"Silicon Valley Connection" Microsoft MSN merged into Windows Department

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1. Google plans to hold "ingress" augmented reality game Congress at the end of the year

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According to foreign media reports, Google in Sunday Southwest Congress said that the end of this year will be held to enhance the reality of the game "Ingress" player assembly. Augmented reality Game "Ingress" has entered the third year, is by Google's team Nianticlabs launched the Android game, is a real world into the game scene of the mobile game.

The player must use the mobile phone's GPS function to interact with each key scene in the world, when the player carries on certain task, must actually arrive at the spot to start the game to complete the related instruction. In addition, many key locations in the real world play an important role in the game, such as some famous landmarks or buildings that may be important strategic positions. The game has been downloaded more than 10 million times, and Nianticlabs will hold regular gatherings, each attracting tens of thousands of players.

2. Yahoo show the latest encrypted email service: The end of the launch of the recipient theme is still visible

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Alex Stamos, Yahoo's chief information security officer, Alex Stamos the company's latest encrypted email service in Sunday, according to the Wall Street Journal's online edition. The service is designed to protect all kinds of email messages sent by ordinary users, even if Yahoo can't read them.

But Stamos in the south-western Art Festival (SXSW) admits that the new service does not allow users to completely disguise their digital communications. Even if the information content is not readable, its data can still be seen, such as sending time, recipient, subject. The data will be sent over the Internet.

3. Microsoft MSN merged into Windows Department

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Microsoft has announced business changes, transferring its MSN Department to the Windows Department. In Microsoft's view, after the adjustment, the Microsoft Online portal will become more closely linked to the operating system.

After this adjustment, the MSN Department will be transferred to the operating system group led by Microsoft Executive Vice President Trie Melsen. In this regard, Microsoft said that MSN has long been through IE browser to become an important part of the Windows experience, the MSN team to join the operating system group is also in line with Microsoft's objectives, to provide users with the most relevant content.

4. Startups want to build unmanned flying cars

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According to foreign reports, AeroMobil, a start-up company from Slovakia, is planning to bring sci-fi into reality, creating a prototype for a flying car. But the company's ambition is not only to develop cars that can fly on their own.

AeroMobil's products feature both cars and airplanes, with deployable wings and a 800-foot runway to take off. The idea is to get people to travel 500 miles in the same way, while avoiding airport waiting. But the company intends to eventually help people omit the steps of the operation.

5. Tesla will send software updates to end "mileage" anxiety

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Ilon Masc said today on Twitter that it will release a new software update at 9 o'clock in Thursday to end mileage anxiety.

The so-called "mileage" anxiety refers to the electric vehicle drivers for the start of the decline in the battery power of anxiety and pressure. Because Tesla's super chargers are so few and far between, and the average charger is too long to recharge, electric car drivers are often anxious about the power when they reach the charging destination.

6. Sirius: The free Open source version of "Siri" developed by the University of Michigan

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Researchers at the University of Michigan presented Sirius last week at the International programming language and operating system architecture support Conference, which has just appeared on application Discovery platform product hunt.

"Sirius provides the core functions of the smart personal assistant, including speech recognition, picture matching, natural language processing and question answering systems. The researchers wrote in the paper. The system can receive problems and instructions via mobile devices, process information on the server, and then provide voice feedback via mobile devices.

Some startups are trying to develop their own smart assistants, but they cannot challenge technology giants such as Apple, Google and Microsoft, which could change after the Sirius release. The system integrates deep learning techniques, which train deep neural networks through massive data and then infer new data based on existing information.

7. If you venture in these areas, you may be able to invest in the Gates Foundation

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The Ebola crisis underscores a problem that plagues global medical experts: Vaccines are one of the most cost-effective ways to save lives, especially in developing countries, but traditional vaccines take years to develop. So when the Gates Foundation encounters a biopharmaceutical company CureVac that can produce vaccines faster, cheaper and more efficiently, it not only pays attention to CureVac, but also invests directly in CureVac.

(Responsible editor: Mengyishan)