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Scientists Turn Brain Scans Into Intelligible Speech With Neural Network
Scientists Turn Brain Scans Into Intelligible Speech With Neural Network

Stephen Hawking was perhaps the most famous user of "vocoder" speech synthesis hardware, but he was not alone. People all over the world are unable to speak on their own, but science may be approaching a point where they can turn their inner thoughts into speech without tedious typing or clicking.

Your Next Phone Could Pack 1TB of Storage, Courtesy of Samsung
Your Next Phone Could Pack 1TB of Storage, Courtesy of Samsung

Samsung has announced new 1TB capacities for smartphone and mobile devices. Now when will the company bring it to shipping products?

How Does Quantum Computing Work?
How Does Quantum Computing Work?

We've all read plenty about quantum computing, and its promise for computing breakthroughs. But it isn't easy to figure out how it really does its magic. We'll take you through the basics and how it works to give you a sense of why it's so exciting.

Apple Kills Facebook’s Internal iOS Apps After Latest Privacy Blunder
Apple Kills Facebook’s Internal iOS Apps After Latest Privacy Blunder

It's Wednesday, so that must mean Facebook is in hot water yet again after taking a laissez-faire attitude toward privacy.

Nintendo Begins Phasing Out Wii Virtual Console, Making Classic Games Inaccessible
Nintendo Begins Phasing Out Wii Virtual Console, Making Classic Games Inaccessible

You can no longer buy content from the store, and any unspent Wii Points are now useless. That means some of Nintendo's classic games are now unavailable on any modern platform without piracy.

MIT Creates Lasers That Whisper in Your Ear
MIT Creates Lasers That Whisper in Your Ear

As a nice bonus, the laser won't burn your skin or eyes should you turn your head at the wrong moment.

Curiosity Snaps New Mars Selfie Before Setting Course for New Location
Curiosity Snaps New Mars Selfie Before Setting Course for New Location

Curiosity has been hanging around the Vera Rubin Ridge for over a year. It's getting ready to move out, but NASA took the time to snap a selfie first.

Android Q May Support Apple-Like 3D Face Unlock
Android Q May Support Apple-Like 3D Face Unlock

Android's face unlock support is rudimentary at best. According to a new leak, a better version is coming to Android in the next major release.

Detroit Downfall: Why the Second-Oldest Auto Show Gave Up Its Prime Date
Detroit Downfall: Why the Second-Oldest Auto Show Gave Up Its Prime Date

More than a decade after the LA show blinked and moved from January to November, Detroit blinked, too. Now it's a June show.

Nvidia Mobile RTX Max-Q GPUs: Identical Core Counts, Fractional Clocks
Nvidia Mobile RTX Max-Q GPUs: Identical Core Counts, Fractional Clocks

Nvidia's new RTX mobile GPUs are full-fat Turing implementations running at a much lower clock speed.

SkyProwler 2 VTOL Transforming Drone Is Sleeker, Faster
SkyProwler 2 VTOL Transforming Drone Is Sleeker, Faster

Almost all consumer drone aircraft rely on four or more vertical rotors for all their propulsion, but then there are a few fixed-wing drones that can get moving faster. The Krossblade SkyProwler 2 aims to offer the best of both worlds.

AMD’s Upcoming 12-Core Ryzen CPU Pops Up in Online Database
AMD’s Upcoming 12-Core Ryzen CPU Pops Up in Online Database

New leaked data suggests AMD will bring a 12-core CPU to the mainstream desktop market when 7nm Ryzen launches later this year.