[ad_1] Davis told Financial Times that Facebook’s goal is to shift its focus to preventative measures — ways to stop predators from contacting their intended victims in the first place — from content flagging and removal. She said: “When you find content, the problem with that is the harm has already been done. Ultimately you […]
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Pandora now works in Spanish on Alexa and Google Assistant
[ad_1] The music streaming service added Spanish support during Latinx Heritage Month — it recently added a station called El Detour to highlight artists at the forefront of Latin music. Along with requesting a song, album, artist, genre or station with your voice, you can thumbs up/thumbs down a track and use the typical playback […]
Lebanon plans to charge a fee for internet voice calls
[ad_1] This wouldn’t come without some kind of compensation. Telecom Minister Mohamed Chouchair promised “something in return” to be made public next week. This isn’t exactly an exorbitant fee. If you feel compelled to make a Facebook Messenger call while you’re in Beirut, you can talk to your heart’s content once the call starts. However, […]
Google Books redesign makes it easier to find background info
[ad_1] It’s Google Books’ 15th birthday, and the tech giant is celebrating it by giving the service a makeover. The redesigned version makes each title’s most pertinent information easier to access — and it puts details in neat little boxes that make them easier on the eyes. The classic interface already showed you a book’s […]
California’s Earthquake Early Warning system rolls out statewide
[ad_1] This system doesn’t predict earthquakes, and after quake’s early this year failed to produce a notification on phones in Los Angeles, the threshold for a warning has been lowered to at least a magnitude 4.5 and Modified Mercalli Intensity (MMI) of 3, which is similar to a truck driving by outside your house. According […]
Motorola invite hints at a ‘reinvented’ RAZR
[ad_1] Along with embedded GIF of something that looks like a hinged mobile device, it’s not hard to figure out what we’ll see, but the exact details of how it will work are still unclear. A patent filing uncovered earlier this year suggested a thin device that looks a lot like the old-school RAZR phones, […]
Arca will use AI to soundtrack NYC’s Museum of Modern Art
[ad_1] If you pay a visit to New York City’s Museum of Modern Art in the near future, you’ll be awash in artificial intelligence before you’ve even seen an exhibit. Electronic musician Arca (who has produced for Bjork and FKA Twigs) has announced that a piece she wrote using Bronze’s AI creative tool will provide […]
Get $24 off the Nintendo Switch on Amazon
[ad_1] If you’ve been waiting to purchase a Nintendo Switch, or want to update your existing unit, Amazon has a decent deal on the console. If you take advantage of an onsite coupon, you can get $24 off the console, making it $275, instead of $299. Note that the discount is applied on checkout, and […]
Supreme’s burner phone is a hypebeast’s dream
[ad_1] The phone sold out in seconds on Supreme’s site, and even though I had an early morning slot to get into the store, the red model was already gone. So I bought the black one you see here. Before we go any further, I know you’re probably wondering who asked for this? And the […]
Nintendo Switch sales top 15 million in North America alone
[ad_1] As Nintendo heads into a holiday season with both the OG Switch and Switch Lite on store shelves, the company is celebrating 10 months in a row of being the best selling console in the US, according to NPD numbers. That’s enough to cross the 15 million sales mark in North America, and just […]