldn’t get tested if they hadn’t come in contact with someone who tested positive, but so few people were being tested that it was difficult to know who did and did not have the virus. That’s
Brian Walsh Contributor Brian Walsh is the head of WIND Ventures, the venture capital arm of COPEC, a leading energy company in Central and South America and the U.S. WIND Ventures provides mobility, energy and retail startups and scaleups with access to Latin America. Over the last number of years, Latin America has emerged as
FP TrendingApr 29, 2020 18:05:02 IST PUBG Mobile has introduced a new ‘Lucky Money Tree’ event that started yesterday and will continue till 2 May. It offers players a chance to win multiple prizes, including an iPhone 11 Pro every day. In this event, gamers have to shake a ‘Lucky Money Tree’ to win exciting
Best Gaming DealsBest Gaming DealsThe best deals on games, consoles, and gaming accessories from around the web, updated daily. Nintendo Switch Lite Bundle (Gray, Yellow, Turquoise) | $200 | AmazonAnimal Crossing: New Horizons [Digital Code] | $60 | Amazon Advertisement The Nintendo Switch quarantine hunt continues. Anyone who’s tried to buy a Nintendo Switch Lite, for
Extensive contact tracing, isolating cases, and testing may reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus, and favour control of the COVID-19 outbreak, suggests a study carried out in China. However, the researchers from the Harbin Institute of Technology at Shenzhen, China, caution that the impact of contact tracing to rapidly isolate people who could be
Samsung’s new line of 2020 QLED 4K and 8K TVs is here, with a majority of the new models now ready to order or pre-order and ship out starting today. The 2020 lineup of Samsung TVs starts with the flagship Q950TS QLED 8K TV and features two more 8K displays in the Q900TS and Q800T.
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