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• Google's no frills Podcasts app is the start of something beautiful

  Google is announcing the launch of Podcasts for Android. Finally, there's a first party solution for podcast listeners on ...

  • Tristan Greene

• IBM is offering a free blockchain course for students in India

  IBM is offering a free certificate course on blockchain technology for students in India. The technology giant has partnered ...

  • Neer Varshney

• EOS freezes 7 accounts in violation of its own ‘constitution’

  EOS is struck with another controversy just days after the launch of its blockchain.  The 21 block producers (BPs) of the ...

  • Neer Varshney

• A robot operated on a human eye for the first time ever

  Humans, we best watch out. Surgeons have used a robot to conduct eye surgery for the first time ever. The trial took place ...

  • Callum Booth

• Cryptocurrency startup TRON has acquired BitTorrent for $140M

  Fledgling cryptocurrency startup TRON announced it has successfully acquired uTorrent-maker BitTorrent for $140 million.

  • Mix

• You can now play Pokémon on the blockchain

  Developers are finding new fun ways to test blockchain technology. Software engineer João Almeida has created Poketoshi, ...

  • Neer Varshney

• Uber is experimenting with cheaper fares for those willing to wait

  An account executive at Uber may have prematurely let the cat out of the bag about a new feature that rewards patient passengers. Uber employee Gregory Jacobs first revealed the new feature, perhaps accidentally, yesterday. The image showed an option that allowed Jacobs to wait ...

  • Bryan Clark

• Microsoft needs to pick a side in the ICE debate. The world is watching

  Microsoft finds itself at the crossroads of an ethical dilemma that will define how it's perceived by the rest of the world ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Google says its AI is better at predicting death than hospitals

  Google's Medical Brain team is now training its AI to predict the death risk among hospital patients -- and its early results ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Apple finally lets US callers share their location with 911

  Apple today announced iOS 12 would have a new feature which enables US-based users to automatically share their location ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• This insanely cool DIY smart home features Alexa's AI and Ethereum's blockchain

  The smartest smart home in the world? This one features cyrptocurrency-backed chores and Alexa-powered voice controls, and ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Nvidia’s AI creates amazing slow motion video by ‘hallucinating’ missing frames

  Nvidia's AI researchers created an AI that can transform standard videos into incredibly smooth slow motion and super-slow ...

  • Tristan Greene