Author: Randall

Amazon is reportedly teaching police how to get Ring footage without a warrant

[ad_1] Ring’s “Law Enforcement Neighborhood Portal” shows police where Ring cameras are located on a map and makes it easy for them to request access to footage from individual Ring units without a warrant. Although the owners of the units are not legally obliged to hand over the footage, they may not feel comfortable turning […]

Sennheiser will use its audio expertise to create an in-car Ambeo system

[ad_1] Sennheiser will lend its loudspeaker and microphone technology to the project, creating an Ambeo sound system for listening to audio and taking phone calls as you drive. The brand’s Ambeo Soundbar was introduced at CES 2018 and impressed us with its 3D sound virtualization technology. Bringing the same concept to car audio is an […]

Comcast’s Xfinity suffering nationwide outage

[ad_1] @comcast please quit disrupting my service. This is absurd. 2nd night in a row. I need the internet for music to sleep. Music helps me sleep. So please hurry along the routine maintenance. @comcastcares pic.twitter.com/rK0UGAcF4I — Julian Robbins (@ToshibaLaptops3) August 6, 2019 The outage started around 1:40 AM eastern time, according to several tweets. […]

Hyundai’s first car with a solar roof is available in Korea

[ad_1] Hyundai hopes that by supporting the vehicle’s electric power source, the rooftop technology might help improve fuel efficiency and reduce CO2 emissions. The solar panels are expected to charge 30 to 60 percent of the battery per day. With six hours of daily charging, it could theoretically increase drivers’ travel distance by an extra […]

LG’s IFA 2019 invite teases more dual screen mobile action

[ad_1] This isn’t a surprise either, as incoming mobile exec Brain Kwon told reporters earlier this year that “We have reviewed releasing the foldable smartphone when launching 5G smartphone but decided not to produce it.” Apparently it is (or at least was) too early for LG to launch a foldable, but one thing it could […]

Sony is using AI to replace drummers, one beat at a time

[ad_1] In order to train the AI system, Sony’s researchers compiled data from 665 different songs from a wide range of genres including pop, rock and electronica. The songs all feature ryhthm instruments, bass, kick and snares that were available as separate 44.1kHZ audio tracks. With the contexual signals of those tracks, the researchers created […]

Google shuts down its Trips travel planning app

[ad_1] Notes, saved places and reservations will still exist in search as long as you sign into your Google account. You’ll “soon” have the option of adding or editing notes through the search site’s travel portal. you’ll also find things to do, saved places and (in the near future) trip reservations in the Maps app, […]

An ‘Event Horizon’ series is in the works at Amazon

[ad_1] While Adam Wingard (responsible for the Blair Witch reboot and the upcoming Godzilla vs. Kong) will direct, he’ll also executive produce the series alongside original movie producers Larry Gordon and Lloyd Levin. There’s no mention of the cast at this stage, although we wouldn’t expect the movie cast to return. There’s no mention of […]

CafePress resets passwords months after reported data breach

[ad_1] We’ve asked CafePress if it can comment, although there don’t appear haven’t been any notification emails or formal disclosures mentioning a breach. About 77 percent of the email addresses in the breach have shown up in previous HIBP breach alerts. Provided the reports of a breach are accurate, they raise a number of questions. […]