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• MIT and Microsoft build a new algorithm to find hidden links between historic paintings

  If you use Twitter regularly, you must've come across celebrities as food tweet threads. Some examples are Rihanna as Indian food and Olly Alexander as cakes. The idea is to match the look and color of the food to the celeb’s clothes. Researchers from MIT's Computer Science ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Microsoft Build 2018: Everything you need to know

  It's been a busy week in the tech world, with Google and Microsoft both hosting their biggest conferences of the year in the same week - and Google's was admittedly more interesting. While Microsoft's Build conference has always been less glitzy than Google I/O or Apple's WWDC, ...

  • Napier Lopez

• Microsoft teases Alexa/Cortana team-up again

  At today's Build show, Microsoft finally showed off what it would look like if Cortana and Alexa would sound like if they worked together. Microsoft and Amazon have been teasing the team-up since last August, when they announced their agreement to get their voice assistants to ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Microsoft brings Kinect back from the dead... for Azure

  Kinect was the coolest gadget Microsoft made that no one actually used, but now the company is bringing it back with an all new focus: AI and the cloud. At its Build conference today, Microsoft announced Project Kinect for Azure. Azure, if you're not familiar, is Microsoft's cloud ...

  • Napier Lopez

• Microsoft Fluent Design System: Breaking down Windows 10's new look

  Windows 10 is getting a huge makeover that's starting with the upcoming Fall Creators Update. But for all the hoopla over the Fluent Design System (previously known as Project Neon) and its new aesthetic philosophy, we only got the brief look at it during Microsoft's Day 2 Build ...

  • Napier Lopez

• Microsoft insists on calling AR and VR 'Mixed' Reality. Maybe we should too.

  Back in 2015, when the the world was just beginning to pay serious attention to virtual reality, Microsoft surprised everyone by announcing HoloLens. Instead of surrounding you with virtual imagery - like Oculus and every other VR company - HoloLens brought the digital world into ...

  • Napier Lopez

• What you missed at Microsoft Build 2017 (Day Two)

  Build, Microsoft's annual developer conference, just kicked off day two. Unlike day one, today featured a lot more consumer-facing tech worthy of talking about. From Mixed Reality, to a pretty badass way to create collaborative movies, Microsoft had a lot to show us. Here's what's ...

  • Bryan Clark

• Microsoft's first Mixed Reality controllers look like Oculus and Vive had a baby

  Microsoft today announced at its Build conference in Seattle that it's releasing a Windows Mixed Reality motion controller for its headsets, including HoloLens. The controllers, which look very similar to what's available for Oculus and Vive virtual reality headets, require no ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Xamarin Live Player makes debugging mobile apps as easy as scanning a QR code

  Debugging mobile apps on a desktop device is a pain, especially if you're a new developer trying to get started.  You have to install a bazillion resources just to start, and testing an iOS app with a Windows PC is a hassle, to say the least. Xamarin's new Live Player wants to change ...

  • Napier Lopez

• iTunes is coming to the Windows Store

  At today's Build event in Seattle, Microsoft announced that iTunes, formerly an Apple-only staple, is coming to the Windows store. In addition to iTunes, Windows 10 and 10 S users will have Apple Music and full iPhone support. This is part of a massive cross-device initiative by ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Microsoft brings Fedora, SUSE, and Ubuntu Linux to the Windows Store

  At day two of its Build developer conference in Seattle today, Microsoft noted that it's simplifying the process of installing Linux through its own Windows 10 OS, so you can run Windows and Linux apps side-by-side. Three flavors of Linux - Ubuntu, Fedora and SUSE - are coming ...

  • Abhimanyu Ghoshal

• Windows Timeline lets you pick up where you left off on any device

  At today's Build event in Seattle, Microsoft announced a new feature for cross-device work called Timeline, which will let you pick up where you left off across PCs, phones, and tablets. Windows will keep track of the user's app history in a special section to the Task Switcher ...

  • Rachel Kaser