Technology

Google has developed a way to predict your risk of a heart attack just by scanning your eye
01:13 2018-02-23

Your eyes might be the perfect windows into your heart. At least, they’re windows that Google-created artificial intelligence software can use to calculate your risk factors for heart disease. According to a study recently published in the Nature Biomedical Engineering journal, an AI algorithm created by Google AI and Verily Life Sciences (an Alphabet subsidiary …

Samsung Galaxy S9: Release date, features, price and rumours
11:44 2018-02-22

The first big smartphone launch of 2018 is edging closer, with Samsung expected to announce its hotly anticipated Samsung Galaxy S9 in less than a week. The Samsung Galaxy S9 is the latest phone in the company’s series of flagship smartphones, with high-end specs, an edge-to-edge display, its own version of Animoji and a dual …

Xbox One X games UPDATE: Microsoft reveal HUGE new feature ahead of Games with Gold March
09:04 2018-02-21

Xbox One X owners have been handed some rather excellent news this week as Microsoft bosses confirmed the addition of an exciting new feature. According to Kevin Gammill, program manager for Microsoft’s Xbox Platform Partner Group, the Xbox One X will support 1440p resolution at some point in the near future. Writing on Twitter, Gammill …

Facebook will mail postcards to verify ads, prevent meddling
23:43 2018-02-19

MENLO PARK, Calif. — Facebook will soon rely on centuries-old technology to try to prevent foreign meddling in U.S. elections: the post office. Baffled in 2016 by Russian agents who bought ads to sway the U.S. presidential campaign, Facebook’s global politics and government outreach director, Katie Harbath, told a meeting of the National Association of …

Sony drops PlayStation VR prices as low as $200
20:33 2018-02-19

That’s including a game and camera, too. Sony thinks its holiday PlayStation VR discounts were a success, so it’s bringing them back now that it wants to clear some end-of-winter stock. The company is running a new promo that drops PSVR prices by $100 across the board between February 18th and March 3rd. The sweetest …