Amazon announced on Thursday that they have canceled their big plans to build a second headquarters in New York. This sudden move took both Amazon's allies and ...
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Facebook bans pages that spread Russian-backed videos targeting American millennials
On Friday, Facebook suspended several pages that published viral "news" videos viewed by millions that failed to disclose their Russian affiliations. After ...
Apple bought PullString: The AI for voice apps
On Friday, a report by Axios revealed that Apple has purchased the AI company PullString. When PullString (also known as ToyTalk) started in 2011, its main ...
Autonomous vehicles: The future of transportation
Autonomous vehicles are no longer simply the future of transportation; smart cars capable of driving themselves are already here. The real challenge is ...
Drone shuts down Dubai International Airport
On Friday morning, a drone sighting forced authorities to ground flights to and from the Dubai International Airport. The halt remained in effect for half ...
Instagram users lose followers due to bug
Several Instagram users woke up on Wednesday to see a follower count much smaller than the day before. Users initially believed Instagram had deliberately shut ...
Facebook might face a multi-billion dollar fine from the FTC
According to The Washington Post, Facebook and the Federal Trade Commission are negotiating a multibillion-dollar fine. The FTC is planning to fine the social ...
Twitter CEO makes drastic statements in latest interview
Kara Swisher from Recode interviewed Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on Tuesday and got some surprising responses to her questions. Several of Dorsey's statements from ...
LipPass verifies your identity based on your mouth movements
A new platform called LipPass is one of many new behavioral verification techniques for smartphones. Up until recently, identity verification involved simple ...
Jeff Bezos accuses tabloid of extortion and blackmail
Jeff Bezos, the CEO of Amazon, has accused The National Enquirer’s publisher American Media Inc. (AMI) and it's CEO David Pecker of blackmail and ...
Google is now making it easier to encrypt cheap smart devices
Data encryption has become a key feature of smart devices. It 's an underrated feature, and it's key to understanding one's privacy. Not every smartphone offers ...
Twitter shares quarterly earnings and loss in active users
Twitter reported on Thursday that its monthly active users had fallen from 326 million in the third quarter to 321 million. In its earnings report, the company ...
Facebook faces a strict ruling in Germany
In Germany, a ruling on Thursday has declared that Facebook abused its dominance in the social media market. A German antitrust watchdog had been investigating ...
UK government issues report with new guidelines for autonomous vehicle testing
The UK's Department of Transport said that it wants to test autonomous vehicles on roads in order to get the technology up and running by 2021. In a new report, ...
Musiio is using AI to make music more accessible
AI is the next big thing to happen to music (and everything else, it seems). The latest news is that Musiio, a Singapore-based startup that provides AI ...
