SANTA MONICA, Calif.—At a recent press event, Square Enix reps tried to set the tone for the future of the stealthy Deus Ex games with a flashy, live-action video. The next game’s story was foreshadowed in a film called “The Mechanical Apartheid,” anchored by the story of a husband and wife divided by a very Deus Ex kind of conflict: a forced quarantine for any “Augs” who...
Ars takes on new Deus Ex’s “mechanical apartheid,” plus two side games
“Amazon Video Direct” takes aim at the professional side of YouTube
(credit: Amazon)
Amazon is launching a new video service called "Amazon Video Direct." The new service entices professional video creators to upload their videos to Amazon, where they will be displayed on the Amazon Video site alongside studio-created TV shows and movies. The videos will be viewable by "all Amazon customers" via an ad-supported model, shown to Amazon Prime...
Round-the-world Solar Impulse plane takes 16-hour hop from California to Arizona
A solar-powered ultralight airplane called Solar Impulse 2 landed in Phoenix tonight after a nearly 16-hour flight from California’s Silicon...
Regeneration: Limb regrowth takes two
Salamanders can regenerate several of their organs, including amputated limbs. Analysis of a Mexican salamander shows that crosstalk between two signalling molecules regulates limb regeneration.
Nature doi: 10.1038/nature17889
Amazon takes on Netflix with new monthly Prime membership programs
Amazon will offer a monthly version of its Prime membership program in a move that challenges rival Netflix and gives customers new subscription options.
Starting Sunday evening, the Seattle based tech giant will sell a monthly Prime membership for its video streaming service at $ 8.99 per month...
Amazon takes on podcasting with Audible Channels, featuring original audio content
Audible, the Amazon-owned company that built its business selling audiobooks, is now officially moving into original audio storytelling with Audible Channels.
Podcasts have been on the rise in recent years, with Serial, a spinout from This American Life, capturing the Reddit zeitgeist and getting plenty of...
BMW takes on Car2go and Uber with new car-sharing service in Seattle, will expand to 10 cities
Starting today, Seattleites have a new way to get around town, while companies like Car2go and Uber now have new competition.
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Microsoft takes stake in new Toyota connected car subsidiary that utilizes Azure
NEW ORLEANS, LA. — Toyota today...
It takes more than one type of neuron to form a memory
The rat hippocampus. (credit: National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research)
Memories allow us to record and store information, a central feature of our lives. Since the groundbreaking case of HM, a patient who lost the majority his hippocampus, we’ve known that this brain structure is central to forming long-term episodic memories. But we’re still unsure...
Former Xome CEO and Groupon exec Kal Raman takes new gig at Samsung as chief digital officer
Kal Raman is taking on another high-level position at a large tech company. The former Groupon COO and Drugstore.com CEO is now the chief digital officer at Samsung, according to a recent change on Raman’s LinkedIn profile. Raman was most recently the CEO of Xome, a...
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