As fires tear across California, a Silicon Valley technology company believes artificial intelligence could be the key to preventing them in the future. California has 33 million acres of forest. This company is training artificial intelligence to scour it all for wildfire. Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreAn always-on display lives under actual watch hands and lasts for weeks on a charge, thanks to e-ink. Fossil Hybrid HR: E-ink makes this hybrid smartwatch look analogue – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreImage: Fossil Fossil’s new hybrid smartwatches combine physical watch hands with a circular low-power, always-on display. The $195 (£189) Fossil HR has a monochromatic display, which is capable of showing the kind of information you’d typically expect to see on a smartwatch — including activity tracking, weather information, and app notifications — all while being
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge On Monday we talked about some of the pressures stacking up on TikTok: increasing skepticism from Congress about its Chinese parent company ByteDance; a raft of new competitors slurping up venture capital and building their own short-form video apps powered by machine learning; and the public-perception risk that
Read MoreGoogle activists reiterate their concern that the tech giant is failing to face up to its climate responsibilities. Once again, employees urge Google not to harm the environment Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreImage: Wyze Wyze has announced a new subscription service for its home security cameras — although it’s delayed the launch due to unspecified “critical issues.” Soon, instead of limiting users to 12 seconds of recording every five minutes, subscribers to Wyze’s $1.49 a month Complete Motion Capture service will be able to record for as
Read MoreEfforts by Apple, Facebook and Google to address the California housing crunch must contend with the forces that created it. Tech Giants Pledge Billions for Housing, but Will It Matter? Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreJoshua Brustein / Bloomberg: Walmart and other companies are testing a monitoring device for workplace safety made by StrongArm in warehouses, raising concerns about workplace surveillance — Every morning when he goes to work in the freezer room of a warehouse in eastern Pennsylvania, Jack Westley throws on a hooded sweatshirt … Walmart and other
Read MoreMitchel Broussard / MacRumors: CIRP: over the last 12 months, 35% of iPhone buyers in the US owned a smartwatch, compared to just 16% of Android buyers — New data from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners indicates that 35 percent of iPhone buyers in the United States have a smartwatch, compared to just 16 percent of
Read MoreHallelujah! WhatsApp is rolling out a new setting that lets you specify which people in your contact list can add you to groups on the messaging platform. This is a refined version of a feature that rolled out earlier this year. In the previous iteration, you could choose to allow anyone to add you to groups, or
Read MoreThe Japanese company must win back the confidence of investors who once rewarded its ability to pick winning investments. SoftBank Takes a Financial Hit as Its WeWork Bet Sours Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreFirefox users are being targeted by malicious websites that display a fake warning message and then completely lock them out from using the browser. Scammers have been found actively exploiting a bug in Firefox to trick unsuspecting people into believing that their computers have been hacked. What’s more, the attack urges users to call a
Read MorePavel Alpeyev / Bloomberg: SoftBank reports a loss of $6.5B, its first quarterly operating loss in 14 years, and a loss of $8.9B in the Vision Fund, including a charge of $4.6B for WeWork — SoftBank Group Corp. reported its first quarterly operating loss in 14 years after writing down the value of some of
Read MoreTeam Red’s going all in on updating some of its most popular bikes at both ends of the performance spectrum. Honda's 2020 Rebels and Fireblade get big updates for EICMA – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreSean Captain / Fast Company: Ex-military and intelligence pros have started using AI from computer vision startup XIX, which analyzes sex ads to spot signs of human trafficking — Molly is a “new bunny” in Atlanta and loves her job selling sex, domination, and striptease shows to men. Ex-military and intelligence pros have started using
Read More{$inline_image}As per a report by the Wall Street Journal, Xerox is considering buying personal computers and printer manufacturer HP in a cash-and-stock deal. The report notes Xerox, valued at $8 billion, has backing from a major bank to take over HP, valued at $27 billion – almost three times more than the former. Sources told
Read MoreJosh Constine / TechCrunch: How Arweave, which has raised $5M led by a16z, uses blockchain to host sites and apps perpetually, hedging upfront user payments with declining storage costs — Andreessen Horowitz + USV invest — What if you could pay now to store something online permanently? How Arweave, which has raised M led by
Read MoreCara Lombardo / Wall Street Journal: Xerox to sell 25% stake in joint venture to Fujifilm for ~$2.3B; Fujifilm’s lawsuit against Xerox for walking away from a merger last year will be dismissed — Companies agree to end 57-year-old joint venture after an attempt at a full merger soured — Xerox Holdings Corp. XRX 3.55%
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: RedMarlin, a fraud prevention startup that has developed AI-based tech to detect brand hijacking and phishing on the web, raises $10M Series A — Counterfeiting isn’t a new problem, but it’s a growing one. The global market for fake goods is estimated to exceed $1.2 trillion. RedMarlin, a fraud prevention startup
Read MoreThere are 10 different color choices to honor the US military, and five of them are low-volume paint options. Ram trucks go patriotic with 'Built to Serve' editions – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreCara Lombardo / Wall Street Journal: Sources: Xerox is considering making a cash-and-stock offer for HP, which has a market value of ~$27B and is more than three times the size of Xerox — Bid for HP would be at a premium to company’s market value of $27 billion — Xerox Holdings Corp. has set
Read MoreTile is bundling a Nest with a Sticker 8-pack to save you about $70. Buy an 8-pack of the new Tile tracker, get a Google Nest Mini for free – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAaron Wood / Cointelegraph: Stellar Development Foundation has burned 55B XLM tokens, worth ~$4.7B, shrinking the supply from 105B to 50B; XLM’s price jumped as much as ~25% on news — The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) announced a new mandate today for its network’s development, stating that it has burned over 55 billion Stellar Lumens
Read MoreThe new adult animated fantasy series follows a group of second-rate, drunken adventurers on a quest to save their realm. Critical Role: The Legend of Vox Machina series headed to Amazon – CNET Source: CNet
Read More{$inline_image} Adi Robertson / The Verge: Facebook says ~100 app developers might have had improper access to Groups member data even after the company announced restrictions to Groups API last year — At least 11 accessed data in the last two months — Facebook says that even after it locked down its Groups system last
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