The 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Read MoreToaster ovens are bulky, inefficient and outdated.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,
Read MoreThe proposed levy is part of an international campaign to clamp down on corporate tax avoidance. France aims 3% tax on Apple, Google and other tech giants Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreGregory Barber / Wired: Google and OpenAI publish new research on how neural networks build and arrange visual concepts using an “activation atlas” — SHAN CARTER, A researcher at Google Brain, recently visited his daughter’s second-grade class with an unusual payload: an array of psychedelic pictures … Google and OpenAI publish new research on how
Read MoreThe legislation shows there’s appetite for a legislative solution. But can Republicans and Democrats find a compromise? Net neutrality is back in play as Democratic lawmakers announce a bill. Here’s what to expect. Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreThe now-humble PCB was revolutionary when it came along, and the whole ecosystem that evolved around it has been a game changer in electronic design. But the PCB is just so… flat. Planar. Two-dimensional. As useful as it is, it gets a little dull sometimes. Here’s your chance to break out of Flatland and explore
Read MoreMicrosoft seems to be moving toward simplifying and consolidating its project-management services portfolio by championing its new Project Service. Microsoft has a plan to clean up its overlapping project-management services Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreThey may be out of style now, and something of a choking hazard for toddlers, but there’s no denying that spring doorstops make a great sound when they’re “plucked” by a foot as you walk by. Sure, maybe not on a 2:00 AM bathroom break when the rest of the house is sleeping, but certainly
Read MoreSecurity researchers have found that it is possible to alter a digitally signed PDF without invalidating its signatures. To demonstrate it, they produced a fake document “refund order” of $1,000,000,000,000 dollars, with a valid signature from Amazon. This sparked my attention, since I was quite sure that they didn’t used some sort of quantum device
Read MoreAn Israeli financial market regulator has given its recommendation for the creation of a heavily regulated cryptocurrency issuance platform, Reuters reports. According to the report, such a platform should allow companies to “raise money by issuing digital tokens to investors.” If you were starting to think this sounds like a securities offering, you’d probably be
Read MoreAt our technology festival, TNW Conference 2019, we’ll be discussing the future of tech. Experts and leaders will share their visionary ideas – but to ensure that we’re shaping the future together, we also want to include the leaders of tomorrow. That’s why under 30s working with tech can attend TNW2019 for just €149, in
Read MoreFrench supermarket giant Carrefour has activated the next phase of plans to “blockchainify” its produce. This time, it’s allowing buyers of its branded milk to trace its provenance with some neat distributed ledger tech. As of this month, Carrefour will commence rolling out Carrefour Quality Line (CQL) fresh micro-filtered full-fat milk in special bottles displaying QR-codes.
Read MoreTom Randall / Bloomberg: Waymo starts selling lidar sensors to customers who don’t compete with its robotaxi business, expects increased production of sensors to lower costs — Alphabet Inc.’s self-driving car unit, Waymo, is getting into the sensor business. — Waymo is set on Wednesday to begin selling … Waymo starts selling lidar sensors to
Read MoreCan you believe someone on the internet once told Taylor Swift she looked like “a weasel that got hit by a truck and stitched back together by a drunk taxidermist?” Rude. Taylor Swift doles out sage social media advice in essay for Elle – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePremium electrified performance brand’s cars will race on to higher velocities. Polestar won't limit top speeds like Volvo – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreIt’s a nightmarish vision of San Francisco’s future, like something out of science fiction: streets full of driverless cars, crawling along implacably but at a snail’s pace, snarling traffic and bringing the city to a standstill from the iconic Ferry Building to Union Square. But according to Adam Millard-Ball, associate professor of environmental studies at the
Read MoreThe classic game of yet another Smash Bros. Ultimate character is coming to the Switch. Nintendo Switch Online adds Kid Icarus, StarTropics next week – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreNatt Garun / The Verge: Fitbit announces new $160 Versa Lite smartwatch, Inspire and Inspire HR lower-cost fitness trackers, and discontinues the Zip, Flex 2, Alta, and Alta HR — It’s also discontinuing the Zip, Flex 2, Alta, and Alta HR — Fitbit’s renewed take on the smartwatch appeared to have worked with the Versa
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