We know by now that the internet is a giant playpen, a landscape of toys, distractions and instant gratification, of chirps and squeaks and bright, shiny things – plus, to be sure, ugly, horrid beasties lurking in all the softness – apparently without horizon. Graphics – rounded corners, lower case, Google’s primary colours, Twitter’s birdie, […]
Amazon Considering Allowing Developers Access to Alexa Transcripts…
Amazon’s Echo system was one of the first mass-marketed home assistants available, giving it a head start over other devices such as Google Home. However, while Amazon currently does not allow developers access to everything users say, Google Home does; with Apple moving into the market as well, Amazon cannot afford to lose the lead […]
Volvo: All Vehicle Models After 2019 Will Be Electric or Hybrids…
All Volvo car models launched after 2019 will be electric or hybrids, the Chinese-owned company said on Wednesday, making it the first major traditional automaker to set a date for phasing out vehicles powered solely by the internal combustion engine. The Sweden-based company will continue to produce pure combustion-engine Volvos from models launched before that […]
New Device Allows Cops to Download All of Your Smartphone Activity in Seconds…
“Any person who operates a motor vehicle in the state shall be deemed to have given consent to field testing of his or her mobile telephone and/or personal electronic device for the purpose of determining the use thereof while operating a motor vehicle, provided that such testing is conducted by or at the direction of […]
Supermarkets Set to Introduce ‘Surge Pricing’ in Their Stores According to Demand…
Shoppers could be asked to pay more for ice-cream on a warm summer’s day as US-style ‘surge pricing’ looks set to hit UK shops. Major British retailers are exploring using new technology to constantly change prices according to demand in shops. The model is used widely in Europe and the US and by the popular […]
What Is An Algorithm?…
In the modern world, algorithms do much of the digital heavy lifting. Algorithms control the inner-workings of everything from particle accelerators to stock markets. They determine the news you see, what search results you get, how computers learn, and what gets recommended to you on Netflix or Amazon. In short, as Visual Capitalist’s Nick Routley […]
Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak: Why Robots Won’t Be Taking Our Jobs for Hundreds of Years…
Apple co-founder and Silicon Valley tech icon Steve Wozniak isn’t worried that robots will leave us all unemployed, not in the foreseeable future, anyway. Yes, technology has made our lives more convenient than ever before, Wozniak says, speaking at the eMERGE conference in Miami, Fla., Monday. “We have built all this technology to take care […]
Tech’s Social Conscience: Where Next?…
If tech is going to be a force for social good, Silicon Valley must take a hard look at itself and course correct. In an era of both increasing social divisions and unexpected alliances, the tech community must grapple with its ethical identity. How it takes action in support of the communities it so often […]
He Didn’t Give Police His iPhone Pass Code, So He Got 180 Days in Jail…
A Hollywood man must serve 180 days in jail for refusing to give up his iPhone password to police, a Broward judge ruled Tuesday — the latest salvo in intensifying legal battles over law-enforcement access to smart phones. Christopher Wheeler, 41, was taken into custody in a Broward Circuit Court, insisting he had already provided […]
Occupy Silicon Valley: The Next Populist Movement…
Standout gains in large technology stocks like Amazon.com and Apple show just how much the sector is disconnected from the sluggish growth on the rest of Main Street, one notable strategist said in a report titled “Occupy Silicon Valley.” The tech stock rally “could ultimately lead to populist calls for redistribution of the increasingly concentrated […]
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