May 6, 2019 App stores pull dating apps after FTC warning about underage users You'd think that dating app developers would be sure to keep children from signing up, but that's not always the case. Apple and Google…
May 6, 2019 Alexa takes hands-free voice commands on Windows 10 PCs Amazon's Alexa app for Windows 10 now behaves more like you'd expect it to — that is, it behaves more like an Echo speaker….
May 6, 2019 FTC sues ‘iBackPack’ founder for deceiving crowdfunding backers After a months-long investigation into the practices of the crowdfunding campaign for iBackPack, the Federal Trade Commission announced today that it will sue the…
May 6, 2019 Apple’s first iPhone game in over a decade stars Warren Buffett Apple doesn't do gags by half-measures, apparently. Tim Cook made an appearance at Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting where he jokingly suggested in a short…
May 6, 2019 Tell Alexa to set a routine for sunrise instead of a specific time Amazon is rolling out a number of new options for Alexa routines. Starting today, you can set up a routine to trigger actions when…
May 6, 2019 Twitter lets you add GIFs to retweets As of today, Twitter users can include GIFs in their retweets. Users can also include up to four photos or a video. The update…
May 6, 2019 MIT finds smaller neural networks that are easier to train Despite all the advancements in artificial intelligence, most AI-based products still rely on "deep neural networks," which are often extremely large and prohibitively expensive…
May 6, 2019 Facebook fact checkers will soon review Instagram posts Fake news, conspiracy theories and misinformation aren't just problems for Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. They're also rampant on Instagram. While Instagram has been working…
May 6, 2019 Playing ‘Pokémon’ as a kid may have rewired your brain If you played Pokémon video games extensively as a kid, there's a good chance that a specific region of your brain gets fired up…
May 6, 2019 ‘Stranger Things’ plaintiff drops plagiarism lawsuit before trial A plagarism case against the creators of Netflix hit Stranger Things, Matt and Ross Duffer, has come to an end after plaintiff Charles Kessler…