August 19, 2020 BlackBerry Phones Aren’t Dead Yet When TCL chose not to renew the license allowing it to make BlackBerry phones earlier this year, it seemed like a once-great smartphone brand…
August 19, 2020 Facebook gamifies data collection to boost conversational AI In a preprint paper, Facebook researchers propose a gamified approach to collecting data to train conversational AI models.Read More via VentureBeat Check out the…
August 19, 2020 Pew: 73% of Americans believe social media platforms censor political speech Ahead of the 2020 election, Pew Research found that a majority of American adults believe social media platforms censor political speech.Read More via VentureBeat…
August 19, 2020 Cerebras puts ‘world’s largest computer chip’ in Lassen supercomputer Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory said it has integrated Cerebras Systems’ wafer-scale computer chip into its Lassen supercomputer.Read More via VentureBeat Check out the Finding…
August 19, 2020 Most Americans think social media companies are censoring people Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones helped push unfounded claims that social media companies suppress conservative content into the political mainstream. | Gary Miller/Getty Images Three-quarters…
August 19, 2020 Apple is now a $2 trillion company Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple has become the first US company to hit a market cap of $2 trillion. It’s an…
August 19, 2020 Nintendo is bringing the Switch to Brazil at last More than five years after it stopped all of its direct sales in Brazil, Nintendo says it will soon release the Switch in the…
August 19, 2020 Recent damage to the Arecibo telescope could keep it offline for months It could take several months to repair the recent damage to Arecibo Observatory, SpaceNews reports. During a NASA meeting earlier this week, Lindley Johnson,…
August 19, 2020 Hasbro Recalls a Pair of Super Soakers Because of Their Dangerous Stickers When the Super Soaker was first released back in 1990, it sparked a huge controversy when miscreants reportedly started filling the large tanks with…
August 19, 2020 Wildfires Explode Across California Amid Record Heat Wave If you haven’t already heard, California is on fire. Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency on Tuesday for the disaster unfurling. The…