Google has pulled a surprising switcheroo, designing Android P to help you reduce your smartphone usage, while also making it less irritating and more approachable. To pull that off, it added a big dose of artificial intelligence smarts, iP…
Lees meerDon't worry, everyone, I found the Microsoft petting zoo. That's right, that miniature horse you see up there (her name is Midnight Mocha) is staring warily at you from the top floor of the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, whe…
Lees meerThis is how Google takes over the world. It won't be with the inception of an all-powerful artificial intelligence application, via the advent of self-driving cars, or through Assistant's steady creep into our everyday lives, though Google …
Lees meerEero really upped the ante with its debut WiFi system. Its mesh network promised to blanket your home in coverage and get rid of dead spots once and for all, so it wasn't a surprise that the company soon saw competition from the likes of Go…
Lees meerWe've already had a glimpse at what Uber's proposed air taxi might look like, now following the second day at Elevate Summit (Uber's "flying taxi" conference), we're closer to understanding how the whole service might work – and impor…
Lees meerHey, good morning! You look fabulous. As Microsoft wrapped up its event, Google I/O began, and we have everything you need to know broken down by the numbers. Coverage of the event will continue today, so keep an eye on our event page for …
Lees meerNew Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas is worried that technology is enabling child exploitation, and he's putting pressure on the companies creating that technology. His office has sent a letter to BitTorrent asking it to cooperate wi…
Lees meerApple has reportedly started enforcing an App Store rule regarding location data more stringently. According 9to5mac, the tech giant has already removed a number of apps from the Store that share users' location to third parties without the…
Lees meerPeloton has its eyes on a global expansion, and the first stops outside the US for its stationary connected bike are the UK and Canada -- but not Quebec. Peloton's bike, which streams subscription-based fitness classes via an attached scree…
Lees meerPanera Bread has been delivering lunch and dinner on demand to customers in some areas since 2016. Now, the delivery program is expanding to 897 cities across 43 states, so it might be easier for you to get that sandwich hookup.
Lees meerThis week Netflix premieres new comedy specials from Hari Kondabolu and Ali Wong, while Joel McHale wraps up the first season of his weekly streaming show. The NBA and NHL playoffs continue to grind on, while Battlebots returns for a new se…
Lees meerWhen Google introduced automatic, behavior-based muting to Chrome, it was supposed to usher in a minor revolution for browsing: you could silence annoying auto-play videos without silencing everything. That's not quite how it worked out, t…
Lees meerApple has been fighting law enforcement over the latter's many requests (and lawsuits) to have the former unlock iPhones implicated in various crimes. Now, according to a report at TechCrunch, Apple has added a new feature that disables dat…
Lees meerGoogle has announced one of its upcoming apps called Lookout as part of the annual I/O conference, and it has nothing to do with the mobile security application of the same name. The tech giant's Lookout was designed to help the blind and t…
Lees meerGoogle took us on a tour of the future during its annual I/O developers conference on Tuesday. The company debuted six new voices for its Assistant AI, rolled out a revamped News App, and showed off its new AR navigation system. Numbers, be…
Lees meerThe story of a $130,000 payment from President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen to Stephanie Clifford, professionally known as the adult film actress Stormy Daniels, took another turn tonight and it involves AT&T. Daniels' l…
Lees meerJust because Facebook isn't keen on cryptocurrency ads doesn't mean it's against some of the underlying technology. The social network is creating a group devoted to exploring ways it can use ultra-trendy blockchain across its products, "s…
Lees meerA Google-branded TV dongle spotted floating through the FCC is real, but the bad news is you probably won't be able to get one right now. The company just announced during its I/O developer event that this device is the ADT-2, intended to h…
Lees meerDuring Google I/O today, the company announced that Gboard would soon support Morse code, a move inspired by developer Tania Finlayson who communicates through head movements that are translated into Morse code and then into speech. She and…
Lees meerUber had announced last fall that its flying taxi project Elevate would be getting help with its software from NASA. Naturally, you can't do this with just any deal, and the pair signed a Space Act Agreement to make an air traffic control s…
Lees meerSo that whole Turing test metric, wherein we gauge how human-like an AI system appears to be based on its ability to mimic our vocal affectations? At the 2018 I/O developers conference on Tuesday, Google utterly dismantled it. The company d…
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