Where does your enterprise stand on the AI adoption curve? Take our AI survey to find out.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the U.S. agency responsible for developing technical metrics to promote “innovation and industrial competitiveness,” this week published a document outlining feedback and recommendations for mitigating the risk of bias in AI. The paper, about…
How AI is changing the nature of analytics
June 26, 2021
Where does your enterprise stand on the AI adoption curve? Take our AI survey to find out.
At its heart, artificial intelligence is an analytics tool. Its value comes from the ability to parse through enormous amounts of data, without direct human supervision, to identify…
As Google prepares to give Wear OS a soft reboot, the platform’s debut hinges on the arrival of Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Watch 4 series. This week, just days after the Galaxy Watch 4 Active leaked, supposed images of the Galaxy Watch 4 have now leaked as…
Last month, Google started rolling out an online revamp of Chat to free consumer accounts as part of the classic Hangouts migration. That Google Chat web redesign is now coming to paid Workspace users over the coming weeks with a number of enhancements.
Update 6/25: Google is now rolling out the Chat web redesign to all Workspace accounts. Previously, it was only available to domains that had…
TiVo Stream 4K Android TV update fixes YouTube TV freezing issues in time for Google freebie
June 26, 2021
Just a week after Google announced it would give the hardware away to some of its subscribers, the TiVo Stream 4K is picking up fixes for a rough YouTube TV issue that caused the app to crash at random.
ZatzNotFunny picked up on the rollout of a new firmware version for…
Android 12 puts a new emphasis on widgets, and perhaps just ironically, Spotify is now preparing a brand-new homescreen widget.
As a part of the Spotify 8.6.40/42 update, the app is adding support for a brand-new homescreen widget that ditches the old look, adopting…
Google TV home screen gains autoplaying video ads
June 26, 2021
One aspect of Google TV, and recent updates to Android TV, that fans haven’t been happy about is the addition of ads in the home screen. These ads on Google TV have now taken another intrusive step as they begin to autoplay a video right on your home screen.
Last year, Android TV gained a row of “Google Play Staff Picks” that occasionally included a formal “Ad” for a particular show or…
One of my favorite things about Fiido’s electric bikes is that the company has always done things a bit differently. And the Fiido L3 continues that tradition, while bringing along some key upgrades and improvements as well.
Those of you who remember my Fiido L2 review…
Here’s how the remote included with Walmart’s Android TV box works on Chromecast w/ Google TV
June 26, 2021
Walmart just launched a duo of Android TV streaming devices that are pretty standard but have two compelling selling points. For one, they’re both super cheap, and as a second point, the remote included with Walmart’s Android TV streamers looks really nice. In case you…
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
BASF will buy 49.5% of Vattenfall’s 1.5 GW offshore wind farm in the Netherlands.
Home energy efficiency upgrade company Sealed raises $16 million in Series B funding.
UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important…