On Tuesday, Facebook kicked off its annual F8 developer conference with a keynote address. CEO Mark Zuckerberg and others on his executive team made a bunch of announcements aimed at developers, but the implications for Facebook’s users was pretty clear. The apps that billions of us use daily—Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp, Instagram—are going to be getting new camera tricks, new augmented reality capabilities, and more bots. So many bots! Here’s our list of the biggest news to come out of F8 on Tuesday. Check back on Wednesday, when we’ll add day two’s announcements to the list. We’ll see if there are any more Breakfast Shark sightings.

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Here’s why Barcelona is becoming a hotbed for startups, entrepreneurship, and innovation.

There’s no denying, Silicon Valley is the Mecca of all things start-up. It is, after all, the birthplace of venture capital, billion dollar unicorns, and sweatshirt-and-jeans-wearing millennial masterminds. In 2015 alone, over $27 billion in venture capital funding was pumped into the region, a staggering figure that dwarfs even the closest competitor ($7.3 billion, “Silicon Alley” in Manhattan).

 

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Mark Hamill has revealed his own idea he had for Han Solo’s tragic demise in “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” and it’s gotten the army of “Star Wars” fans very excited.

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The Hologram You Can Live In

Pubblicato: 18 aprile 2017 in la giusta distanza

You’re in the market for a new pair of shoes, and you have three options: Try on a pair in the store, order a pair online (only to potentially send them back) or aim your phone at your feet. The shoes miraculously appear, and you can swipe to change the style before adding them to your cart.

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YOU CAN PINPOINT exactly when Facebook stopped being a social network for hip youngsters and started becoming the giant all-consuming, many-tentacled internet behemoth it is today: During its first F8 developer conference.

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Facebook has responded to various news reports, claiming that while Steve Stephens did post a Facebook Live at some point during the day, the shooting in question was not broadcast via Facebook Live. Rather, it was recorded and then uploaded. We’ve clarified the story throughout to reflect the new information.]

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Netflix first launched in the UK in 2012 and, along with catch-up services like BBC iPlayer and streaming rivals like Amazon Prime, has completely transformed the way we watch television.

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That submarine explosion that happened in the latest “Fast and the Furious” movie looked a little different when it was being filmed.

Sorgente: ‘The Fate of the Furious’ submarine explosion without visual effects – Business Insider

Who are the new jihadis?

Pubblicato: 17 aprile 2017 in la giusta distanza

There is something new about the jihadi terrorist violence of the past two decades. Both terrorism and jihad have existed for many years, and forms of “globalised” terror – in which highly symbolic locations or innocent civilians are targeted, with no regard for national borders – go back at least as far as the anarchist movement of the late 19th century. What is unprecedented is the way that terrorists now deliberately pursue their own deaths.

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I first got drunk at 12 years old.Young perhaps, but it was Soviet Moscow, where my dad was stationed as an American journalist in the 1980s. I wasn’t very good at drinking, though I tried. When I was 15, I was arrested three times for public drunkenness, twice in one day.

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Today’s artists are mastering robotics, virtual reality and artificial intelligence to stay afloat.

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Da Harvard al Centro Sperimentale ecco dove si formano i talenti e dove hanno allestito le loro fucine creative

Sorgente: America-Italia a confronto, ecco come vincere un Oscar (o un David) a soli 30 anni – Cinema – Spettacoli – Repubblica.it

If you want to see one of the most eye-pleasing presentations of sports in VR, few options look better than NextVR.

Sorgente: NextVR’s NBA Broadcasts Use Tech Recycled from the 3-D TV Era | WIRED

Underground Railroad cemented its place as book of the year, and the Panama Papers received high honors.

Sorgente: Pulitzer Prize winners 2017: the full list – Vox

 

James Gray’s masterful “The Lost City of Z” is an epic about one man’s obsession to find a lost city and where it takes him and us.

Sorgente: ‘The Lost City of Z’ review: The best movie of 2017 so far – Business Insider