New AR effects in Facebook Messenger

New set of augmented reality tools will soon be available for Facebook Messenger. These new toys are called ”World Effects” and they allow putting 3D objects into the frame. Tool comes with a large number of pre-existing objects, but the more interesting option may be creating your own short, 3D messages to then render on the screen. ”World ...

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A gang of illegal drone deliverers is now in jail

Guess they got what was coming to them... a group of eight British citizens responsible for up to 49 cases of smuggling contraband to prisons in the period of two years has been caught by the police and put under arrest. Two leaders of the group have been sentenced to six and seven years in prison (Craig Hickinbottom, 35, was the main ringleader). The organization ...

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New Jersey against drunk drone pilots: Fight!

Remember that time when a drunk drone pilot crashed his vehicle into the White House? Yeah, other people remember it too. In response to the growing popularity of drones and their pilots lacking in the ”common sense” department, New Jersey lawmakers are moving ahead a state law that will make flying a drone illegal when under the influence ...

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SMS is 25 years old!

Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday, dear Short Message Service! Happy birthday to you! Twenty five years and one day ago the first SMS ever was sent*. It read ”Merry Christmas” and was sent to Richard Jarvis, the then CEO of Verizon, who received it on his Orbitel 901 cellphone (or, as we would call it today, a large ...

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