[ad_1] An Uber operator will take your details, give you a price estimate and order a car for you. As such, you won’t need a smartphone to hitch an Uber ride. You’ll at least need a cell phone though, as Uber will text you details about the car and driver, and when you should expect […]
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Facebook Dating’s Valentine’s Day launch in Europe is canceled
[ad_1] Facebook Dating is the company’s rival to Tinder and OKCupid, harnessing the combined power of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp to help people connect. That includes the ability to use Instagram stories as dating pictures and to list secret crushes just in case they feel the same way. Facebook had initially said, back when it […]
Apple brings code-teaching app Swift Playgrounds to the Mac
[ad_1] The app’s transition from tablet to desktop (and MacBook) has been enabled by Catalyst, Apple’s framework for making iOS software run on macOS. It’s not entirely the same app as it was on the tablet, and now Swift Playgrounds works with the mouse, enabling click-and-drag for you to build your programs. And, with iCloud […]
Sony Pictures signs on for ‘Crossfire’ movie based on the popular FPS
[ad_1] While the Crossfire name won’t register as one of the most popular shooters for some US gamers — no, it’s not related to the board game with the tiny metal balls — the free-to-play tactical first person shooter is extremely popular in China and South Korea. In operation for over ten years, it claims […]
Canon’s EOS Rebel T8i reaffirms its commitment to DSLRs
[ad_1] It still features 45 cross-type autofocus points for optical viewfinder shooting, but now supports face-detect autofocus in that mode. If you go to live view, you can shoot at 7.5 fps using Canon’s accurate Dual Pixel AF system. On the video side, it can handle 4K video at up to 24p, but only using […]
Canon’s powerhouse EOS R5 will be its first mirrorless camera with 8K video
[ad_1] All that will be possible thanks to a “newly developed CMOS sensor,” Canon said. That will also open up faster shooting speeds, letting you capture bursts at 12 fps with the mechanical shutter and 20 fps using the silent electronic shutter. That will “facilitate shooting of athletes at sporting events and other fast-moving subjects,” […]
Senate bill would place a moratorium on feds using facial recognition
[ad_1] Facial recognition is both a powerful & problematic frontier—and one Congress needs to get ahead of NOW. @SenBooker & I are demanding a moratorium on federal use until we can be sure people of color won’t be wrongfully targeted, & Americans’ rights to privacy won’t be abused. pic.twitter.com/tIZfgBhZ88 — Senator Jeff Merkley (@SenJeffMerkley) February […]
Bloomberg: India may soon make controversial social media rules official
[ad_1] That means the provisions in earlier drafts still remain, including one that would require platforms like Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok to help the government trace the origins of a post within 72 hours even without a warrant or a judicial order. In addition, they have to disable the poster’s access to the platform […]
Pokémon Home is now available on Nintendo Switch, iOS and Android
[ad_1] The app is free to download, but if you want all to take advantage of all of its features, you’ll need to subscribe to Home’s Premium plan. The subscription will set you back $3 every 30 days, $5 every 90 days or $16 once a year. While you can use the app for free […]
AI can automatically rewrite outdated text in Wikipedia articles
[ad_1] The machine learning-based system is trained to recognize the differences between a Wikipedia article sentence and a claim sentence with updated facts. If it sees any contradictions between the two sentences, it uses a “neutrality masker” to pinpoint both the contradictory words that need deleting and the ones it absolutely has to keep. After […]