Reporters at The California Sunday Magazine recently published an overview of facial recognition technology. It’s a long read and it provides a lot of information on this technology and how it works. Among the tidbits that caught my eye I wanted to …
Lees meerAndrew Orr and Bryan Chaffin join host Kelly Guimont to discuss a decade of iPad, how it surprised the Windows team, and how it has evolved.
Lees meerRoomMe is a occupancy automation sensor for your home. This means when a person walks into a room, it detects your phone via Bluetooth to enable person-specific automation. A spokesperson told me it uses localized technology called Presence Sensing …
Lees meerWe have a deal on the Incase ICON Backpack, a bag designed for all your tech gear. The main compartment provides space for larger items and organization for flat documents and small accessories, the secondary compartment offers a series of organizer…
Lees meerAs Dave Hamilton pondered Neil Young’s recent attack on the MacBook Pro’s audio quality, he realized that there’s another angle to approach this from: one of compassion; one of trying to understand where all this comes from.
Lees meerMicrosoft has cancelled the launch of the Surface Hub 2X, The Verge reported. However, it has insisted it will rollout many of the previously announced features. In a leaked webinar to Surface Hub 2 sellers, Microsoft says it’s still committed to de…
Lees meerWistron, a key Apple supplier, is set to assemble iPhone components in India, Reuters reported. It is part of a bid from Apple to expand its manufacturing in the country. The local assembly of PCBs by Wistron’s India unit will be a first for the con…
Lees meerSanho Corporation is back with another USB-C hub. This one is called HyperDrive GEN2 and it promises twice the power and twice the speed than GEN1.
Lees meerApple regularly rolls out product updates, but that doesn’t mean some products couldn’t benefit from a little TLC. Dan Moren at MacWorld suggested which products he’d like to receive some attention, including the HomePod. What is the HomePod to Appl…
Lees meerames Corden has hit out at claims that he does not actually drive the ‘Carpool Karaoke’ car, insisting he does “95 percent” of the time.
Lees meerApple News launched its special coverage of the 2020 presidential campaign today, the day of the Iowa caucus.
Lees meerWhile Apple ran a campaign aroudn the Super Bowl, other tech firms ran adverts during the Kansa City vs San Francisco match.
Lees meerJennifer Jolly wrote an article wondering if Siri was spying on her because she began to see ads in Spanish after her husband began speaking Spanish at home, within “earshot” of her iPad. The answer is, of course, no. In her buried lede she tells us…
Lees meerWhat to do for the eight hundredth episode? Share tips, answer your questions, and solve your problems, of course! Today learn about HDMI adapters, iOS backups, mounting network shares, Copying from Screenshots, and a cool edit to the iOS Share Shee…
Lees meerApple uploaded a new video ad for Apple Arcade on YouTube. Set to “Welcome to My World” by Dean Martin, it’s a fun video that highlights the universal nature of the gaming service: Play on any (Apple) device, at any time, in any place, and at your o…
Lees meerThere are some major weaknesses in the human interface to iPadOS. In a very readable essay, Daring Fireball’s John Gruber explains in awesome detail.
Lees meerCERN is ending its trial of Facebook Workplace and replacing it with open source alternatives, like Mattermost and Discourse. Facebook Workplace is Facebook’s corporate-focused product for internal real-time communication and related communication n…
Lees meerIt’s no secret Dr. Mac is an Apple Watch fanboy, so it’s no surprise that this week’s Rants & Raves column is a love letter to the latest iteration.
Lees meerDr. Mac has been playing (actually, working out) with an Activ5 Portable Fitness Device from Activbody for the past few weeks and so far he’s impressed.
Lees meerSenator Lindsey Graham is drafting a bill [PDF] that could penalize companies using end-to-end encryption. Although the measure doesn’t directly mention encryption, it would require that companies work with law enforcement to identify, remove, repo…
Lees meerFoundation, a drama for Apple TV+ based on Isaac Asimov’s book trilogy, is set to become Ireland’s biggest production with over 500 jobs.
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