December 25, 2024

These stunning images trace ships’ routes as they move

As we run, drive, bike, and fly, we leave behind telltale marks of our movements on Earth—if you know where to look. Physical tracks, thermal signatures, and chemical traces can reveal where we’ve been. But another type of trail we leave comes from the radio signals emitted by the cars, planes, trains, and boats we…

May 2023

Amazon will juice its Freevee free streaming service with 100+ Amazon Originals in 2023

May 1, 2023

As part of its pitch to advertisers this week at the IAB NewFronts, Amazon announced today it has plans to bring over 100 Amazon Original series and movies from Amazon Prime Video to its ad-supported free streaming service Amazon Freevee (previously known as IMDb TV). The titles will be released throughout the year, the company […]

Amazon will juice its Freevee free streaming service with 100+ Amazon Originals in 2023 by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

Vercel brings new backend tools to its frontend cloud

May 1, 2023

Frontend platform Vercel today announced the launch of a number of backend services, including Redis and PostgreSQL databases and an object storage service, all of which Vercel built with partners like Upstash, Neon and Cloudflare. That’s in addition to the launch of new security features like Vercel Secure Compute and the Vercel Firewall, as well […]

Vercel brings new backend tools to its frontend cloud by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch

Brain scans can translate a person’s thoughts into words

May 1, 2023
A noninvasive brain-computer interface capable of converting a person’s thoughts into words could one day help people who have lost the ability to speak as a result of injuries like strokes or conditions including ALS.  In a new study, published in Nature Neuroscience by researchers from the University of Texas at Austin, a model trained…