Google test automatisch afspelen van videopreviews in zoekresultaten op Android

De Google-app voor smartphones gaat videopreviews de komende tijd automatisch afspelen. De zoekgigant begint in het Verenigd Koninkrijk en de Verenigde Staten en breidt de test daarna uit naar andere landen.

Bestuurders van ai- en roboticabedrijven waarschuwen VN voor autonome wapens

Bestuurders van bedrijven die zich bezighouden met kunstmatige intelligentie en robotica hebben een open brief gestuurd aan de Verenigde Naties. Daarin waarschuwen ze voor de ontwikkeling van autonome wapens en vragen om actie.

Facebook won't change React.js license despite Apache developer pain

We love open source so much we can't drop sueball shield, says The Social Network™ Facebook's decided to stick with its preferred version of the BSD license despite the Apache Foundation sin-binning it for any future projects.…

Elon Musk and AI leaders call for a ban on killer robots

Elon Musk among 116 AI types calling on UN to nobble robo-weapons before they go all Skynet

Open letter to UN warns of 'weapons hacked to behave in undesirable ways' 116 artificial intelligence and robotics experts have put their name to an Open Letter calling for the United Nations to work for a ban on autonomous weapons.…

Qualcomm slurps Uni of Amsterdam AI spinoff Scyfer

More software smarts for 'AI you can take with you' Two years after setting up an artificial intelligence research laboratory with the University of Amsterdam, Qualcomm Technology has acquired one of its a spinoffs - an outfit called "Scyfer".…

Intel’s new 8th generation Core processors launch today with revised Kaby Lake chips

The HTC Vive just got a $200 price cut

GitHub's CEO resigns. Again. Without scandal, after fixing messes

Chris Wanstrath will lead the search for his replacement, then do product dev and test Chris Wanstrath plans to end his second stint as GitHub CEO by leading the search for his replacement.…

Trump upgrades Cyber Command, may sideline NSA in future

New status puts cyber-ops on same plane as regional commands and global special ops efforts United States president Donald Trump upgraded the U.S. Cyber Command to the status of a “Unified Combatant Command”.…

On Game of Thrones’ latest episode, who was in Arya’s bag of faces?

Lore of Thrones: Let’s talk about the Night King after this week’s Game of Thrones

Daily Stormer booted off internet again, this time by Namecheap

CEO says he's made 'right decision for the human race' but created 'an existential threat for our company' White supremacist web site The Daily Stormer has been booted off the internet, again.…

McLaren’s design chief on what it takes to build a beautiful car

Google needs to pay Apple a small fortune to remain the default search engine on iOS

 Apple and Google could be the biggest frenemies in tech. While they both compete like there’s no tomorrow, they also partner on some very specific deals. For instance, Google is paying a ton of money to remain the default search engine on iOS. As C…

Asuswrt-Merlin 380.68

Asus gebruikt voor zijn nieuwere routers, zoals de RT-AC66U en RT-AC87U, van Tomato afgeleide firmware met de naam Asuswrt. Deze firmware is, op enkele drivers na, opensource, waarbij de gesloten binaries wel meegeleverd worden. Asuswrt-merlin is op…

Microsoft's Project Scorpio returns as a special Xbox One X for preorders

Microsoft opens preorders for Minecraft special edition Xbox One S

Microsoft is finally giving the Xbox One dashboard a light mode

Here’s every game enhanced for Xbox One X

Microsoft will be the publisher of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds when it comes to Xbox