Category: Tech

Fox Sports will air a ‘Madden NFL 20’ tournament on March 29th

[ad_1] The event will also encourage donations to the CDC Foundation’s efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. As with the NASCAR event, this is prompted in part by desperation. The absence of conventional sports has left Fox without much of its live programming. While the situation isn’t as dire as it is for stock car […]

Amazon offers warehouse workers higher pay to handle Prime Now groceries

[ad_1] A spokesperson described the hikes as “temporary opportunities” meant to reflect a “significant increase” in grocery orders. It wasn’t clear when Amazon expected the pay offer to come to an end. It won’t be surprising if this lasts for a while, regardless of how long the coronavirus outbreak continues. Amazon is already dealing with […]

Microsoft pulls its smaller investments in facial recognition tech

[ad_1] There was no publicly available timeline for when Microsoft would offload its AnyVision stake, a spokesperson told Reuters. AnyVision had been accused of using facial recognition to surveil Palestinians around the West Bank, contradicting Microsoft’s promise to avoid any uses of the tech that impinged on democratic freedoms. However, an audit found no evidence […]

‘Kind Words’ is the rare social network where everyone is nice

[ad_1] When I looked at the requests waiting to be answered, I noticed that many of them seemed to come from young people; there were lots of kids worried about exams or complaining about their parents. It made me feel very parental in return, doling out advice about study habits or how to deal with […]

Google pulls Infowars from the Play Store over coronavirus misinformation

[ad_1] In 2018, several internet services decided to pull channels from Alex Jones and his Infowars setup, including YouTube and Apple’s App Store, but until now the company’s app remained available via the Google Play Store. While conspiracy theories and lawsuits from parents who said he’d lied about them and their children weren’t enough to […]

Google’s ‘Tilt Brush’ virtual painting app comes to PlayStation VR

[ad_1] Google’s Tilt Brush painting app is conquering one of its few remaining frontiers: consoles. The search giant has teamed up with Outerloop Games to release the 3D creative tool for PlayStation VR. To no one’s surprise, it’s the familiar experience, just in your living room. It turns your PlayStation Move controllers into virtual brushes […]