Hong Kong Hong Kong Protesters Are Worried About Facial Recognition Technology. But There Are Many Other Ways They're Being Watched.buzzfeednews.com - Rosalind Adams “We don’t know what this government can do. We don’t know what these police can do." HONG KONG — Beneath the neon lights of Causeway Bay’s shopping …
Apple Watch Apple Watch 5 will keep the OLED screen, report saysCNET - by Corinne Reichert It’ll launch in the fall alongside the new iPhones, according to a report.
Wear OS Runkeeper kills WearOS app, citing 'buggy experience'androidpolice.com - Hagop Kavafian 2019 has been a sad year for WearOS, as the platform witnessed the death of several apps over the past few months. Runkeeper is the latest company to …
Detroit, MI ‘It's techno-racism’: Detroit is quietly using facial recognition to make arrestsGuardian US - Tom Perkins in DetroitFor the last two years, Detroit police have been quietly utilizing controversial and unreliable facial recognition technology to make arrests in the city. The news, revealed in May in a Georgetown University
Apple Watch watchOS 6 assets reveal new Apple Watch models coming in titanium and ceramic cases9to5Mac - Benjamin MayoApple is continuing its asset leak spree. We already saw an iPhone asset in iOS 13 beta 7 that seemingly confirmed the date of the iPhone event, and now iHelpBR has found assets that show new Apple Watch
Apple Watch Apple Watch Series 5 could save a struggling display-makerCult of Mac - Ed HardyAn updated Apple Watch could launch as early as next month but almost nothing has leaked out about it so far. That makes a reputable analyst’s prediction that struggling Japan Display could make OLED for
Amazon Alexa The results are in: Alexa is legitimately dumber than Siri and Google AssistantDigital Trends - Emily Price The venture capital firm recently asked Amazon Alexa, Apple’s Siri, and Google Assistant the same 800 questions. Google Assistant was the most …
Deepfakes The world’s top deepfake artist is wrestling with the monster he createdMIT Technology Review - Will Knight Hao Li has spent his career perfecting digital trickery. Now he’s working to confront the problem of increasingly seamless off-the-shelf …
Technology A new clothing line confuses automated license plate readersMIT Technology Review - Charlotte Jee Garments from Adversarial Fashion feed junk data into surveillance cameras, in an effort to make their databases less effective. The news: Hacker and …
U.S. Army The U.S. Army is developing A.I. missiles that can choose their own targetsDigital Trends - Luke Dormehl The United States military wants to equip itself with a new type of artificial intelligence-guided missile, which will use A.I. smarts to pursue its …
Mobile Technology These bionic shorts help turn an epic hike into a leisurely strollMIT Technology Review - Will Knight Forget the Thighmaster. Someday you might add a spring to your step when walking or running using a pair of mechanically powered shorts. Step up: The …
Google Home Google Assistant will let you send reminders to friends and familyThe Verge - Nick StattGoogle is adding a new feature to its Assistant that will let you assign reminders to other people, so long as that person is part of an opt-in group of trusted fellow Assistant users. The feature is mostly
Technology Google removing ability to disable Nest camera status light, many owners irate9to5Google - Abner LiAt I/O 2019, the “Google Nest” brand was introduced alongside a new customer privacy commitment. Google today announced that it is removing the ability to disable the status lights on Nest cameras, Nest
Technology Smart ovens have been turning on overnight and preheating to 400 degreesThe Verge - Ashley CarmanAt least three smart June Ovens have turned on in the middle of the night and heated up to 400 degrees or higher. The ovens’ owners aren’t sure why this happened, and June tells The Verge that user error
Teen claims to tweet from her smart fridge – but did she really?The Guardian - Kari PaulA resourceful teenager appeared to have taken the rise of increasingly powerful smart home devices to its logical conclusion – tweeting from her family’s smart fridge after her mother confiscated her An
Play buttonWear OS Mobvoi TicWatch Pro 4G Review: Worth it for the performance, not the LTE [Video]9to5Google - Ben SchoonThe biggest problem with Wear OS as a platform is hardware, and the biggest problem with most of its hardware is battery life. Last year, the Mobvoi TicWatch Pro implemented a clever solution to that with
IBM IBM offers explainable AI toolkit, but it’s open to interpretationZDNet - Tiernan Ray IBM’s latest foray into making A.I. more amenable to the world is a toolkit of algorithms that can be used to explain the decisions of machine …
Peter Thiel Why an AI arms race with China would be bad for humanityVox - Kelsey PiperIn a provocative op-ed in the New York Times last week, PayPal and Palantir founder Peter Thiel argued that artificial intelligence is “a military technology.” So, he asks, why are companies like Google
HomeKit Schlage’s Siri-activated Sense Deadbolt comes to your HomeKit setup at $164.509to5Toys - Blair AltlandAmazon offers the Schlage Sense Smart Deadbolt with Camelot Trim Aged Bronze for $164.64 shipped. While you’ll still find it selling for $229 at Home Depot, we’ve more recently been tracking it at $200
Casio Casio EQB1000D-1A Watch Gets Super Slim MakeoverHYPEBEAST - Gabrielle Leung Casio is expanding its sophisticated EDIFICE collection with a statement EQB1000D-1A watch which includes a solar panel system, super-slim case and …
Bluetooth Sonos is making a Bluetooth speaker, and here are some of its featuresThe Verge - Chris WelchOne of two devices recently filed by Sonos with the FCC is a portable Bluetooth speaker, The Verge can confirm. In the filing for product model S17, Sonos directly states that it’s “a high-performance
Casio Casio puts Bluetooth connectivity and solar charging technology into a watch that's just 8.9mm thinacquiremag.com Casio's new Edifice EQB1000D-1A might just be everything you could ever want in a travel watch. It's super slim with a case that measures 8.9mm and …
The Best Home Security Cameras of 2019CNET - by Megan Wollerton Want a live video feed of your home? Start with these products.
Smart Homes The best smart lights of 2019CNET - by Ry Crist I've spent six years testing out smart lights for a living. From bulbs to switches to light strips to accessories, here's the stuff I'd buy.
Computer Hardware Everything You Need to Know About Ring, Amazon’s Surveillance Camera Company - VICEVICE - Caroline HaskinsRing, Amazon’s home security company most known for its doorbell camera, has been quietly creating a massive private surveillance network. The company has formed partnerships with at least 225 law enforcement
Play buttonGoogle Play Mobvoi TicWatch Pro smartwatch 4G/LTE unveiledgeeky-gadgets.com - Julian Horsey Mobvoi has introduced their newly updated TicWatch Pro smartwatch with 4G/LTE connectivity powered by Google’s Wear OS. The smartwatch is fitted with …
Facebook Class action lawsuit claims Facebook face recognition illegal in Illinois9to5Mac - Ben LovejoyA federal appeals court has given the go-ahead to a class action lawsuit which claims that Facebook face recognition for photos is illegal in Illinois … Facebook applies face recognition to uploaded photos
Technology Facebook loses facial-recognition privacy appeal and could pay billions in finesFox News - Christopher CarboneFacebook lost a federal appeal on Thursday in a lawsuit over facial-recognition data. That could lead to the company paying massive fines over its privacy practices. The tech giant was sued in 2015 under
Alexa How to Travel With AlexaLifewire - by Jeremy Laukkonen Whether you're staying at a hotel, a condo, an Airbnb rental, or anywhere else, there's a good chance that internet access will be available. When …
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