Mitigating prejudicial and abusive behavior online is no easy feat, given the level of toxicity in some communities. More than one in five respondents in a recent survey reported being subjected to physical threats, and nearly one in five experienced sexual harassment, stalking, or sustained harassment. Of those who experienced harassment, upwards of 20% said it was the result of their gender…
Why ‘The Mandalorian’ cites Fortnite dev Epic Games in its credits
November 20, 2019
Disney+ is here, and one of its first big exclusive shows is Star Wars spinoff The Mandalorian. The series follows a mysterious bounty hunter as he takes on secretive job following the fall of the Empire. But outside of the many Easter eggs and action scenes, fans also…
Xiaomi is adding early earthquake warnings to MIUI phones in China
November 20, 2019
Xiaomi smartphone and set-top box owners in China will soon have access to potentially life-saving early earthquake warnings right on their devices. At its annual Mi Developer conference in Bejing, the Chinese electronics company said its MIUI 11-based smartphones and Mi TV…
Porsche CEO talks iPhone vs Android popularity among owners in the United States and China
November 20, 2019
Speaking today at the Automobility conference in Los Angeles, Porsche’s North American president and CEO, Klaus Zellmer, touched on the popularity of iPhone and Android among Porsche owners. Zellmer also explained how those statistics affect development of Porsche features.
The executive explained that among Porsche owners in the United States, 91% use an Apple device. That’s a very high…
There’s been a trend over the past couple of years of bringing titles from consoles and PC over to mobile, and now another hit is making the jump. Next year, Brawlhalla is coming to Android and iOS.
Blue Mammoth Games…
Sony AI unit launches to push R&D in gaming, cameras and food
November 20, 2019
Ever since Sony announced the return of Aibo in 2016, it’s increasingly focused on developing AI technology to push its products. Now it’s established Sony AI which will have offices in Japan, Europe and the US focused on bringing “world class fundamental…
Xbox One update helps you buy the games your friends are playing
November 20, 2019
It could soon be all too easy to cave into peer pressure if you’re an Xbox One owner. Microsoft is trotting out a Guide update that not only lets you obtain more info about the games your friends are playing, but buy them, install them or play them. It can even take you to the game’s official club if you’re interested more than just purchasing. You just have to select a…
Xiaomi’s Xiao AI assistant passes 49.9 million users
November 20, 2019
Today marked the kickoff of Xiaomi’s annual Mi Developer conference in Beijing, and the tech giant wasted no time in announcing updates across its AI portfolio. It took the wraps off the latest release of Mobile AI Compute Engine (MACE), its open source machine learning…
Brookings: AI will heavily affect tech and white-collar jobs
November 20, 2019
AI is set to have a big impact on high-wage, white-collar, and tech jobs, according to a new Brookings Institution study released today. The report analyzes overlap between job descriptions and patent database text, using NLP to assign each job an exposure…
Google Stadia’s data use is over 100MB per minute at 1080p
November 20, 2019
Google Stadia is every bit the data hog that everyone was expecting. The service warns that it can use between 4.5GB and 20GB of data per hour. Where you’ll fall within that range depends on the quality of the video feed you get from Stadia. But I didn’t want to just take Google’s word for this, so I set up a quick test. At 4K and 60 frames per second, 20GB per hour seems right in line with…
