In late 2019, the FCC officially banned companies receiving Universal Service Fund subsidies to use that money to buy equipment from companies deemed a “national security threat.” In other words, companies like Huawei and ZTE. The agency proposed a reimbursement program to help them, especially rural carriers, with the costs that come with changing existing equipment. Now, the FCC has…
Samsung has responded to some issues that early reviewers have found with the camera system on the new Galaxy S20 Ultra. The company says it’s working on an update to improve the camera, though it doesn’t acknowledge any specific problem or confirm when the fixes will be…
It’s 2020 and the headphone jack has basically died every death it could. After Apple quite literally pulled the plug from its iPhone 7, holdouts in the Android market have also been dropping support. Now, the only major “flagship” phone left with a headphone jack is…
More than 10.4 million people were infected with tuberculosis in 2016, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and 1.7 million of those people died from the resulting complications — many in developing regions with limited clinic access. That’s why Qure.ai pioneered qXR, a low-cost chest X-ray product that can identify abnormalities with AI. The company today announced that…
For most of us, Chrome is as pervasive on our Android devices as it is on our desktops, which is why we’ve compiled 10 of our favorite tips and tricks for arguably the most popular mobile browser.
Chrome on Android has plenty of little hidden features and tweaks that you…
iPhone: How to send handwritten iMessages
February 27, 2020
Want to add some personality and even some suspense to your iMessages? Read on for how to send handwritten notes in iMessage. We’ll also look at using invisible ink and other effects that can create a neat combination with handwritten messages.
iOS offers quite a few ways…
Researchers apply developmental psychology to AI model that predicts object relationships
February 27, 2020
Humans have no trouble recognizing objects and reasoning about their behaviors — it’s at the core of their cognitive development. Even as children, they group segments into objects based on motion and use concepts of object permanence, solidity, and continuity to explain what has happened and imagine what would happen in other scenarios. Inspired by this, a team of researchers hailing from the…
Roblox raises $150 million round led by Andreessen Horowitz
February 27, 2020
Online gaming platform Roblox has raised $150 million in funding in a round led by Andreessen Horowitz’s late stage venture fund.
It seems the folks at Andreessen Horowitz have been playing a lot of user-generated games on Roblox, like Work at a Pizza Place or Meep City…
The creator of the Konami Code has died
February 26, 2020
Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, b, a and start. It’s the most famous cheat code in all of gaming, and now its creator, former Konami employee Kazuhisa Hashimoto, has died. He was 61-years-old.
Konami confirmed the death on Wednesday, saying on Twitter…
You might expect a high-profile (and controversial) facial recognition startup like Clearview AI would have its data locked down, but it turns out it’s just as vulnerable as almost any other company to malicious individuals. In a notification obtained by The Daily Beast, the company says a recent vulnerability allowed someone to gain “unauthorized access” to a list of all of…
