There’s something to be said for those with the courage to follow their dreams. But if your dream is to make it big on YouTube you should probably take a seat. This is going to hurt a little. Choosing a far-fetched career path isn’t new. From a young age, many of us aspired to be …
Square Enix surprised fans today by releasing Chrono Trigger on Steam, making it the first time the cult classic has been ported to PC. Fans should be cheering. Instead, they’re groaning over the game’s terrible quality. The Steam release appears to be a port of the seven-year-old mobile version of the game. Let’s just say this …
IBM yesterday announced it would be providing the AI brain for a robot being built by Airbus to accompany astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS). When only the best of the best will do, it looks like Watson has the right stuff. The robot, which looks like a flying volleyball with a low-resolution face, …
A team of international researchers recently taught AI to justify its reasoning and point to evidence when it makes a decision. The ‘black box’ is becoming transparent, and that’s a big deal. Figuring out why a neural network makes the decisions it does is one of the biggest concerns in the field of artificial intelligence. …
What’s better than a big drawing tablet? A really big drawing tablet. Wacom today announced the Cintiq Pro 24, joining the current 13 and 16-inch models. It’s sporting a 4K Display with 98 percent Adobe RGB coverage, ensuring accuracy for color-critical work. It also supports Wacom’s new-ish Pro Pen 2 with 8,192 levels of pressure …
A Chinook salmon frequents Oregon’s McKenzie River. (Morgan Bond Photo via UW) King salmon, the big fish that are famous in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest, are shrinking — not only in numbers, but in size as well. A study published today in the journal Fish and Fisheries has found that the largest and oldest Chinook …
Rep. Drew Hansen sponsored Washington’s net neutrality bill. (Photo via HouseDemocrats.WA.Gov.) Washington passed its own net neutrality protections Tuesday, the first state to do so in a direct rebuke to the other Washington. A bill that reinstates protections repealed by the Federal Communications Commission in December passed both houses of Washington state’s legislature Tuesday afternoon. …
Boeing will beef up two 747 jets to serve as Air Force One planes. (Boeing Illustration) The White House says President Donald Trump has struck an “informal deal” with Boeing on a $3.9 billion fixed-price contract for two new Air Force One planes. “Thanks to the president’s negotiations, the contract will save the taxpayers more …
Mark Ashida. (OfficeSpace Photo) OfficeSpace, a leading commercial real estate listing service based in Seattle, is under new leadership. The company appointed longtime tech executive and former Microsoft general manager Mark Ashida as its new CEO Tuesday. Ashida replaces OfficeSpace Founder and CEO Susie Algard, who will now serve as the chair of the company’s board. …
Former NBA star Shaquille O’Neal, left, is shown helping to install a Ring video camera in an ad for the company. (Ring Photo) Seattle may still be without the beloved Sonics, but a huge NBA star now has ties to the city in a roundabout way. With the news Tuesday that Amazon is acquiring Ring, …