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Verizon offers taste of 5G as it expands network trials

We’re slowly inching toward a super-connected 5G world. Verizon said Wednesday it plans to offer “5G” service to some customers in 11 US markets by mid-2017, boasting that this rollout will be the largest proving ground yet for the next-generation wireless technology. Certain “pilot” customers in Ann Arbor, Michigan; Atlanta; Bernardsville, New Jersey; Brockton, Massachusetts; […]

AMD’s new Ryzen processor is a huge leap forward and a true competitor to Intel

AMD just officially unveiled its Ryzen desktop processor family, a chip that it says can compete with Intel’s chips at long last. AMD’s last generation of desktop chips was disappointing, and has been largely relegated to low-end computers. But Ryzen manages a 52 percent boost in instructions per cycle (IPC) over last time, which puts […]

Judge: No, feds can’t nab all Apple devices and try everyone’s fingerprints

A federal magistrate judge in Chicago recently denied the government’s attempt to force people in a particular building to depress their fingerprints in an attempt to open any seized Apple devices as part of a child pornography investigation. This prosecution, nearly all of which remains sealed, is one of a small but growing number of […]

World’s First Photonic Neural Network Uses Light for Superfast Computing

Researchers in the field of neural networks have taken the realm of advanced computing another step further. It appears that scientists are now able to unveil the first photonic neural network capable of using light to conduct superfast computing.   Neural networks herald the modern age of computing. Researchers are now using them to create […]

Feed your entire neighborhood with this new garden idea from Ikea

Why it matters to you As urban gardening becomes more and more important, projects like the Growroom from Ikea’s Space10 will become increasingly salient. Come for a salad, stay for the opportunity to provide meals for others. That appears to be the new mantra from Ikea and Space10, described as “a future-living lab on a […]

David Attenborough will narrate a new series of Blue Planet this year

Following the success of Planet Earth II, the BBC has announced its latest nature-doc extravaganza: a sequel to the award-winning series The Blue Planet. As the name suggests, the show will focus on the variety of wildlife found in the Earth’s seas and oceans. Blue Planet II will air in the UK later this year (hitting […]