January 24, 2019 Apple’s next AirPods will support hands-free ‘Hey Siri’ voice commands Apple’s first beta for iOS 12.2 contains strong evidence that we’re nearing an AirPods hardware refresh. As reported by 9to5Mac, the beta includes a…
January 24, 2019 House Democrats want to know if the FCC rigged a legal fight over 5G Leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission today demanding information concerning possible coordination between FCC…
January 24, 2019 Arturia’s MicroFreak is an affordable synth that lives up to its name Arturia already has a compelling low-cost analog synth in the MicroBrute. And an affordable analog drum machine in the DrumBrute Impact (that FM drum…
January 24, 2019 Amazon is taking more control over smart home tech Amazon now has a say in the development of a commonly used smart home standard, giving the company more power as it continues to…
January 24, 2019 DeepMind’s AI agents conquer human pros at Starcraft II AI agents developed by Google’s DeepMind subsidiary have beaten human pros at Starcraft II — a first in the world of artificial intelligence. In…
January 24, 2019 Fable moves away from VR and towards AI-powered ‘virtual beings’ Edward Saatchi is the rare VR studio head who doesn't have much faith in the future of virtual reality movies. That's what we learned…
January 24, 2019 Google asks Supreme Court to rule on when code can be copyrighted After years of back-and-forth legal rulings, Google is asking the Supreme Court to make the final call in its infamous dispute with Oracle. Today,…
January 24, 2019 How to pick the Amazon Echo that’s right for you Alexa seems to be everywhere. As of early 2019, Alexa is on 100 million devices around the world (and counting), it has over 15,000…
January 24, 2019 Senators demand investigation into carrier location-selling scandal Several senators are calling on the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission to investigate how carriers share customers' real-time phone location data,…
January 24, 2019 Finally, an ad you can expense (ft. 2 Chainz) The podcaster and pundit Matt Christman tweeted something prophetic on January 20th, 2017, the day Donald ***** was inaugurated as the president of the…