The White House, Federal Communications Commission and Congress face early pressure to bring back open-Internet safeguards scrapped under former president Donald Trump. Pressure builds on Biden, Democrats to revive net neutrality rules Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreWelding Underway on Orion for First Artemis Mission Landing Astronauts on the Moon Welding Underway on Orion for First Artemis Mission Landing Astronauts on the Moon Source: NASA
Read MoreWhen it comes to building quirky clocks that also double up as beautiful animated sculptures, [Ekaggrat Singh Kalsi] is a master par excellence. His latest offering is the Getula, a time piece inspired by an old, discarded bicycle chain, while the name seems inspired by the chain kingsnake — Lampropeltis getula – due to its
Read MorePhoto by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Samsung’s latest flagship, the Galaxy S21 Ultra, is its first phone to feature Samsung Display’s new power-efficient OLED panels. In a press release, Samsung says the new display consumes 16 percent less power thanks to a “just-developed organic material” that means “electrons flow faster and more easily across
Read MoreAlex C. Engler / Fast Company: Algorithmic audits alone won’t provide the accountability needed for AI systems because they lack the necessary market incentives and real government oversight — Controversial AI company HireVue implied that an external audit showed its algorithms had no bias. But a look at the audit itself tells a different story.
Read MoreSelf-driving car startup Cruise has received more than $2 billion in a new round of investment from Microsoft, General Motors, Honda, and institutional investors, according to a joint statement by Cruise, its owner GM, and Microsoft on Tuesday. The investment will bring the valuation of Cruise to $30 billion and make Microsoft an official partner.
Read MoreIf you’re looking for the latest digital insights and social media stats, you’ll find them all in our new Digital 2021 reports series. Published in partnership between We Are Social and Hootsuite, this year’s reports reveal that connected tech became an even more essential part of people’s lives over the past year, with social media,
Read MoreFormer OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei has finally launched his new venture today — and it’s called NOTHING. Apart from the brand name, the company hasn’t given many details about its product roadmap. It said that it’ll launch smart devices in the first half of the year. Pei’s message on the launch was cryptic. He said
Read MoreArtificial intelligence has been making waves in recent years, enabling us to solve problems faster than traditional computing could ever allow. Recently, for example, Google’s artificial intelligence subsidiary DeepMind developed AlphaFold2, a program that solved the protein-folding problem. This is a problem that has had baffled scientists for 50 years. Advances in AI have allowed
Read MorePhoto by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images A group of 75 activist groups and nonprofits have urged against sweeping changes to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, warning that it could silence marginalized communities while making online moderation harder. “Section 230 is a foundational law for free expression and human rights when it comes
Read MoreLime is adding a new member to its family of shared electric vehicles: mopeds. The mopeds are being offered as part of a pilot program to test whether Lime’s customers prefer vehicles that are faster, heavier, and arguably riskier to ride than your average kick scooter. The mopeds can be rented via Lime’s smartphone app,
Read MoreNothing’s official logo. | Image: Nothing Carl Pei, the OnePlus co-founder who parted ways with the company last year, has announced the name of his next venture: Nothing. It describes itself as a “London based consumer technology company” and counts the likes of iPod inventor Tony Fadell, Twitch co-founder Kevin Lin, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman,
Read MoreAir pollution is one of the world’s biggest silent killers. Poor air quality can lead to stroke, heart disease, lung cancer, and other chronic respiratory diseases. The World Health Organization says 4.2 million deaths a year are a result of polluted air. Bike commuters face this problem on a daily basis. However, help is on
Read MoreZheping Huang / Bloomberg: Profile of XD Inc., which runs a Steam-like service for games that bypasses dominant app stores in China, and whose stock is up 480% since listing in HK in 2019 — – Huawei and Tencent’s fees dispute opens room for free rival — Founder’s fortune soars as Chinese developers seek alternative
Read MoreChrome ocultará tus asuntos personales cuando estés compartiendo tu pantalla. Esta nueva función de Chrome puede evitar que te despidan algún día Source: Tech Radar Software
Read MoreRequiring that app makers list the data they collect reveals a lot about what some apps do with our information (ahem, WhatsApp) but creates confusion about others. What We Learned From Apple’s New Privacy Labels Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreRetailers have stopped carrying its products, though Mike Lindell, the founder and face of MyPillow, blamed “cancel culture” and said he didn’t think it would last. MyPillow C.E.O.’s Trump Conspiracy Theories Put Company on the Spot Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThanks to its overall refinement, agreeable tech and good performance, the Q5 is Audi’s best-selling model in the US. 2021 Audi Q5 45: A showroom star – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreFriends, it’s that time again: there’s a new iPhone software update available. Specifically, it’s time for iOS 14.4 to rule our pathetic lives for a few months. You may be sitting there wondering what’s new this time round and whether you should download it, or you may have automatic updates set and iOS 14.4 is
Read MoreBack in 1990 [Benjamin Zotto] wrote – while in elementary school – a dog racing game called Wonderland 2. The BASIC source code and images for the game were stored on a single ProDOS formatted, soft-sectored 5.25″ floppy disk. Fast-forward thirty years to today and [Benjamin] found to his dismay that ProDOS could no longer
Read MoreIn 2016, Microsoft released a chatbot called Tay that fed off people’s replies to it. Within hours, the bot turned racist and the company had to pull it down. This incident remains one of the classic lessons that teach us why it’s a bad idea to train an AI using social media. However, data scientists now have
Read MoreIt’s currently set at 100 seconds to midnight. Will 2021 be better, worse or the same? We’ll find out on Wednesday. Today we find out if the Doomsday Clock ticks closer to midnight – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMaster was claimed to be a success in theatres, but the fact that it will be quickly streamed on Amazon Prime gives a big indication on which way the industry may be headed. Major win for Indian OTT platforms – Vijay's Master to stream on Amazon Prime on Jan 29 Source: Tech Radar Software
Read MoreThe government is apparently not happy with the explanation offered by TikTok and 58 other Chinese apps, who are now set to be permanently banned. TikTok, 58 other Chinese apps set for permanent ban in India Source: Tech Radar Software
Read MoreJoe Williams / Protocol: Oracle and SAP target startups with cloud offerings and favorable contract terms; Oracle’s startup business grew 400% YoY while SAP added 773 startups in 2020 — In the hunt for their next big-ticket customers, SAP and Oracle are trying to cast off reputations as stodgy tech providers … Oracle and SAP
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