For some Google employees, there was a line that was crossed when their company forged ahead with a controversial new project in alliance with the U.S. government. Dubbed “Project Maven,” the work entails classifying objects and people from drone footage using artificial…
Facebook has suspended roughly 200 apps amid an ongoing investigation prompted by the Cambridge Analytica scandal into whether services on the site had improperly used or collected users' personal data. Facebook did not immediately provide detail on which apps were suspended or…
Few things succeed in riling up the Internet faster, unleashing a unique cocktail of amazement and terror, than a new Boston Dynamics robot video. In the past, the tech company, owned by Japan's SoftBank Group, has released videos showing its robots climbing…
Facebook’s attempts to bring “people closer together” is actually completely misfiring and having completely the opposite effect. The social networking site’s boss Mark Zuckerberg announced changes to its news feed that relegated posts from media sites in favor of news and updates…
Blizzard Entertainment is celebrating the second anniversary of its popular online hero shooter “Overwatch” with a bunch of new content, it announced Monday. From May 22 through June 11, players can log on and check out a new deathmatch map called Petra….
Some parents are lucky and are blessed with children who sleep really well from a young age. But for the bulk of us, bedtime can be a bit of a pain and we can often spend hours walking up and down the…
Favstar, a startup that has been analyzing and curating tweets based on their popularity on Twitter, is calling it quits. The service will go offline on June 19, announced Favstar founder Tim Haines over the weekend. Haines blamed Twitter’s decision to change the…
Facebook, as part of cleaning up the mess left in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, said it has temporarily suspended 200 apps that had access to large amounts of user data prior to 2014. Facebook didn’t identify any of the…
Apple TV is getting entrée into the pay-TV world — in France. Canal+ Group announced Monday it is offering the Apple TV 4K internet-streaming device as a set-top box option for its subscribers in France. Apple TV 4K will be available starting May…
Apple may have initially positioned the Apple Watch as something of a fashion accessory, but it’s become apparent in the years since its release that most users are drawn to the device for its fitness and health tracking capabilities. In turn, one…