At its most recent developer’s conference, Google announced that it would be rebranding its Nest lineup of products, ultimately resulting in some changes to its Works with Nest program. The program was initially put into place to help bridge the connection between Nest devices and vetted third-party apps and services.… Read more… How to Prepare
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Cardinal Analytx, which develops predictive analytics software for health care payers and providers, raises $22M Series B led by Kleiner Perkins’ John Doerr — Palo Alto, California-based Cardinal Analytx Solutions, which develops and maintains predictive analytics software for health care payers … Cardinal Analytx, which develops predictive analytics software for health
Read MoreWith 299 lectures, more than 30 hours of content and 70 different hands-on exercises, this training will have even a coding first-timer grasping the driving concepts behind JavaScript as well as the tools to use it to its fullest potential. Take the first step toward a coding career with this JavaScript Course Source: The Next
Read MoreSijia Jiang / Reuters: Lenovo reports Q4 profit of $118M, up 389% YoY, on revenue of $11.7B, up 10.1% YoY, helped by strong PC sales, says production is unaffected by trade war — HONG KONG (Reuters) – Tech giant Lenovo Group Ltd on Thursday reported a market-beating three-fold surge in quarterly profit helped … Lenovo
Read MoreBoth sides want a Big Tech crackdown — for different reasons. The Technology 202: Republicans make alleged conservative bias top priority at election security hearing Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreAfter a bunch of companies stopped trading with Huawei, the company is preparing for life after that. Most important of them all was Google, whose ban means the Chinese tech giant can’t use Android, Google Play Store, Play Services, and apps like Gmail for its upcoming devices. As Ars Technica’s breakdown suggests, Huawei might get
Read MoreFor the ongoing series, Code Word, we’re exploring if — and how — technology can protect individuals against sexual assault and harassment, and how it can help and support survivors. This story explores how the four industry-leading female voice assistants are programmed to respond to verbal sexual harassment and what impact this has on reaching
Read MoreBolt, previously known as Taxify, is a ride-sharing app and one of Estonia‘s four unicorns (AKA startups valued at over $1 billion). On a visit to Talinn, TNW met with Martin Villig, the company’s co-founder, to hear about Bolt’s plans to become the de facto transport app in the world. The problem? Its plans for
Read MoreAt TNW Conference, we explored the future of tech, including blockchain and cryptocurrency. While the latter tends to have its literal ups and downs, blockchain technology seems quite useful when incorporated appropriately. One use case is to track and monitor supply chains. Jessi Baker, founder and CEO of Provenance, took the stage at TNW2019 to discuss how her
Read MoreFrederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: GitHub launches Sponsors, a tool that lets you pay your favorite open source contributors; developers can opt in to a “Sponsor me” button on their repositories — GitHub today launched Sponsors, a new tool that lets you give financial support to open source developers. GitHub launches Sponsors, a tool that lets
Read MoreEven the Mona Lisa can be faked. Samsung deepfake AI could fabricate a video clip of you from a single photo – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe Blue Origin billionaire wants to send us all into space, but turns out humans have been dreaming that for a long time. Jeff Bezos' space colony plans are straight out of 1970s science fiction – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreGoogle’s lineup of smart speakers and smart displays is growing. Which one is right for you? Which Google Home speaker should you buy? – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWant to explore the current lineup of Amazon Echo devices? Start here. All of Amazon's Alexa smart speakers – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreJanosch Delcker / Politico: A look at Amazon’s AI research centers in Germany, which employ hundreds of researchers, stirring concerns about an “internal brain drain” to foreign companies — US juggernaut is tapping German PhDs to crack some of the toughest problems in artificial intelligence — to the dismay of politicians. A look at Amazon's
Read MoreMatt Day / Bloomberg: Source: Amazon is working on a wearable voice-activated health and wellness device that works with a mobile app and can recognize human emotions — – Described as a health product, it would work with a mobile app — Machines that can understand emotions are a sci-fi staple Source: Amazon is working
Read MoreAfter exploring the opportunity last year, major Dutch bank Rabobank has decided it’s not going to take its plans for a cryptocurrency wallet any further. In February last year, news surfaced that Rabobank was working on a cryptocurrency service – called Rabobit – which promised to bridge the gap between bank accounts and cryptocurrency wallets.
Read MoreLater this month, LG’s 2019 range of TVs in North America will be updated to support Alexa voice commands. Europe and Asia will have to wait a little bit longer. The addition of Amazon’s voice assistant feature was originally announced when the TVs were revealed back in January, and works via the Alexa app and
Read MoreIf you’ve had the need to send secure, private messages in recent times, you might have considered using Telegram. However, using such a service means that, if discovered, it’s well known what manner of encryption you’re using, and there’s a third party involved to boot. [Labunsky] walks a different path, and built a covert channel
Read MoreToday, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) will be formally introducing his bill to ban the sale of loot boxes to children, and two of his Democratic colleagues have signed on in support of the legislation. Hawley’s Protecting Children from Abusive Games Act would, if approved, prohibit video game companies from selling loot boxes to children under
Read MoreAn unfortunate consequence of Bitcoin’s price revival in recent weeks is the resurgence of cryptocurrency malware on Google Play. ESET security researchers, have verified that there were at least two apps on Google Play specifically designed to steal users’ coins. One such app, called Trezor Mobile Wallet, was masquerading as an app version of the
Read MoreIn a week of eyebrow-raising headlines surrounding the US-China trade spat, this latest report from Bloomberg still manages to stand out: Amazon is said to be working on a wrist-worn, voice-activated device that’s supposed to be able to read human emotions. This would be a rather novel health gadget, of the sort we’re more used
Read MoreSamsung’s research center at Moscow has developed a new AI that can create talking avatars of photos and paintings without using any 3D modeling. A paper posted by the research team suggests that while traditionally researchers have used a large number of images to create a talking head model, a new technique can achieve it
Read MoreA cryptocurrency mixing service that turned over $200 million worth of Bitcoin has been shut down following an investigation led by authorities from a number of European nations. The Dutch anti-fraud agency (FIOD) and Public Prosecution Service announced yesterday they have shut down Bestmixer.io and taken its servers offline. “Six operational servers have been dismantled
Read MoreIf you’ve got a working Model 33 Teletype, every project starts to look like an excuse to use it. While the hammering, whirring symphony of a teleprinter going full tilt brings to mind a simpler time of room-sized computers and 300 baud connections, it turns out that a Teletype makes a decent AI conversationalist, within
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