The word "creativity" was a definite constant at yesterday's Microsoft launch event, repeated by pretty much every speaker.
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Windows 10 release date, features, devices and free upgrade: Windows PowerToys customisation project returns in open source guise
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Users can already buy drugs and guns on Facebook Marketplace
Users started buying and selling illegal goods hours after Facebook Marketplace launched yesterday.
Apple fixes its spammy calendar with Report Junk feature
Apple has introduced a 'Report Junk' feature that addresses the spam issue users have encountered in their iCloud calendars, according to 9to5Mac.
Talek: A private messaging system that hides message contents and user communication patterns
Encrypted messaging services, which prevent cyberattackers from reading the contents of messages exchanged by their users, have become increasingly popular over the past decade or so. While these services hide message content, malicious users can often use the network...
Telescope: a tool to manage bioinformatics analyses on mobile devices
A team of researchers at UCLA, the University of São Paulo, the Federal University of São Carlos and the University of Southern California has recently developed an interactive tool for managing large-scale bioinformatic analyses in real-time and from portable...
Intel researchers develop an eye contact correction system for video chats
When participating in a video call or conference, it is often hard to maintain direct eye contact with other participants, as this requires looking into the camera rather than at the screen. Although most people use video calling services on a regular basis, so far,...
K-Athena: a performance portable magnetohydrodynamics code
Running large-scale simulations is a crucial aspect of modern scientific research, yet it often requires a vast amount of computational resources. As we approach the era of exascale computing, which will be marked by the introduction of highly performing...
MOOSE: A platform to create complex multiphysics simulations
In recent decades, technological advances have opened up exciting new possibilities for research in a variety of fields, including physics. Nonetheless, creating sophisticated simulations to represent or address multiphysics problems using computing resources can...
Exploring open-ended evolution in web services
Just like living ecosystems, web services form a complex artificial system consisting of tags and the user-generated media associated with them, such as photographs, movies and web pages. When drawing an analogy between biological and artificial ecosystems, tags could...