Category: Internet

Facebook takes down fake political ad meant to test its fact checking

Post author By Randall
Post date October 27, 2019
Categories In ads, Advertising, Facebook, gear, Internet, lindsey graham, pac, political ads, Politics, Social Media, social network, social networking, Tech

[ad_1] The ad was prompted by a line of questioning from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who asked Mark Zuckerberg at an October 23rd House hearing if Facebook would let her get away with posting a misleading ad about Graham. The takedown suggests that Facebook is consistent in its approach to truthful ads. However, it also underscores the […]

After Math: Hoping against hope

Post author By Randall
Post date October 27, 2019
Categories In 5g, aftermath, Bethesda, column, facial recognition, fallout76, Internet, Netflix, tcl, Tech, tomorrow, Verizon

[ad_1] A full 30 minutes per episode? Who’s got time for that? Lucky for us, Netflix is taking a page out of the podcasting playbook and testing a new feature that will let users play video back at 1.5x, saving ten minutes per episode and two full hours per season. Though the Samsung Galaxy Fold […]

Google Assistant is ready to find your Tile tracker

Post author By Randall
Post date October 27, 2019
Categories In bluetooth, gadgetry, Gadgets, gear, Google, Google Assistant, Internet, Mobile, Tech, tile, tracker, voice assistant

[ad_1] This works on any Assistant-capable device, although you will need the Tile app on Android or iOS for the initial setup. While Assistant’s support for Bluetooth trackers is still pretty slim (Chipolo is the only other brand we know to work at present), this is still a pretty big addition. You might be more […]

Apple warns iPhone 5 owners to update if they want to stay online

Post author By Randall
Post date October 26, 2019
Categories In Apple, gear, gps, Internet, ios, ios 10, Iphone, iphone 5, Mobile, Smartphone, Tech, update

[ad_1] You’re not completely stuck if you can’t update to 10.3.4 before November 3rd, but you will have to backup and restore to a computer if you intend to move to the newer software. Other devices like the fourth-generation iPad are also affected, but they’re only expected to lose GPS functionality. There won’t be too […]

Facebook AI can ‘hide’ people from facial recognition

Post author By Randall
Post date October 26, 2019
Categories In Ai, Artificial Intelligence, deepfake, Facebook, facial recognition, gear, Internet, Privacy, Social Media, social network, social networking, Tech

[ad_1] The AI doesn’t need to be retrained for different people or videos, and produces only a “little” time distortion. Don’t expect this to reach Facebook in the near future. A spokesperson told VentureBeat that there were no plans to implement the research in its products. With that said, some of the practical applications are […]

Uber Eats test offers cooking classes and dining experiences

Post author By Randall
Post date October 26, 2019
Categories In gear, Internet, Mobile, Tech, Uber, uber eats

[ad_1] A company spokesperson didn’t elaborate on the test feature when asked, only telling Forbes that Uber is “always thinking about new ways to enhance the Eats experience.” While Moments is still just an extremely limited experimental feature, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi did say that the company “want[s] to be the operating system of your […]

Apple Arcade’s latest additions include ‘Fallen Knight’ and ‘Yaga’

Post author By Randall
Post date October 26, 2019
Categories In Apple, apple arcade, Gaming, Internet, Tech

[ad_1] Tales of Memo by Tendays Studio is all about memory puzzles, while Hogwash by Bossa Studios is a game set in a farm where you can choose to play the farmhand struggling to keep things clean or one of the pigs flinging mud all over the place. Finally, Yaga The Roleplaying Folktale by Breadcrumbs […]

The Morning After: Using computer modeling to make better barbecue

Post author By Randall
Post date October 26, 2019
Categories In av, business, Entertainment, gadgetry, Gadgets, gear, Internet, Mobile, personal computing, personalcomputing, Tech, themorningafter, Transportation

[ad_1] Using technology to make better brisket.How a Harvard class project changed barbecue Michel Maalouly and Yinka Ogunbiyi spent hours in the cold every weekend attempting to perfect a grill design as part of an engineering course at Harvard in 2015. Between algorithms, computer models and apps they’ve gone from “amateurs, smoking a brisket every […]

Leaked audio captures Sundar Pichai discussing leaks at Google

Post author By Randall
Post date October 25, 2019
Categories In business, gear, Google, Internet, leak, sundar pichai, Tech, trust

[ad_1] Tonight the Washington Post has published audio from a Google all-hands meeting that took place on Thursday, as execs responded to employee questions about a number of issues. Those include the hiring of a former Department of Homeland Security staffer who publicly defended a later version of the administration’s “travel ban” on citizens of […]