Facebook renews 'Sorry for Your Loss' and three more Watch originals
"Facebook is renewing four of the most popular original shows available on its Watch video hub for a second season. They include the social network's biggest stab at creating a peak TV series in the Elizabeth Olsen-starring drama, Sorry for Your Loss; the teen…"
https://www.engadget.com/2018/12/13/facebook-watch-sorry-for-your-loss/NASA's Parker Solar Probe got closer to the sun than ever before
" The mission of NASA's Parker Solar Probe is to help us answer some major questions we have about the sun, and to do that, it's getting closer to the sun, or any star, than a spacecraft has ever been. Between October 31st and November 11th, the probe conducted…"
https://www.engadget.com/2018/12/13/nasa-parker-solar-probe-closer-to-sun-than-ever-before/Postmates unveils its adorable autonomous delivery robot
" Postmates has revealed a cute autonomous delivery robot called Serve, which seems to take a design cue or two from Wall-E, with its big eyes and yellow finish. While the company has tested third-party autonomous delivery options in the past, it decid..."
https://www.engadget.com/2018/12/13/postmates-autonomous-delivery-robot-wall-e/McLaren’s 720S is a glorious nerd-built supercar
" While cars are technological wonders, it's not very often that automakers tout the nerdiness of any single feature. McLaren is not your typical automaker, and it proudly notes that the Proactive Chassis Control II suspension system was part of..."
https://www.engadget.com/2018/12/13/mclaren-720s-hands-on/NVIDIA and RED bring 8K video editing to the masses
" In case you needed another reminder that your 4K TV will soon be obsolete, RED and NVIDIA have unveiled software that will make 8K video editing feasible for more creators. The NVIDIA CUDA-powered REDCODE RAW SDK will enable apps that can play back 8..."
https://www.engadget.com/2018/12/13/nvidia-and-red-8k-video-editing/Epic gives developers Fortnite's cross-platform tools for free
"Fresh off the launch of its Steam rival, Epic Games isn't done shaking up the industry. Next up, it's giving away the toolkit that helped turn Fortnite into the year's biggest success story. Starting in 2019, Epic will make its cross-platform SDK --..."
https://www.engadget.com/2018/12/13/epic-fortnite-cross-platform-devs-free/Taylor Swift concert used facial recognition tech to identify stalkers
" You're probably used to the presence of facial recognition cameras at airports and other transport hubs, but what about at concerts? That's the step Taylor Swift's team took at her May 18th show at the Rose Bowl, in a bid to identify her stalkers. Ac..."
https://www.engadget.com/2018/12/13/taylor-swift-concert-facial-recognition-stalkers/The Epic Games Store is the best thing that could happen to Steam
" By the time The Game Awards cameras switched off on December 6th, after three hours of sternum-pounding concerts, raucous celebration and heartfelt speeches, the video game landscape had changed in a massive way. In the show's first hour, the studio..."
https://www.engadget.com/2018/12/13/epic-games-store-steam-competition/Amazon extends its free US shipping period to December 18th
" Amazon recently got in the Christmas spirit by offering free shipping with no minimum purchase to everyone. It had reason to celebrate, coming off the back of its biggest shopping day ever on Cyber Monday. But that bit of goodwill is going to last lo..."
https://www.engadget.com/2018/12/13/amazon-free-shipping-prime-christmas/NASA's InSight lander proves it's on Mars with a selfie
" Next time you can't find the perfect angle for your selfie, just thank the universe you're not NASA's InSight lander. The spacecraft had to take 11 images with a camera attached to its robotic arm and then stitch them together to create its first self-portrai…"
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