Category: Internet

Apple Music Replay highlights your favorite tunes of the year

[ad_1] Apple Music has been around for long enough that you can start reminiscing about years past, and Apple is banking on that nostalgia for its latest addition. It’s debuting an Apple Music Replay feature that highlights your favorite tunes not just from the past year, but every year you’ve been a subscriber. It creates […]

Netflix renews ‘The Witcher’ more than a month before it debuts

[ad_1] The Witcher hasn’t even arrived on Netflix, and it’s already being renewed. Netflix shared the news on Twitter today, and Deadline reports that production of the eight-episode second season will begin in early 2020. The second season could debut in 2021. [ad_2] Source link

Spotify’s new scripted fiction podcast stars Pedro Pascal and Carrie Coon

[ad_1] The series features big names, including Alan Cumming (The Good Wife), Carrie Coon (Fargo, Gone Girl), Pedro Pascal (Game of Thrones), Lucas Hedges (Manchester By The Sea), Tavi Gevinson (Rookie Magazine founder) and more. It also has an original score by the indie-rock band Warpaint. The plot follows a single mother who starts phishing […]

Don’t underestimate the power of Facebook Pay

[ad_1] The pitch for Facebook Pay is pretty simple: Connect your chosen card or PayPal to your Facebook account. Agree to connect it to Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram and you’ll be able to send and receive money from any of those platforms from anywhere in the world. It is the logical extension of Facebook’s plan […]

Intel fixes CPU security flaw it said was patched in May

[ad_1] The Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam researchers who alerted Intel to the problems have told the New York Times that Intel apparently ignored key proof-of-concept exploits when developing the May update, and should have found the relevant flaws even without those ready-made examples. The team refused to stay quiet with the November patch knowing that there […]

Google Maps can pronounce place names in local languages

[ad_1] Navigation apps can be helpful for getting around an unfamiliar country… up until you need to ask someone for directions and can't say a place name. Google thinks it can help. It's rolling out an update to Google Maps on Android and iOS that can… [ad_2] Source link

‘Pokémon Sword’ and ‘Shield’ offer an excellent but familiar adventure

[ad_1] The setup for Shield¹ is very familiar. More familiar, even, than Sun and Moon. You play a kid who dreams of becoming a Pokémon champion. You wake up in your sleepy town, talk to your mom, pick a starter, battle your friend/rival and set off on a quest to defeat a set number of […]

The Morning After: More 16-inch MacBook Pro rumors

[ad_1] It is inevitable.Apple may reveal its 16-inch MacBook Pro today Keep an eye peeled for news out of Apple today. According to Bloomberg’s sources, media previews are occurring for a new MacBook Pro that squeezes a 16-inch screen into the laptop’s 15-inch frame and features a new keyboard design to replace the current model’s […]

Google’s patient data project ‘Nightingale’ is under investigation

[ad_1] The Office for Civil Rights’ website says it “enforces federal civil rights laws, conscience and religious freedom laws, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules, and the Patient Safety Act and Rule, which together protect your fundamental rights of nondiscrimination, conscience, religious freedom, and health information privacy.” […]

Intel unveils its first chips built for AI in the cloud

[ad_1] The chipmaker also unveiled a next-gen Movidius Vision Processing Unit whose updated computer vision architecture promises over 10 times the inference performance while reportedly managing efficiency six times better than rivals. Those claims have yet to pan out in the real world, but it’s safe to presume that anyone relying on Intel tech for […]