Category: services

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 […]

Picard’ will have its own prequel comic and novel

[ad_1] A novel, Uma McCormack’s The Last Best Hope, will follow in February 2020. It’ll be published by Simon & Schuster and introduce some of the new characters you’ll see in Picard. You may want to read up, then, especially if you aren’t a die-hard fan. It’s far too soon to tell whether or not […]

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp went down (again)

[ad_1] We’ve asked Facebook if it can comment on the outage. There has been a string of problems across the services in recent months, with roots in everything from server configurations to the previously mentioned media services. It’s not clear why they’ve picked up after a long period of relative stability. However, Facebook has continued […]

The Morning After: Razer’s electric SUV

[ad_1] Of course the NIO ES6 Night Explorer Limited Edition has Chroma LED lighting.Meet Razer’s special edition electric SUV As far as branded cars go, Razer’s NIO ES6 doesn’t look half-bad. If you weren’t familiar with the company, it might just look like another tricked-out car from a geek with too much money. It’s also […]

Amazon’s new opt-out keeps people from ‘reviewing’ your Alexa recordings

[ad_1] Over the last few days Google and Apple have begun to address their use of real people that listen in on recordings to help improve voice AI like Assistant and Siri. For Amazon, these revelations surfaced months ago, and now it’s added a toggle that people can use to opt out of potentially having […]

Apple Card customer agreement: use two-factor, no jailbreaking

[ad_1] As the debut of Apple’s “new kind of credit card” draws closer, partner Goldman Sachs has published the official customer agreement (PDF) on its website. The Apple Card terms are pretty standard — similar to some other cards, purchasing any kind of “cash equivalent” like cryptocurrency is prohibited — but there are some specific […]

‘The Man Who Fell to Earth’ will get a TV remake on CBS All Access

[ad_1] The series will be executive produced and written by Alex Kurtzman and Jenny Lumet, both veterans from Star Trek: Discovery. Kurtzman will direct, too. And they clearly see a way to modernize the concept — they liken the alien’s Prometheus-like gifting of technology to the work of real-world entrepreneurs like Steve Jobs and Elon […]

Apple suspends the Siri program where people listened to your questions

[ad_1] Just last week a report by The Guardian dug into a program where third-party contractors listened in to anonymized recordings of Apple users asking Siri questions to judge the assistant’s responses, and now Apple has shut it down. In a statement to TechCrunch, the company said that while it conducts a “thorough” review, it’s […]

Amazon will disconnect Dash Buttons on August 31st

[ad_1] “Since sales of Dash Button devices ceased earlier this year, we have seen continued growth of other shopping options to meet customer needs, including Virtual Dash Button, Dash Replenishment, Alexa Shopping, and Subscribe & Save With this [in] mind, starting August 31, 2019, customers will no longer be able to place orders through Dash […]