Valve Removes Video Game ‘Active Shooter’ Owing to Option to Play School Shooter
May 31, 2018 00:05 am UTC| Technology
It was perhaps inevitable considering its content, but the game Active Shooter has been pulled out of Steam by Valve and can no longer be played using the platform. The title basically allows players to take on the role of...
R1 Drone Can Autonomously Follow People and Drones
May 30, 2018 23:35 pm UTC| Technology
With machine learning becoming more sophisticated by the day, autonomous technology has come a long way in such a short period of time. In the case of the R1 drone by the startup Skydio, not only is it able to follow...
Qualcomm Develops Chip Specifically for AR And VR Devices
May 30, 2018 23:28 pm UTC| Technology
Even though augmented reality and virtual reality havent really caught on as fast and as explosively as industry insiders might have hoped, Qualcomm still decided to invest heavily in the field. The company just revealed...
Will Amazon do to the grocery industry what it did to ecommerce?
May 30, 2018 23:25 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Amazon has been busy lately. After entering the grocery delivery market with Amazon Fresh and buying Whole Foods, it is now in the process of launching its own supermarket, Amazon Go. These moves have many wondering if...
'Fallout 76' Is Bethesda’s Next Major Title, According to Teaser Trailer
May 30, 2018 23:20 pm UTC| Technology
Bethesda recently released a new teaser video featuring familiar Fallout assets, indicating that the next game in the franchise will be called Fallout 76. After teasing fans of the series with a few hints about an upcoming...
Organs-on-chips: Tiny technology helping bring safe new drugs to patients faster
May 30, 2018 22:56 pm UTC| Technology
Getting a new pharmaceutical from an idea in the chemistry lab to market takes many years and billions of dollars. Each year just several dozen new drugs are approved for use in the United States. Human organs-on-chips...
Steam Takes Down School Shooting-Themed Video Game Following Widespread Online Petition
May 30, 2018 10:45 am UTC| Technology
Valve has removed an upcoming school shooting-themed video game from Steam, the companys digital distribution platform for PC gaming. The video game in hot water is plainly titled Active Shooter, which is the same term...
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