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Category: Technology
Category: Technology
Senator asks Jeff Bezos for more information on Saudi-linked hack – #amazon #jeffbezos #senate #saudiarabia #wapo #washingtonpost #whatsapp #spyware #hack #RoadmapforSuccess
Photo by Erin Schaff for The Verge One day after news broke that the crown prince of Saudi Arabia may have been personally involved in the hack of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ phone, a United States senator is asking for more information. “I encourage you to provide my office with information” As first reported yesterday
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Microsoft’s CEO looks to a future beyond Windows, iOS, and Android – #microsoft #windows #ios #android #cloud #future #RoadmapforSuccess
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella | Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images “What do you think is the biggest hardware business at Microsoft?” asked Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella last week during a private media event. “Xbox,” answered a reporter who had been quizzing Nadella on how the company’s hardware products like Surface and Xbox fit into the
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Lego releases new International Space Station set, sends it into the stratosphere – #Lego #ISS #stratosphere #internationalspacestation #NASA #toys #RoadmapforSuccess
Image: Lego Lego is back with another new amazing spacecraft build set. This time, it’s a fairly realistic replica of the International Space Station, the orbiting laboratory helmed by NASA and more than a dozen countries all over the world. To celebrate the new creation, the Lego team sent the tiny ISS made out of
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Go read this NYT expose on a creepy new facial recognition database used by US police – #NYT #facialrecognition #ai #artificialintelligence #database #clearviewAI #police #RoadmapforSuccess
Illustration by James Bareham / The Verge Hundreds of law enforcement agencies across the US have started using a new facial recognition system from Clearview AI, a new investigation by The New York Times has revealed. The database is made up of billions of images scraped from millions of sites including Facebook, YouTube, and Venmo.
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Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai says there is ‘no question’ that AI needs to be regulated – #alphabet #google #ai #artificialintelligence #regulation #RoadmapforSuccess
Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai has called for new regulations in the world of AI, highlighting the dangers posed by technology like facial recognition and deepfakes, while stressing that any legislation must balance “potential harms … with social opportunities.” “[T]here
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Huawei signs deal with TomTom for a Google Maps alternative – #huawei #tomtom #google #maps #RoadmapforSuccess
Photo by Sam Byford / The Verge Chinese phone maker Huawei will work with Dutch digital mapping company TomTom to put maps on its phones, Reuters reports. A TomTom spokesperson told Reuters that the deal closed “some time ago,” but it became public late last week. While TomTom maintains self-branded apps on iOS and Android,
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Microsoft puts the pressure on Slack with first TV ad for Microsoft Teams – #microsoft #teams #slack #TV #commercial #RoadmapforSuccess
Microsoft is unveiling its first TV commercial for Microsoft Teams this weekend. A 30-second ad will air during Sunday’s NFL playoffs, and will also be shown in the UK, France, and Germany next month. Dubbed “The Power of Teams,” the ad opens with boring business meetings, flip charts, ancient speaker phones, and slidedecks printed on
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The Touryst is a bite-sized, open-world vacation game – #TheTouryst #Shenenmultimedia #nintendo #switch #openworld #app #vacation #RoadmapforSuccess
It can be difficult to find time to finish a video game, especially if you only have a few hours a week to play. In our biweekly column Short Play we suggest video games that can be started and finished in a weekend. I was really into playing open-world games when the genre was still
Read MoreMicrosoft to invest an additional $250 million to address the affordable housing crisis in Seattle – #microsoft #affordablehousing #housing #seattle #investment #RoadmapforSuccess
A year ago Microsoft yesterday announced a massive $500 million investment over the next three years to tackle the affordable housing crisis in Puget Sound area. Likely due to the influence of tech company employees, over the past few years, the price of houses in Puget Sound region has gone up significantly and it has
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Moog’s new synth promises big bass in a pint-sized machine – #moog #synth #synthesizer #subsequent25 #subphatty #analog #fullsail #RoadmapforSuccess
Image: Moog Moog has officially announced a new synth called Subsequent 25 at this year’s NAMM in Anaheim, California. Replacing the adored Sub Phatty synth, Moog’s made several tweaks with the Subsequent 25 that make it capable of delivering even more powerful bass and thicker leads than its predecessor. The Subsequent 25 is Moog’s most
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