Why do customers buy products seemingly irrelevant to their web and voice assistant searches? That’s a good question — and one a team of Amazon researchers sought to answer in a study scheduled to be presented at the upcoming ACM Web Search and Data Mining conference in February. In the report, they say their analyses — which looked at purchases and “engagements,” the latter defined as…
Though it’s a coincidence that I’m writing this article roughly one year after my colleague Khari Johnson railed against the “public nuisance” of “charlatan AI,” the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) clearly inspired both missives. At the tail end of last…
Super League Gaming is making a big push into China with its new deal with Chinese media conglomerate Wanda Media, a subsidiary Wanda Cinema Games.
This partnership will bring live, competitive gaming to over 700 movie theaters that Wanda owns in China. This will let Super…
If the $5,999 base version of Apple’s 2019 Mac Pro wasn’t enough for your personal or professional needs, the company had no shortage of options to cover the bases — a fully tricked-out $52,599 version included enough CPU, GPU, RAM, SSD, and extra video rendering horsepower to sate the most demanding video professionals. Today, Apple officially opened orders for an even more deluxe version…
Trump lambasts Apple’s encryption stance on Pensacola iPhones
January 15, 2020
(Reuters) — President Donald Trump lashed out at Apple Inc on Tuesday, castigating the iPhone maker for what he said was its refusal to unlock phones used by criminals while benefiting from government help on trade.
Trump’s tweet came amid the investigation into the…
The Samsung Galaxy S20+ 5G arriving on February 11 has passed through Geekbench confirming key specs.
The Galaxy S20+ 5G, bearing model number SM-G986U, was spotted on the benchmark database with Android 10 which will be likely layered with One UI 2.0. The smartphone has…
Attorney General William Barr today requested Apple’s help in unlocking two iPhones connected to last month’s shooting at a Pensacola naval base, and said that Apple has provided no “substantive assistance” unlocking the phones. The FBI requested Apple’s help unlocking the same phones last week.
In his remarks today, Barr said that the FBI had received court authorization to search both…
Attorney General William Barr has joined the FBI in asking Apple to unlock two iPhones belonging to the man who attacked a naval base in Pensacola, Florida, in December. Barr also declared the shooting “an act of terrorism.”
Apple has given investigators details…
Super Nintendo World theme park teased with a music video
January 14, 2020
As promised, Universal Studios Japan is on track to open its Super Nintendo World park this summer ahead of the Olympic Games. Now it’s teasing the new area with a mostly-CG music video and song made by Galantis with Charlie XCX.
If you were hoping for a glimpse inside…
Mockup renders of the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip look awesome
January 14, 2020
2020 is turning out to be a very exciting year for smartphone innovation. Specifically, foldable smartphone inadvertently are summoning the return of the clamshell form factor with fully foldable displays. Following the Motorola Razrs announcement, Samsungs got the Galaxy Z Flip (formerly rumored as the Galaxy Bloom) in the pipeline.
The folks over at have produced some mockup renders of the…
