E3 2022 Has Been Canceled

From CNET: The Electronic Entertainment Expo, better known as E3, won't take place this June, the show's organizer confirmed Thursday. This year's event was to be digital-only again, like the previous two years, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In a statement, the Entertainment Software...

Google Workspace rolls out updates to Meet, Chat and Voice

From ComputerWorld: Google Workspace has announced a range of updates to its Meet, Chat, and Voice applications, aimed at improving communication and collaboration for hybrid teams.

The bulk of the updates relate to Google’s videoconferencing platform Google Meet. As offices reopen and some workers...

The Human Genome Has Finally Been Fully Sequenced

From CNET: When the Human Genome Project was declared completed in 2003, it had mapped 92% of genes, with the rest remaining a mystery for nearly two decades due to technological limitations. Now scientists have finished sequencing the other 8%, and the human genome has finally been fully sequenced...

UPS Tests eQuad Electric Bikes for Deliveries in Dense Urban Areas

From PC Mag: hipping company UPS is already planning for an electric future in the air, but now attention is turning to the ground and an experiment using tiny, electric delivery quad bikes.

As Reuters reports, UPS has partnered with British engineering and design company Fernhay to trial the...

Google is using AI to better detect searches from people in crisis

From The Verge: In a personal crisis, many people turn to an impersonal source of support: Google. Every day, the company fields searches on topics like suicide, sexual assault, and domestic abuse. But Google wants to do more to direct people to the information they need, and says new AI techniques...

FTC Sues Intuit Over Claim That TurboTax is Free

From ExtremeTech: Ah, tax season: an approximately three-month chunk of the year in which we all bite our nails in front of an accountant or our computer, awaiting our financial fate. For those of us who go the DIY route, software like Intuit’s TurboTax claim to make our lives a little easier—but...

Motorola Becomes Third-Largest Smartphone Vendor in the US

From ExtremeTech: Motorola invented the cell phone, but it fell behind during the early smartphone era. The Google acquisition probably saved it, but it continued to slide under the ownership of Lenovo. Until LG stumbled, that is. New data from Counterpoint Research shows Motorola has risen in the...

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