September 26, 2018 DeepMind and Unity will work together on AI research Alphabet's DeepMind division is partnering with Unity to accelerate machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) research. The collaboration will focus on "virtual environments" that…
September 26, 2018 Lyft expands the ‘ditch your car’ challenge to 35 new cities Last month, Lyft challenged 100 Chicago residents to give up their personal vehicles for a whole month, and in exchange, they would get $550…
September 26, 2018 Alexa is down across the UK and parts of Europe Alexa appears to be down in the UK and parts of Europe with Twitter and Down Detector users reporting widespread disruptions with Amazon's digital…
September 26, 2018 Fujifilm’s Square SQ20 is an ideal modern instant camera Over the past few years, Fujifilm has been trying hard to make instant cameras a thing again. And the company has introduced yet another…
September 26, 2018 Former NSA staffer will go to prison for taking top secret documents home A former NSA employee with links to the Kaspersky saga has been sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison for illegally taking classified information from…
September 26, 2018 A robot that can peel lettuce takes us closer to automating delicate farm work There are lots of barriers to automating agricultural work. The cost of robots is one and the difficulty of integrating them into supply chains…
September 26, 2018 The Morning After: Space tourism and 100-megapixel cameras Hey, good morning! You look fabulous. Anyone interested in cameras needs to check out all the latest news from Photokina, like the incredible 100-megapixel…
September 26, 2018 Safari’s suggested search results have been promoting conspiracies, lies, and misinformation Safari’s Siri Suggested Websites search results have been recommending a litany of low-quality and conspiratorial websites, a report from Buzzfeed has revealed. Siri Suggested…
September 26, 2018 Google Maps now helps you plan group events If you've ever tried to settle on a place to eat, you know how time-consuming it can be. If you're not trying to describe…
September 26, 2018 Sikur launches high-security phones based on Sony hardware Sikur garnered attention with its reportedly hack-resistant GranitePhone back in 2015, but the follow-up has been a long time in coming — it only…