Category: business

Toronto rejects some of Sidewalk Labs’ smart neighborhood ideas

Post author By Randall
Post date February 21, 2020
Categories In alphabet, business, canada, Google, Home, Politics, quayside, sidewalk labs, smart cities, smart city, Tech, tomorrow, toronto, Transportation

[ad_1] The technical evaluation broke the four-volume MIDP into 160 distinct proposals. Sixteen of those suggestions were labeled “non-support,” which means “new solutions must be explored,” Waterfront Toronto explained in a discussion guide that will inform a second round of public consultation. The organization rejected an “efficient” and “ultra efficient” housing concept that would have […]

Amazon is removing listings for products that claim to cure coronavirus

Post author By Randall
Post date February 21, 2020
Categories In Amazon, business, coronavirus, covid-19, cure, false claim, gear, Internet, listings, medicine, misinformation, Tech, third-party

[ad_1] It’s not surprising that people are trying to sell products on dubious claims relating to the coronavirus, or COVID-19, outbreak. According to CNBC, sellers are peddling books on the virus and vitamin C sales have increased due to false statements that it is a cure. It’s good to see that Amazon is doing what […]

Tesla receives permission to continue working on its German Gigafactory

Post author By Randall
Post date February 21, 2020
Categories In business, court, environmental, forest, gear, german, germany, gigafactory, green, permission, Tech, Tesla, Transportation

[ad_1] Last week, Tesla was ordered to stop clearing the forest plot while the court reviewed a complaint from the environmental group Green League of Bradenburg. Activists were upset that Tesla was allowed to begin clearing the land before the company received all of the necessary building permits, and they accused the court of granting […]

The Morning After: Hasbro’s $60 ‘Baby Yoda’ toy is coming this fall

Post author By Randall
Post date February 21, 2020
Categories In business, Entertainment, gadgetry, Gadgets, gear, Internet, Mobile, Robots, Tech, themorningafter

[ad_1] Outside the park.‘Westworld’ season 3 trailer sets the stage for an AI battle The latest Westworld trailer shows Dolores, Maeve and Westworld’s other characters leaving the confines of the park that defined so much of the show’s past two seasons. Additionally, there’s more of the futuristic city we saw glimpses of in the first […]

T-Mobile, Sprint merger could close by April 1st

Post author By Randall
Post date February 20, 2020
Categories In business, gear, merger, Mobile, Sprint, t-mobile, Tech

[ad_1] With most of the regulatory and legal hurdles out of the way — approval from the California Public Utilities Commission is still needed — T-Mobile and Sprint announced an amended version of their agreement to merge. CNBC explains that the updated deal will give Deutsche Telekom a slightly higher stake in the combined company […]

New Mexico AG sues Google over alleged child privacy violations (updated)

Post author By Randall
Post date February 20, 2020
Categories In attorney general, business, child privacy, child safety, chromebooks, coppa, Data Privacy, g suite, gear, Google, google education, hector balderas, Internet, lawsuit, new mexico, Security, Tech

[ad_1] According to Balderas, Google gathers location data, browsing and search histories, contacts, voice recordings, passwords and more, from children of all ages, without giving parents the ability to limit or review the data collection. The lawsuit also claims that until 2014, Google fed this data to its advertising business and that Google monitors teachers […]

Google is cracking down on apps with ‘disruptive’ ads

Post author By Randall
Post date February 20, 2020
Categories In ads, adware, Android, apps, business, disruptive ads, gear, Google, google play, google play store, machine learning, malware, Mobile, Security, Tech

[ad_1] Google defines disruptive ads as ones that either interfere with device usability or display when the user isn’t actively using the app. For example, an app could serve a full-screen ad when a user unlocks their phone to make a call. These popups affect more than just users — advertisers end up paying for […]

HBO and HBO Max are coming to YouTube TV

Post author By Randall
Post date February 20, 2020
Categories In av, business, cinemax, Entertainment, Google, Hbo, hbo max, hbomax, services, streaming, streaming video, streamingvideo, Tech, youtube tv, youtubetv

[ad_1] We’re feeling pret-tay, pret-tay good about this news we have to share with you…@HBO is coming to YouTube TV this spring. Welcome to the family! — YouTube TV (@YouTubeTV) February 20, 2020 The AT&T-owned media company wants to make its “networks available as widely as possible,” Rich Warren, president of WarnerMedia Distribution, said in […]

Staples is opening podcast studios in six Boston stores

Post author By Randall
Post date February 19, 2020
Categories In av, booth, boston, business, discounts, Diy, do it yourself, doityourself, gadgetry, Gadgets, gear, podcast, Podcasting, recording, recording studio, retail, rode, shure, speaker, staples, staples connect, stores, Tech, we edit podcasts

[ad_1] The soundproof Staples Connect Podcast Studios, developed in partnership with iHeartRadio, will include professional equipment — a RODECaster Pro control board, RODE microphones and SHURE headphones — and space for up to four people. A 60-minute session will cost $60, and a “dedicated in-store specialist” will be on hand to help with any recording […]

CCP cancels one ‘Eve Online’ shooter, announces another

Post author By Randall
Post date February 19, 2020
Categories In av, business, ccp, eve online, game, Gaming, Internet, personal computing, personalcomputing, project nova, shooter, Tech

[ad_1] But he then goes on to say that there’s another EVE shooter in the works, this time developed in London instead of Iceland, where Project Nova was born. To say details of the replacement game are vague is something of an understatement. Speaking of game — which purposefully does not yet have a title […]