February 12, 2019 Tech News

Here are some more summary of tech news for today ( February 12, 2019 )

OnePlus 6T review: Trivial changes hamper a great phone
Source : www.engadget.com
A review about 6T phone. On the bright side, it has solid build quality, slick software performance, and great rear camera. On the other side, it has sluggish in-display fingerprint reader which may confuse some user, removal of the headphone jack providing only bluetooth headphone, weak haptic vibration, and sometimes blurry selfies. However,a sluggish in-display fingerprint reader and the controversial decision to remove the headphone jack might give the pause. The 6T would have otherwise been a fitting successor to the highly praised 6.

Apollo: Missions to the Moon' documentary includes unheard audio
Source : www.engadget.com
National Geographic is marking the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing.
Thanks to technology, now the audio of the Apollo documentary can be heard. By syncing 30-track audio from Mission Control and combining it from the blackbox found in the spaceship, the documentary now is no longer static or mute.

Chrome can tell you if your passwords have been compromised
Source : www.engadget.com
If your username and password were part of a hack, Password Checkup will let you know.
Chrome aware of many data leak came from hacker, so now it provides extention which has the ability to makes it easier such as password checker, allowing the user to know if their password had been leaked.

Lyft says it has more wheelchair accessible vehicles available in NYC
Source : www.techcrunch.com
Lyft now provides more vehicle for people with wheelchair. This will allow better service to help New Yorkers with physical disabilities get around the city,

Is Europe closing in on an antitrust fix for surveillance technologists?
Source : www.techcrunch.com
The EU’s updated privacy framework,GDPR,  requires consent to be specific, informed and freely given. That standard supports challenges to Facebook’s (still fixed) entry ‘price’ to its social services.

Athenascope nabs $2.5M seed led by First Round to bring gamers AI-edited highlight reels
Souce : www.techcrunch.com
Athenascope is a small startup aiming to tap computer vision intelligence to record, review and recap what more novice gamers were able to pull off in their latest battle royale with a short, shareable highlight reel. The company provide the ability to view player playback from various different angle, including ways to help gamers learn about their strengths and weaknesses in a way that lets Athenascope serve as a sort of computer vision coach. But, currently it is more focusing on how to let player experience gaming in intelligent way.

NASA releases the ‘last light’ image taken by Kepler before it retired last year
Source : www.techcrunch.com
NASA recently announced that Kepler transmitter officially turned off and no longer collecting science data information for NASA after operating 3.5 years. It’s discovered that Kepler disactivation caused by it ran out of fuel. However, Kepler also continued recording specific targets every 30 seconds, doing so for a few hour after the “last light” image was taken.

Autonomous cars are driving the reinvention of IP protection
Source : www.techcrunch.com
An AI technology that integrate with Autonomous car, containing about the development of the technology and whats it used for, and also how it work as an technology.

This screen-printed poster connects to Wi-Fi and can tell you the weather
Bridging the gap between art and smart
Source : www.theverge.com
A smart display 
The project looks to merge traditional art (in this case, a screen-printed poster) with modern technology to create a smart display that’s more limited in function, but far nicer-looking and less obtrusive than just hanging a screen on your wall. It comes from the idea of paper-based smart clock.

Google is letting some users test its AR navigation feature for Google Maps
Source : www.theverge.com
Google is proudly introduce a new feature for Google Maps called Augmented Reality.
“The app picks up a person’s location via GPS, and then uses Street View data to narrow it down to your exact location. Once his location was pinned down, it displayed big arrows and directions in his screen. It was as if Maps had drawn my directions onto the real world, though nobody else could see them.” Explain one of the user
Another advantage is that this could be use on the Augmented Reality glasses.