First trailer of Ant-Man and the Wasp brings promise of fun from MCU

On the heels of a well-received Thor:Ragnarok and what looks to be a cultural phenomenon in Black Panther, Marvel is looking to run up the fun with Ant-Man and the Wasp which pairs Paul Rudd with Evangeline Lily and also has Michael Douglas reprising his role as inventor Hank Pym. Looks like Ant-Man and the Wasp will restore some joy after what is expected to be a very dark Avengers: Infinity War which hints at the demise of some Marvel heroes.

ChickAdvisor uses Push and Pull to help match consumers and brands

 

ChickAdvisor, A Canadian-created pioneer of consumer brand engagement in Canada, created a real-time engagement tool that allows brands to reach their target consumers better than ever before. Dubbed “Dispatch,” the real-time offering combines both in-browser push notifications and embedded chat capabilities. 

The PUSH feature has consumers to “opt-in” for notifications, which allows companies to develop highly-curated messages that will land directly on consumers’ screens, all without any personal information (ex. email address). In layman's terms, this allows brands to say exactly what they want (up to 90 characters), when they want, directly to those who care about their brand: no more competing for attention in a brand-and-email-saturated inbox. 

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Google’s AR product director joins Facebook

While Google and Facebook are still trying to define what augmented reality means for their platform, it’s as TechCrunch points out important to have the key talent to help develop this area. And so the social network found it best to recruit Google’s own director of Product for AR to join its team. Nikhil Chandhok will now be in charge of product management of Facebook’s Camera team that’s working on AR. Chandhok has worked on Google’s ARCore smartphone platform as well as the Daydream VR platform. He also previously co-founded AI startup Bento Labs.

Microsoft releases new Spectre patch that disables ‘fix’ from Intel

With Intel’s fix for Spectre variant 2 only making matters worse, Microsoft had to release an out-of-band patch to disable what the chip maker has done. This patch is for Windows 7, 8.1, and 10 users. It’s said to stop the rebooting issues caused by Intel’s fix. If you’re experiencing these issues, you’ll need to download the update as it doesn’t automatically install yet.

Source: Engadget