Google ends official support for the original Pixel 1 phone
Death Stranding Review
There is no elevator pitch for Death Stranding. Every inch of the game teems with meaning or implication. Even the most pretentious developments build to create a multi-layered game. It is a story about fatherhood. It is a dig at the gig economy. It is deeply concerned with environmental disaster...
Nvidia will provide the USPS with AI tech to boost efficiency
UPS and CVS deliver prescriptions using commercial drones
UPS last month was granted permission by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to operate as a “drone airline,” effectively allowing it to conduct business nationwide using drones as delivery vehicles. UPS was the first company to be awarded this certification and predictably, it wasted little time in taking to the...
Adobe's Project Awesome Audio turns the worst audio into professional sounding recordings
Editing recorded audio can be a real chore. Unwanted noise and microphone artifacts can ruin a podcast. Fortunately, a lot of that can be cleaned up with audio editing software like Adobe’s Audition. However, each problem requires a specific tool and knowledge of how to adjust the parameters to eliminate...
Uber is still burning cash at an alarming rate
Uber for the third quarter of 2019 reported revenue of $3.8 billion, an increase of 30 percent year-over-year, as gross bookings climbed 29 percent to $16.5 billion. Trips were also on the rise, from 1.3 billion in the year-ago period to 1.8 billion through the three-month period ending September 30 – an increase of 31 percent.
Siri, Alexa, and Google Home can be hacked with a laser
For the last few years, tech giants like Amazon, Google, Apple, and others have been busy building smart devices that can be controlled by voice. Naturally, a lot of people have questioned the privacy and security implications, and even more so after news broke that Amazon and Apple used thousands...
Teen solves vehicle blind spot issue using webcam and projector
Opinion: Microsoft Cortana pivot highlights evolving role of voice-based computing
As time has passed, it’s become clear that Alexa and Google Assistant have become the dominant forces in the “general” assistant market—where you basically can ask a wide variety of different questions—with Siri continuing to remain an important, but much less influential player. Microsoft’s Cortana, on the other hand (and...