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Valve Announces Steam Will Stream to Phones, Tablets
Starting in a few weeks, you'll be able to stream Steam games to your tablet or smartphone.

Where Are All the Aliens? Maybe They’re Mostly Microbial (and Dead)
A theory on why we don't see more life (much less alien civilizations) argues that life might arise easily, but go extinct within a billion years of planetary formation.

Even the Xbox One X Can’t Stop Microsoft’s Console Sales Slide
Xbox One sales have not recovered against the PS4, despite the launch of the Xbox One X last year.

Google’s Duplex AI Demo Just Passed the Turing Test
Google Duplex isn't just an impressive bit of technology — it's arguably evidence that Google has passed the Turing test, at least in this specific instance.

Google Announces 8x Faster TPU 3.0 For AI, Machine Learning
Google's new TPUs are here — and they're quite a bit faster than last year's model.

Breakthrough Listen Launches Unprecedented Effort to Find Aliens
A new initiative by Breakthrough Listen will scan millions of stars for signs of life by examining the plane of the Milky Way itself.

Qualcomm Reportedly Plans to Exit Server Business
Qualcomm will reportedly exit the server market, just a few years after entering it.

Oculus Go Hands On: One Week With Facebook’s Standalone VR Headset
Last week, Facebook released the Oculus Go – a $200 virtual reality headset. It doesn't connect to your PC like the Oculus Rift, and you don't snap-in your phone like you would with the Gear VR. The screen, sensors, radios, and processing power are all inside the Go headset.

Nintendo Won’t Bring Virtual Console to the Switch, Plans Online Service
Nintendo won't be bringing the Virtual Console to Switch — but its Switch Online Service should pack the same capabilities into its subscription program.

Could We Be the Last Generation to Know What the Flu Feels Like?
Project Recode may be the most ambitious science experiment of our time – genetically engineering humans to be virus-resistant.

Scientists Stuffed a Crocodile Into an MRI Machine to See If It Likes Bach
Do crocodiles like Bach? Hard to tell. Do they process Bach in equivalent neurological structures to those of birds and mammals? We've got evidence on that issue now.

Nvidia Announces New Volta AI Performance Milestones
Nvidia's Volta has turned in strong results of its own in major AI and machine learning tests as we continue discussing how to interpret these results.