NEW YORK (AP) — Your ability to watch and use your favorite apps and services could start to change — though not right away — following the official demise Monday of Obama-era internet protections.
Apple recently unveiled a slew of new features coming to the software that powers its devices but the tech giant has included plenty of useful updates that went unmentioned at last week’s developers conference.
A Russian company affiliated with the Russian space agency Roscosmos claims that it is working on developing a laser that could eliminate space debris.
India finds itself in the grip of tech-fueled hysteria as two more men were killed because of false rumors—spread via WhatsApp—that they were kidnapping children.
Uber has come under fire for its atrocious work culture (something it's working on fixing) and the negative impact it has had on the value of taxi medallions, something advocates are concerned may have led to a string of taxi cab driver suicides. However, a recent patent application by the company could show whether a rider is drunk, before they even get in the car.
The controversial Louis Farrakhan was given a slap on the wrist by Twitter over the weekend when he lost his verified status after the Nation of Islam leader posted a video warning about “the Satanic Jew.”
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on Sunday came under fire for tweeting about spending money at a Chick-fil-A restaurant in Los Angeles over the owner’s views on gay marriage.
David Simon, the creator of HBO’s “The Wire,” says he’s been banned from Twitter after sending a tweet that wished death upon a supporter of President Donald Trump.
In the wake of a joint investigation by China Labor Watch and the Guardian, Amazon has admitted to labor violations at a Foxxcon factory in Hengyang, China where workers assemble countless Echo devices and Kindle readers.
More than any other device, Alexa has become our closest approximation of artificial intelligence. She has a voice and personality, and if you ask the right question, she’ll even get sassy with you. Users even refer to Alexa as “she.” We usually prefer to say her name, rather than the name of the device itself, Amazon Echo.
I am really concerned about the Amazon Alexa recording what I say and then sharing that file with who knows who. What can I do about it, short of removing Alexa from my life?
The Army’s new “Vision” for future war calls for a fast-moving emphasis on long-range precision fire to include missiles, hypersonic weapons and extended-range artillery -- to counter Russian threats on the European continent, service officials explain.
When people see machines that respond like humans, or computers that perform feats of strategy and cognition mimicking human ingenuity, they sometimes joke about a future in which humanity will need to accept robot overlords.