Category: services

An AR film explores the worst tech companies could do with your face

[ad_1] In the festival’s Arcade section, which is full of eye-catching installations and people wearing headsets, Stealing ur feelings is easy to miss. It consists simply of a 46-inch display mounted onto a pillar in the middle of the aisle separating the exhibits in the long rectangular room. There’s a camera above the screen and […]

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 […]

Airbnb introduces Donations to help with temporary housing

[ad_1] Airbnb Donations is an expansion of the company’s existing Open Homes initiative, which launched in 2017 and encourages hosts to open their doors for those who need a place to stay. The program started in the wake of President Trump’s attempted immigration ban and allows hosts to volunteer their homes as temporary safe havens […]

Epic buys Psyonix, will halt sales of ‘Rocket League’ on Steam

[ad_1] Psyonix says the deal will help it expand the game in ways it “couldn’t do on [its] own before.” Epic’s help “significantly increases” the scope of its esports efforts, for instance. The studio has also been a partner with Epic since the Unreal Tournament era (it helped with Unreal Tournament 2004, Gears of War […]

YouTube wants more YouTubers in its ‘Trending’ feed

[ad_1] The executive also promised to tackle more serious issues, although she didn’t go into many details. YouTube would “do more” to discourage “growing” harassment from fellow creators, Wojcicki said. The site was likewise looking into improvements to prevent abuse of manual copyright claims for short bursts of music, such as a radio that happens […]

The UK gets its first checkout-free grocery store

[ad_1] It’s not quite as ground-breaking as what’s being done by Amazon with its Amazon Go stores. Here, customers just pick up whatever they want and a combination of sensors and cameras makes sure they’re billed automatically when they leave the store — Sainsburys’ tech requires a bit of work by the customer. However, the […]

Alexa will speak Spanish in the US later this year

[ad_1] With a total of 48.6 million speakers, the US has the second largest concentration of Spanish speakers in the world next to Mexico. Developers can already write skills in Spanish for Alexa devices in Spain and Mexico. As Alexa-supported devices gain popularity around the world, it seems natural that Amazon will wish to accommodate […]

Facebook awards grants for social media and elections research

[ad_1] While the projects are located all over the world and vary in their approach, they all align with the initiative’s wider goal: to find out how fake news on Facebook impacts voting behavior. One study by the National Chengchi University in Taiwan will look at how link sharing influences Taiwanese elections. Another project from […]

Marriott plans to take on Airbnb with its own home-rental service

[ad_1] Marriott recently completed a pilot, in which it rented 340 properties in Paris, Rome, Lisbon and London. The pilot is expected to serve as a model for a US-based, home-rental program. Though, we don’t know when or where that will launch. With about 1.3 million guest rooms globally, Marriott is the world’s largest hotel […]