Does it feel like Android Studio packages and builds your apps, with very little input from you? Behind the scenes, Android Studio uses the Gradle automated build toolkit, and although it’s possible to run Gradle with very little (if any) manual configuration, Gradle has much more to offer than what’s […]
Xbox Game Streaming is gearing up to roll out to more countries ahead of schedule
In November Microsoft announced that it would be bringing the Project XCloud Android preview to more countries, including Canada, India, Japan, and Western Europe. It seems as though they might be ahead of schedule. This morning, I noticed that the Xbox Game Streaming (Preview) app for Android now allows me […]
Researchers Develop System to Locate Shooters Using Video From Smartphones
Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University have created a system that can use video from smartphones to locate a shooter. The system, known as Video Event Reconstruction and Analysis (VERA), requires as few as three videos to accurately locate a shooter, as demonstrated using three such recordings from the 2017 Las […]




