Ocelot, a provider of conversational chatbots for higher ed institutions, has announced a bilingual English-Spanish chatbot. Bilingual AI Chatbot Helps Colleges Communicate with Spanish Language Speakers Source: Campus Technology
Read MoreStartup Heap details how it initially failed to switch from CoffeeScript to TypeScript programming language. Microsoft's TypeScript language: Startup reveals long journey to JavaScript spin-off Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreManish Singh / TechCrunch: South Korean startup True Balance, which operates a financial services app in India for users to pay bills and offer credit to customers, raises $23M Series C — South Korean startup True Balance, which operates an eponymous financial services app aimed at tens of millions of users … South Korean startup
Read MoreImage: Evleaks via Twitter Google is launching the Pixel 4 today — at least, it’s launching it more officially than the teasers it coyly tweeted before leaks took all the wind out of its sails. We know exactly what to expect. In fact, we know nearly everything except maybe just how good the cameras are.
Read MoreStudents in their first two years at Unity College, a private liberal arts institution in Maine known for experiential education, are being introduced to a redesigned curriculum aimed at helping them develop career-focused skills from day one. Unity College Reimagines Curriculum to Focus on Job-Ready Skills Source: Campus Technology
Read MoreThe first season of Fortnite’s new age brings a whole new map and features. Fortnite Chapter 2 begins after game returns from black hole – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge October is the month that major technology companies introduce their latest and (they hope) greatest devices. We’ve already heard from Apple, Samsung, and Microsoft; now it’s Google’s turn. Leaks have been abundant, and so we’re expecting to be introduced to Google’s Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL phones.
Read MoreIllustration by William Joel / The Verge Welcome new subscribers! Today we celebrate The Interface’s second birthday. For two years now, we’ve done our best to bring you the day’s most important developments in technology and democracy. The next year, which will bring us a US presidential election, promises to be the most consequential yet.
Read MoreSebastian Herrera / Wall Street Journal: A look at startups like Zippin and Standard Cognition that are pitching their Amazon Go-like tech to grocery chains, sports stadiums, and convenience stores — Zippin and Standard Cognition are two of the startups pitching their systems and apps as nonthreatening alternatives to Amazon’s cashier-free tech A look at
Read MoreThe firms intend to bring cellular connectivity to Microsoft’s Internet of Things solution. Qualcomm to develop chips for Microsoft Azure Sphere IoT operating system Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreOur robot colleague Satoshi Nakaboto writes about Bitcoin every fucking day. Welcome to another edition of Bitcoin Today, where I, Satoshi Nakaboto, tell you what’s been going on with Bitcoin in the past 24 hours. As Aristotle used to say: Your imagination is the only tool in the book! Bitcoin Price We closed the day,
Read MoreRob Wyatt, the system architect of the original Xbox, has launched a new Kickstarter for the Gameboard-1, a 16-inch by 16-inch tablet designed for tabletop gaming. Wyatt launched the campaign as part of The Last Gameboard, a company which he co-founded along with its CEO Shail Mehta, and where he currently serves as CTO. The
Read MoreThe worldwide blackout of the most popular video game is over as the game updates its newest features. The Fortnite black hole has closed and the game is updating the next chapter Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreMore than 500 people have traveled into space to date and, while we know a little about how life without gravity affects our physical health, we know almost nothing about how it affects our minds.So, my colleagues and I have been launching ourselves, rigs of equipment, and our participants into “zero-gravity flight” to perform experiments.
Read MoreHonestly, we never wondered how those old film cameras used to put the date stamp in the lower right-hand corner of the frame. Luckily, [Ben Krasnow] does not suffer from this deplorable lack of curiosity, and his video teardown of a date-stamping film camera back (embedded below) not only answers the question, but provides a useful
Read MoreOne of the victim’s of the OneCoin cryptocurrency scam is receiving death threats for her actions against the con artists. According to the BBC, Jen McAdam from Glasgow is receiving messages threatening sexual violence and death from people whom she believes are OneCoin supporters. McAdam has been part of the on-going BBC podcast, The Missing
Read MoreIn a completely bizarre incident, Facebook is locking people who report scammers, fake accounts, and impersonators out of the accounts for days. Due to this, #FacebookLockout is trending on twitter with many users angry at the social network’s strange behavior. Here’s what’s happening, if you report an impersonating account, Facebook will lock your account and ask
Read MoreThe next version of the electric Porsche Taycan can be had in two power levels. Porsche Taycan 4S offers plenty of punch at a more affordable price – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreJosh Constine / TechCrunch: Facebook should ban political ads and let candidates communicate via their pages since it doesn’t need the money and doesn’t want to police political speech — Permitting falsehood in political advertising would work if we had a model democracy, but we don’t. Facebook should ban political ads and let candidates communicate
Read MoreDo you have a laptop or a phone with USB-C port? Then Google has got you covered when it comes to securing your online accounts and preventing unauthorized access. The internet giant has announced a USB-C Titan Security Key, manufactured by Yubico, that’s compatible with Android, Chrome OS, macOS, and Windows devices for $40. Titan Security
Read MoreOur more youthful readers are fairly likely to have owned some incarnation of a VTech educational computer. From the mid-1980s and right up to the present day, VTech has been producing vaguely laptop shaped gadgets aimed at teaching everything from basic reading skills all the way up to world history. Hallmarks of these devices include
Read MoreLily Hay Newman / Wired: DNS over HTTPS can increase user privacy by obfuscating web traffic, but it’s no silver bullet as DNS resolving services will still see unencrypted requests — The road to routing all Domain Name System lookups through HTTPS is pocked with disagreements over just how much it will help. DNS over
Read MoreThe Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL are going to be crucial for Google, and until the Oct. 15 launch, rumors abound. Google's Pixel 4 is almost here. These are the rumors we've confirmed so far – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMozilla just launched a site featuring 28 user-submitted stories, detailing incidents where YouTube’s recommendation algorithm served bizarre and horrifying videos the users had shown no interest in. This included recommendations featuring racism, conspiracies, and violence. YouTube’s recommendation algorithm has faced a lot of scrutiny this year for radicalization, pedophilia, and for generally being “toxic” —
Read MoreMozilla wants researchers to have more access to YouTube’s algorithms to figure out why they recommend what they do. Mozilla is sharing YouTube horror stories to prod Google for more transparency – CNET Source: CNet
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