[ad_1] While it clearly wouldn’t be running a sophisticated voice assistant like Alexa or Google Assistant, it would have a “personality.” Comcast would pitch it to seniors, people with disabilities and others who have health concerns but want to remain independent. The cable giant has reportedly talked to multiple large hospitals about using these speakers […]
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Apple says it fixed the MacBook Pro keyboard
[ad_1] The MacBook Pro is getting an upgrade today and yes, it’s the upgrade you’ve been waiting for. After acknowledging problems with the “butterfly” mechanism in its MacBook keyboards and later offering next-day repairs, the company is now attempting to address the underlying design. For over a year, users have been complaining about stuck and […]
The fight against childhood blindness could lead to eagle-eyed robots
[ad_1] Each year, around four in 10,000 children worldwide are born with congenital cataract (CC), a rare occurrence by WHO standards, yet the condition accounts for as much as 20 percent of childhood blindness cases. CC is treatable with simple corrective surgery but in parts of the world where medical facilities are few and far […]
Researchers say ‘spidey senses’ could help self-driving vehicles avoid hazards
[ad_1] As the researchers explain, one reason nature is able to process data so quickly is that things like spiders, bats and birds don’t have to process all data — just the information necessary to survival. For example, when prey lands on a spider’s web, hairs on the spider’s legs vibrate at a specific frequency […]
Huawei says it’s a ‘victim of bullying by the US’
[ad_1] In an earlier statement, founder Ren Zhegfei said that the company had prepared for this possibility. The company previously acknowledged that it had a backup operating system in case it was cut off from Android, although it has yet to talk about rolling out the alternative software. Huawei could technically use Android’s open source […]
Sony just laid out everything there is to know about the PS5
[ad_1] “We will leverage backwards compatibility to transition our community to next-gen faster and more seamlessly than ever before,” the company’s presentation said at the event. Sony intends to use PS4 games to encourage early adopters, which it says are critical for the PS5’s success. In fact, it promises more AAA games for the PlayStation […]
The company behind TikTok is reportedly launching a Spotify rival
[ad_1] ByteDance is already a player of sorts in this game with TikTok and its Chinese counterpart Douyin, which have been downloaded 500 million times. The apps have become surprisingly prominent in the music industry — for instance, “Old Town Road,” the current number one song, first developed a following on TikTok. In Asia, the […]
Huawei’s bad news and ‘Game of Thrones’
[ad_1] This could have a devastating effect on Huawei’s business.Intel, Qualcomm and other chipmakers cut off supplies to Huawei Following the news over the weekend that Google was halting the delivery of software and hardware to Huawei for Android things, several other companies have complied with US government rules, constricting supplies to Huawei. It’s finally […]
Researchers identify red coloring in an ancient fossil for the first time
[ad_1] The global team of researchers responsible for the finding had to bathe the fossil in a series of intense X-ray beams, including ones developed by the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center and the UK’s Diamond Light Source. While standard image processing techniques simply produce dark and light patterns, the breakthrough makes it possible to discern […]
GM dramatically scales back its Maven car-sharing service
[ad_1] She said the company conducted a market-by-market analysis to figure out which cities to stay in and which ones to exit. Unfortunately, the spokesperson declined to list the locations it’s leaving and only confirmed its closure in Chicago and Boston. Maven, she said, will continue operating in Los Angeles, Washington DC, Detroit and Toronto. […]