The best sous vide machine and gear Who this is for A home sous vide cooker is mostly for food lovers and experimental cookers who love trying new techniques and recipes. Sous vide involves using a tool, such as the immersion circulators we tested here, to heat water and keep it at a set temperature. Then …
After Math: Come out and burn As the current presidential administration keeps trying its best to be America’s last, let’s take a moment from the existential horror of nuclear annihilation at the hands of the world’s other wannabe king-baby and see who’s been killing it in tech this week. Game of Thrones roasted way more horses …
Ben Heck’s Logic Gate board game: the finale The team has had their troubles with the Logic Gate board game, so is it time to put it out to pasture? The group meets with Hari from element14 to help determine how much it would realistically cost to bring the product to market with the components used. …
Microsoft and Intel want Bitcoin tech in your workplace There are catches. Although Coco should work with any operating system and hypervisor (virtual machine monitor) that supports the right trusted execution environments, you need Microsoft’s Azure cloud services and Intel hardware. This is clearly aimed at enterprises with fairly run-of-the-mill setups. Microsoft and Intel ultimately plan …
Super-thin semiconductors delay the ‘death’ of silicon The scientists stress that you’d still need silicon, but the combination of these new materials with silicon could still lead to far more complex processors, much longer battery life, and other advantages that usually come with shrinking transistor sizes. Moore’s Law can’t last forever (the laws of physics won’t …
Netflix’s ‘Gypsy’ won’t be getting a second season Gypsy was initially poised as another prestige drama for Netflix — with a star-filled cast including Naomi Watts and Billy Crudup, and some intriguingly dark material. Unfortunately, it didn’t quite live up to its potential, according to early reviews. Now, it looks like Netflix is ready to pull …
AI beats top ‘Dota 2’ players in one-on-one matches The result is an AI that not only has the fundamentals nailed down, but understands the nuances that take human players a long time to master. It’s adept at tricks like zoning (preventing the enemy from hitting your creeps to deny them experience and gold) and raze …
Researchers create flexible battery that can run on salt water Instead of packing electrolytes that are corrosive or toxic, the team used sodium-based chemicals like sodium sulfate, which was once used as a laxative, as well as saline and a solution used for cell culture. While it’s still preferable that those solutions don’t leak out of …
Yes, Big Baller Brand shoes will be in NBA 2K18 We’re excited to announce the @bigballerbrand shoes will debut in #NBA2K18 & be laced up on @ZO2_ at NBA Season Tip-Off! pic.twitter.com/X4NcMS1aNH — NBA 2K 2K18 (@NBA2K) August 11, 2017 For the Lakers’ attention-grabbing rookie Lonzo Ball, gamers wanted to know if he will wear his …
‘Dota 2’ will add two new heroes in the Dueling Fates update Some of the world’s best Dota 2players are doing battle at Valve’s The International esports tournament, but they may need some more practice when they get home. That’s because the company just announced it will add two more characters soon in its “The Dueling …