Michael McWhertor / Polygon: Following criticism, Steam says it will not distribute Rape Day, a game set to arrive in April that would have let users abuse women — Game about raping women in a zombie apocalypse pulled from Steam — Valve says it will not allow Rape Day, a visual novel that would have
Read MoreThe company’s focus will shift from a social network in which people broadcast information to large groups of people to one in which people communicate with smaller groups and their content disappears after a short period of time. Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg says he’ll reorient the company toward encryption and privacy Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreLauren Feiner / CNBC: Apple says it will bring 1,200 employees to its San Diego offices over three years, with as many as 200 coming in 2019, and will add new labs and office space — – Apple announced it will bring 1,200 employees to San Diego over three years as it reportedly tries to
Read MoreThere are still plenty of other Amazon store concepts to go around. Amazon shuttering its pop-up kiosks across the US – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreKhari Johnson / VentureBeat: Google announces TensorFlow Lite 1.0, a framework for developers deploying AI on mobile and IoT devices — Google today introduced TensorFlow Lite 1.0, its framework for developers deploying AI models on mobile and IoT devices. Improvements include selective registration and quantization during … Google announces TensorFlow Lite 1.0, a framework for
Read MoreIn a Wednesday post, CEO Mark Zuckerberg outlines how the social network is keeping an eye on privacy. Facebook's vision for the future focuses on private messaging – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreTodd Haselton / CNBC: Report: Amazon says in April it will close all 87 of its pop-up stores in the US that focus on Amazon products and services, found in Whole Foods and elsewhere — – Amazon will close all of its pop-up locations in the U.S. beginning next month, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Read MoreKaren Freifeld / Reuters: Sources detail timeline of US scrutiny of Huawei, spurred by Reuters’ report from 2012, and how execs’ info has been collected at airport screenings for years — (Reuters) – The surprise arrest of Huawei’s chief financial officer in December quickly turned the executive, Meng Wanzhou … Sources detail timeline of US
Read MoreIf you’ve got an iPhone XS Max, ya kinda need a set of AirPods to use with it, right? Of course you do. You can get a shot at putting that scorching hot tech tandem right into the palm of your hand—and without paying a dime—by entering this iPhone XS Max 256GB and AirPods Giveaway.
Read MoreElon Musk’s shift to online-only sales, after racing to open stores, has raised new questions about the electric-car maker’s outlook. Shares have sunk. Tesla Swerves on Strategy, Trailed by Growing Doubts Source: NY Times Tech
Read More[VoltLog] got a hold of a prerelease unit of Joulescope — a DC energy analyzer that promises to make it easy to optimize power and energy usage of your electronic designs. You can find his review in the video below. The device is a very fast ammeter and voltmeter. Given that, it is easy to
Read MoreThe Facebook chief executive said the next wave of social networking would be to enable private and encrypted discussions. After Facebook’s Scandals, Mark Zuckerberg Says He’ll Shift Focus to Private Sharing Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreMicrosoft is making available the Windows Calculator source code, build system, tests and roadmap as open source under an MIT license. Microsoft is open-sourcing Windows Calculator on GitHub Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreDevil May Cry V, the long-awaited return of the legendary action game series, oozes seriously sexy style and brings some fun action game chops. It’s got some rough spots, but even at its worst, DMC V gives you more flash and fun than any other game so far this year. Putting down roots In this
Read More{$inline_image} Just when you though it was safe to venture out, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released an unexpected update. Magnetic North is on the move — faster than expected. That’s right, we know magnetic north moves around, but now it’s happened at a surprising rate. Instead of waiting for the normal five year
Read MoreThe ISS is set to host a history-making spacewalk in late March, International Women’s Month. NASA astronauts to team up for first all-female spacewalk – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe backup driver, who was reportedly distracted, could face vehicular manslaughter charges. Uber won't be held criminally liable for death in autonomous car crash – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDonald Trump’s old vlog? An archive of closed captions? Liz Day, a senior story editor for The Times’s new television show, “The Weekly,” knows how to find them. Tech We’re Using: Where a TV Pro Goes for Video When YouTube Just Won’t Do Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThe number of “core violations” dropped after doubling last year. Meanwhile, more of Apple’s products are made with zero waste. Apple audit finds fewer supplier problems, touts green successes – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAbner Li / 9to5Google: Google previews TensorFlow 2.0 alpha with focus on simplicity and making ML easier for beginners, and says TensorFlow Lite is running on 2B mobile devices — At the 2019 TensorFlow Dev Summit today, Google announced a number of updates for its open-source machine learning library aimed at research and production. Google
Read MoreIan Sherr / CNET: Apple’s annual Supplier Responsibility Progress Report, assessing 770 suppliers across 30 countries, finds 27 “core violations” of labor rules, down from 44 YoY — Apple’s latest audit report for 2018 brought a lot of shine back to the company’s supply chain. Apple's annual Supplier Responsibility Progress Report, assessing 770 suppliers across
Read MoreToaster ovens are bulky, inefficient and outdated. There, we said it. Now here’s how to find one that’s actually worth it. The best toaster ovens of 2019 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreTensorFlow Federated limits the impact of AI on your privacy. Google tool lets any AI app learn without taking all your data – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreRita El Khoury / Android Police: After initially limiting it to Pixel 3, Google makes Gmail’s Smart Compose feature available on more Android devices — Smart Compose is a useful addition to Gmail. Based on your email writing patterns and some commonly used phrases, it tries to predict what you will say next and surfaces
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Google debuts TensorFlow Federated, a module that lets devs deploy and train an AI across multiple data sources, like smartphones, while keeping them separate — On the heels of TensorFlow Privacy, a library for training AI models with ‘strong privacy guarantees,’ Google today debuted another module … Google debuts TensorFlow Federated,
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