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NapBot Apple Watch sleep tracker adds iPhone-free app, new complications, awake trends

January 20, 2020
Apple Watch sleep tracking app NapBot is out today with a big update that brings some handy new features including background tracking so it can work without iPhone, daily notifications, support for all complication types, redesigned Siri watch face card, trend for awake minutes, and more. NapBot is an automatic sleep tracker that works with Apple Watch and iPhone to offer helpful insight about…
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WhatsApp is only the second non-Google Android app to hit 5 billion installs

January 20, 2020
There are only a few apps on the Google Play Store to have reached the mythical 5 billion install figure, bar some of the pre-installed Google options. Third-party messaging app WhatsApp is now only the second non-Google app to do so, having amassed the figure over a decade on Android and the Play Store. Given the popularity of WhatsApp around the globe, it probably comes as no surprise and…
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai calls for 'sensible regulation' of AI

January 20, 2020
Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai takes his sweet time getting to the point in a new Financial Times editorial. But when he gets there, he leave’s little room for interpretation: “…there is no question in my mind that artificial intelligence needs to be regulated. It is too important not to.” After laying out his relationship with technology and offering a few…
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AI Weekly: Meta analysis shows AI ethics principles emphasize human rights

January 20, 2020
One of the trends that came into sharp focus in 2019 was, ironically, a woeful lack of clarity around AI ethics. The AI field at large was paying attention to ethics, creating and applying frameworks for AI research, development, policy, and law, but there was no unified approach. The committees and groups, from every sort of organization related to AI, that sought to address AI ethics were coming…
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