From The Verge: Google appears to be testing a new safety feature for Google Maps that will alert you if your car or taxi deviates from its route by more than 500 meters (0.3 miles). The feature was first spotted by XDA Developers, and it appears to be exclusive to India for now. “Off-route alerts”...
From PC World: Google Assistant already helps us out when we’re using the Maps app without taking over our screen or taking our eyes off the road, and now Google is bringing its AI chatbot to Waze too.
Rolling out to Android phones beginning today, Google Assistant will be fully integrated into...
From Forbes: Microsoft – which has flirted with trillion dollar valuations – will be bigger than Apple, Amazon and Google – but not Walmart – if it does a few things – and Apple, Amazon and Google don’t do the same ones, which they will have a much harder time doing. Let me explain.
The success...
From PC MAg: Back in 2010, hardware company Razer announced a gaming-enhancing intravenous liquid called Venom, in what turned out to be an April Fools' Day joke. Due to a surge in interest in real mental-enhancement beverages since (and a horrifying amount of fan interest in an IV-delivered serum)...
From Forbes: Windows 10 desperately needed changes to its upgrade system and they are finally rolling out. That said, they’re not a magic bullet and Microsoft has now warned users about an update which is going to be hit multiple times over the next few weeks, and before the company can do anything...
My colleague Jonathan Kwan was recently recalling his test driving experience with a mutual friend who was looking to replace his car. This friend apparently had driven his Honda Civic for many kilometers until everything in it was less than functional. To my surprise, they looked at cars from manufacturers like Audi, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz. As he continued his story, I had to wonder why someone would want such a big of an upgrade, especially...
From The Verge: Facebook won’t allow Huawei to pre-install its apps on smartphones anymore, Reuters is reporting. It’s the latest example of Western tech companies cutting ties with the beleaguered Chinese telecom giant after President Trump issued an effective trade ban against it.
Huawei phone...
From Forbes: In releasing its first iOS 13 beta this week, Apple might as well have written on a billboard that its class-leading 3D Touch haptic technology has been pulled from the next iPhones. Why? Because iOS 13 made every gesture and shortcut which relied on 3D Touch accessible instead via a...
From CNET: Google apparently has warned the Trump administration that its Huawei ban could endanger US national security.
The search giant's senior executives are pushing for an exemption from the Huawei blacklisting that basically banned US companies from doing business with the Chinese company...
From Forbes: I can't recall ever seeing the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) jumping in and warning users of Microsoft Windows to check if their systems are fully patched and, if not, to update now or risk a "devastating" and "wide-ranging impact." But that's what has just happened.
In an...
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