It's time for our news roundup! See below for our favorite tech stories from this week.
It’s time for our news roundup! See below for our favorite tech stories from this week.
Ralph Baer, Father of Video Game Home Console Passes Away: Ralph Baer, creator of the first video game console, the Magnavox Odyssey, passed away at the age of 92. Baer, often referred to as the “father of video games,” helped pioneer the medium and create the popular Simon electronic memory game.
California sues Uber in startup’s latest legal woe: Uber’s in trouble. After being banned in Spain and threatened with legal action in Portland for an illegal launch, the state of California is suing Uber for false advertising and being unclear about the background of its drivers. The legal move by California is meant to ensure consumers are safe, and that Uber is accurately describing its business practices.
New log-in tech will make passwords ‘wither and die’: Sick of always having to remember your passwords and sending e-mails to recover them when you can’t remember your log-in information? Well, Google, Samsung and other tech companies believe you are, and passwords may become obsolete in a few years as new technology for USB keys, fingerprint scanning and more offer easier ways to access your information.
Google Opens Its Cloud to Crack the Genetic Code of Autism: Google is working on finding a cure for autism by using its expertise in gathering information from the web and applying that skill to scan big amounts of genome data. Using a tool called Google Genomics to search regions and sequences of genomes, Google hopes to find common patterns leading to new discoveries for cures.