The Apple AirPod-like wireless earbuds could debut with Huawei’s latest flagship phone on Oct. 16.
Samsung introduces its first phone with a triple-camera setup
Samsung has officially entered the three-camera array fray. The company announced its Galaxy A7 phone today for Europe and Asia: a midrange device that features a unique three-camera setup on the back. It includes a 24-megapixel sensor with autofocus, a 5-megapixel “depth lens” that’s used for a bokeh effect, and an 8-megapixel wide angle lens that can capture up to a 120-degree field of view. The setup should cover all the shots you’d probably want to take with your phone.
The phone has a 6-inch, Full HD+ Super AMOLED display, a 3,300mAh battery, an octa-core 2.2GHz chipset, and up to 6GB of RAM with 128GB of expandable storage. It’ll be running Android Oreo. We don’t yet have pricing on the phone, but it’ll be released on October…
Leaked Google Home Hub could take on the Amazon Echo Show – CNET
Images and an FCC filing might show Google’s take on a smart display.
Valve is going to start moderating its Steam game discussion boards
Valve’s content moderators will soon start moderating game discussion board comments on its Steam publishing platform, instead of leaving the task up to developers. Under the new policy, which goes into effect on September 25th, Steam moderators will review posts and threads that players report from individual game discussion pages — along with other content that the team already handles, like user profiles and community groups.
Valve says that while it moderates other content, it’s been “hesitant” to deal with discussion boards. “We didn’t want to step on the toes of game developers that want to have their own style of communication with players and their own set of guidelines for behavior,” says the blog post announcing the decision….
Invisible Swarms of Particles Envelop Us All. Come Have a Look
Scientists have demonstrated a promising technique for measuring and mapping your exposome—the flecks of animate and inanimate stuff that surround you at all times.
Walmart will use Oculus Go headsets to train employees in VR – CNET
Walmart is betting VR is an effective way to train employees in areas like customer service.
Widely used nonprofit efficiency tool doesn’t work
A recent study finds that the tool most often used to assess the efficiency of nonprofit organizations isn’t just inaccurate — it is negatively correlated with efficiency.
Anti-cancer drugs may hold key to overcoming antimalarial drug resistance
Scientists have found a way to boost the efficacy of the antimalarial drug artemesinin with the help of chemotherapy medicines. Artemisinin works through a ‘double whammy’ attack on the deadly parasite. The drug damages proteins in malaria parasites and clogs the parasite’s waste disposal system, known as the proteasome, which chemo can target.
Immediate compression could help prevent complications after deep-vein thrombosis
People with deep-vein thrombosis (DVT) can substantially cut their risk of potentially debilitating complications by starting adequate compression therapy in the first 24 hours of DVT therapy (known as the acute phase of treatment), suggests a new study.
Glacial engineering could limit sea-level rise, if we get our emissions under control
Targeted engineering projects to hold off glacier melting could slow down ice-sheet collapse and limit sea-level rise, according to a new study. While an intervention similar in size to existing large civil engineering projects could only have a 30 percent chance of success, a larger project would have better odds of holding off ice-sheet collapse. But the researchers caution that reducing emissions still remains key to stopping climate change and its dramatic effects.