[ad_1] “Our smartwatch integration allows us to capture information from our Members, add it to our AI+AI engine, and return actionable, personalized, and timely information back to them,” said Livongo president Dr. Jennifer Schneider in a statement. The Mountain View-based health startup, founded in 2014, currently serves over 164,000 active users. The technology is aimed […]
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The White House may host a social media summit next month
[ad_1] News of the summit comes shortly after President Trump told Fox Business Network that the US should sue tech giants like Google and Facebook and alleged that Twitter makes it hard for him to get his message out. Trump has already held private meetings with both Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Google CEO Sundar […]
British Airways will let you track your luggage with RFID tags
[ad_1] The move by British Airways reflects a greater trend of the airline industry embracing radio frequency identification technology. Delta rolled out RFID luggage tags back in 2016, allowing passengers to view their bag’s location on the FlyDelta mobile app. Last summer, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) voted to deploy RFID globally by 2020. […]
NSA improperly collected even more call records than we thought
[ad_1] The report finds that the NSA improperly collected call record data in November 2017, February 2018 and again in October 2018. The October violation suggests the over-collection problems persisted (or new ones arose) even after the NSA admitted its error, and it might have had something to do with the NSA’s formal recommendation that […]
Apple News debuts a guide to the 2020 Democrat hopefuls
[ad_1] The guide won’t simply be a hodgepodge of random headlines, but rather curated specifically by a team of Apple news editors, and as candidates drop out of the race, the guide will evolve to give more coverage to those still in the running. According to Apple, the 2020 Democratic field is “complex,” and the […]
Facebook, Google and others come together to set benchmarks for AI
[ad_1] The benchmarks, named MLPerf Inference v0.5, center around three common machine learning tasks: image classification, object detection and machine translation. Given the different processing abilities of different devices, there are separate benchmarks for AI across various platforms, such as smartphones, servers and chips. As well as providing best practice guidance for companies in the […]
Facebook tests controls that turn off those angry red notification dots
[ad_1] Facebook is testing the ability to toggle Notification Dots of the specific tab in the app This should address the long annoyance of tabs showing notification dots that don’t spark joy for the user pic.twitter.com/vtBLkbjKtE — Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) June 1, 2019 The bright red dots (officially known as badges) appear on the […]
Amazon funds STEM programs in Seattle schools
[ad_1] FIRST, which was co-founded by Segway inventor Dean Kamen, encourages young people to get involved in science and technology through mentor-based initiatives and robotics programs in schools. It provides the curriculum for the robotics grants. Amazon is already supporting 100 schools across 22 states through the Future Engineer program, with which it aims to […]
Airbnb Luxe offers castles, villas and islands for $1,000 per night
[ad_1] Each home listed must pass a rigorous evaluation, which considers more than 300 criteria, so you can expect to find elevated design standards, rare and unique features, chef-grade appliances and at least one bathroom per bedroom. You’ll also get a dedicated trip designer, who’s on hand to make sure your “bespoke experiences” are “truly […]
Employees can protest YouTube, just not near its Pride float
[ad_1] Some Google employees are planning to protest YouTube’s muted reaction to conservative commentator Steven Crowder’s harassment of LGBT journalist Carlos Maza. By itself, criticizing Google publically is not a violation of the company’s code of conduct. In the case of the Pride Parade, employees who hoped to protest Google or YouTube were warned that […]