Category: business

Putting eyes on a donation jar made people more charitable

[ad_1] The study took place over the course of 11 weeks in a busy supermarket in Northern England. The experiment placed white, plastic buckets containing the store’s logo and the name of a charitable cause at the end of six checkouts. The only change made to the buckets over the course of the study was […]

Google is testing shopping links under YouTube videos

[ad_1] It seems some test ads have popped up under Nike videos. Clicking on them would take you to the Google Express marketplace to complete the purchase. More and more retailers are joining Express, according to the report, while earlier this year Google started testing shoppable ads in image searches. The company is said to […]

Facebook reportedly invites federal oversight of its privacy practices

[ad_1] As part of this tradeoff, Facebook may face a multi-billion dollar fine from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Sources told The Washington Post that Facebook would also have to more rigorously review new products and services, document its decisions and efforts to avoid privacy pitfalls and take a more active role in policing third-party […]

The first five ‘Call of Duty’ esports teams include New York and Paris

[ad_1] New York’s Sterling.VC, Toronto’s OverActive Media, Paris’ c0ntact Gaming LLC, Dallas’ Envy Gaming and Atlanta’s Atlanta Esports Ventures are the first five franchisees, all of which already have Overwatch League teams. The city-based team system for the esports league was announced back in February, amid a restructuring effort that saw 8 percent of its […]

Uber sued for ‘hundreds of millions’ in Australian class action

[ad_1] Law firm Maurice Blackburn filed the suit at the Victoria Supreme Court on behalf of drivers, operators and licence owners from Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia. It says more than 6,000 participants have already joined on a no-win, no-fee basis, and potential damages could number “in the hundreds of millions of […]

Google manually reviewed a million suspected terrorist videos on YouTube

[ad_1] Google shared these numbers with a US House panel today. The company also said it has more than 10,000 people working on content review, and it spends hundreds of millions of dollars on those efforts annually. Google, Facebook, Twitter and Microsoft have been asked to reveal their counter terrorism budgets, but putting a number […]

HoloLens 2 Development Edition comes with free Unity software trials

[ad_1] With the HoloLens 2 Development Edition, Microsoft is doing everything it can to get devs onboard its new mixed reality headset. It’ll come with free three-month trials of Unity Pro and the Unity PiXYZ plugin for CAD data. Additionally, it’ll include Azure credits, giving developers an easy way to put their creations online. And […]

Denver Uber users can buy public transit tickets in the app

[ad_1] Just a few months ago, Uber made it possible to view Denver’s Regional Transportation District (RTA) in its app, allowing riders to search for and plan public transportation trips. This is a logical next step, and it’s something we’ll likely see Uber expand. To make this possible in Denver, Uber partnered with Masabi, a […]

Amazon’s warehouse robots won’t replace humans for at least a decade

[ad_1] In a tour of Amazon’s Balitmore warehouse for reporters on Tuesday, Anderson said that while the company is exploring a variety of automation technologies, there’s a misperception that the company will be replacing human workers with robots in the near future. However, it is on the agenda, with Anderson giving a timeline of “at […]