[ad_1] In an interview with CBS This Morning, the company’s CEO, Hoan Ton-That, said Clearview plans to challenge the cease-and-desist letters in court. Ton-That compared Clearview’s practice of scraping the internet for images to what Google does with its search engine. “Google can pull in information from all different websites,” he said. “So if it’s […]
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Uber can resume testing its self-driving cars in California
[ad_1] After the fatal crash, Uber stopped testing its self-driving cars in all four of its testing grounds — Tempe, Arizona; Toronto; San Francisco and Pittsburgh. However, the company resumed testing in Pittsburgh just months later, and has plans to begin tests in Washington, D.C. by the end of the year. About a year after […]
GM will bring Super Cruise to 22 vehicles by 2022
[ad_1] GM had already outlined plans to deploy Super Cruise on all Cadillac models and other brands sometime in 2021, but hadn’t given numbers like this. While it’s a significant expansion, GM is still being relatively conservative. Super Cruise only allows semi-autonomous driving on specified highways in North America where Tesla’s Autopilot works on many […]
Teenage Engineering wants you to ‘hack’ its IKEA line with 3D printing
[ad_1] The hacks include add-ons like a cup holder to attached to the side of your speaker, handles and wheels for speaker and light combos and a wall mount. Like the FREKVENS line, the accessories are blocky and modular, with pops of bright red, yellow, blue and teal — though you can choose your own […]
Windows 10’s built-in search is down following possible Microsoft outage
[ad_1] Microsoft says it looked into and resolved an issue that was causing access and latency issues “with multiple Microsoft 365 services.” However, it appears some people are still experiencing issues. In either case, we’ve reached out to the company for additional context, and we’ll update this article when we hear back. People over on […]
Spotify is the new heavyweight champ of podcasts
[ad_1] Alongside its Q4 2019 and full-year earnings report this morning, the company announced that it is acquiring The Ringer, a popular sports and culture media company. The Ringer is still relatively new, having only started in 2016. However, its creator, former ESPN writer and commentator Bill Simmons, is well-known to sports fans. Simmons started […]
‘Nioh 2’ killed me 14 times in 90 minutes
[ad_1] Nioh 2 is actually a prequel to the original game from 2017. In the OG, you played as Irish sailor, William, who had to hunt down an evil sorcerer during Sengoku-period Japan. In Nioh 2, William won’t be born for at least a century. The story takes place in the year 1500. You play […]
Autonomous flying taxi Cora set for passenger trials in New Zealand
[ad_1] If the names Cora or Kitty Hawk sound familiar to you, it’s because they’ve been kicking about in this sector for a while, albeit in varying forms. Kitty Hawk was formed in 2016; a secretive flying-car company that enjoyed the lucrative backing of Google co-founder Larry Page. Under the management of Sebastian Thrun — […]
Spotify is buying The Ringer to boost its sports coverage
[ad_1] Dawn Ostroff, Spotify Chief Content Officer, said that she looks forward “to putting the full power of Spotify behind The Ringer as they drive our global sports strategy.” It looks as if Simmons’ team at The Ringer will be encouraged to keep doing its own thing, in the hope of reaching an even larger […]
See how VFX artists included Carrie Fisher in ‘The Rise of Skywalker’
[ad_1] Whatever your opinion on Rise of Skywalker, we can probably all agree that its effects were pretty impressive — not least because of the seamless inclusion of Carrie Fisher’s scenes. The iconic Leia actress had only recorded a small amount of footage before she passed away. Now, the studio behind the film’s VFX, Industrial […]