From The Verge: IBM will no longer offer general purpose facial recognition or analysis software, IBM CEO Arvind Krishna said in a letter to Congress today. The company will also no longer develop or research the technology, IBM tells The Verge. Krishna addressed the letter to Sens. Cory Booker (D...
From CNET: As Honda continues to ramp up production following an extended shutdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus, the Japanese automaker faced a new setback on Monday.
Bloomberg first reported the automaker was the target of a cyberattack of some sort, which led Honda to halt production at...
From PC Mag: Sony's PS5 event is now back on, and will be streamed on Thursday, June 11 at 1 p.m. PT via Twitch and YouTube. In a blog post, Sony warned that "this pre-taped program will be broadcast at 1080p and 30 frames per second [to ease] the show’s production process during a time when many of...
From Forbes: According to a new report in The Information based on purchasing data gathered by Second Measure, Instacart’s explosive growth during the COVID-19 pandemic has not just been remarkable in isolation—but in relationship to its competitors, including Walmart, Shipt, Amazon, FreshDirect...
From PC Mag: Back in April, Nintendo posted a notice to customers informing them unauthorized access had occurred to some 160,000 Nintendo Accounts. Now it seems, that total was quite a way off because it's just been updated to 300,000 accounts.
The unauthorized access was gained through the old...
From The Verge: Sonos is releasing its new app and S2 platform today. The new app (now with a tan icon) is now available on the App Store and the Google Play Store, and it will be the only way to control the company’s latest speakers: the Sonos Arc Dolby Atmos soundbar, Sonos Five, and new third-gen...
From PC Mag: The coronavirus pandemic may have slowed down the release of new hardware, but if leaked photographs are to be believed, Nvidia is still on track to launch GeForce RTX 3080 graphics cards this year.
As Videocardz.com reports, the first images of what looks to be a RTX 3080 graphics...
From CNET: Looking for a new computer to help with your quarantine browsing? HP is adding two new Chromebooks to its lineup that it hopes might win you over.
The two devices, a 14-inch model called the HP Chromebook x360 14c and an 11.6-inch called the HP Chromebook 11a, will be available at Best...
A few months back, when we were still in the office, my team decided to create different tier lists for various categories of junk food. It started with a candy tier list that covered all sorts of chocolates and gummy candies. As I was the team lead that week, I decided we should attempt to validate this list by bringing in a bunch of the candies and trying them out. A lot of this was inspired by a YouTube channel I follow, but it was also fun to...
A few months ago, a friend of mine traveled to Europe with his family and in-laws and came back right before the travel ban came in effect. I have to admit it was quite adventurous for him to hit up all the COVID-19 hotspots right when everything was just about to hit its peak in the old world, but I will have to throw in a plot twist and say that is actually not the main point of my story today. After he came back from Europe, he told the exact...
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