AI & RoboticsNews

How power and transformative tech reshape our world

November 15, 2019
This week, VentureBeat launched a quarterly magazine. Like the AI Weekly, the special issue gives our editorial team a chance to reflect on important transformative technology influencing business, technology, and society. The first issue focuses on the relationship between power and AI. Power can shape AI, from how we define ethical use of artificial intelligence and protect personal data to how…
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GamingNews

The latest Xbox One update adds Google Assistant voice controls

November 15, 2019
Xbox One’s November update is here, bringing with it a bunch of new features and tools designed, as always, to improve your gaming experience. First up, and probably most notable, is the roll-out of Google Assistant voice controls. We’ve known this was coming for a while, and after a brief spell in beta, it’s now available to all Xbox users. If you’ve got a Google Assistant…
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ComputersNews

16-inch MacBook Pro is here (and so is our gift guide)!

November 15, 2019
Get ready for the holidays with an in depth look at Engadget’s holiday gift guide! This week, editor in chief Dana Wollman joins Devindra to chat about how we pick the best gadget gifts and some of the wildest choices we’ve made. And of course, we find time to…
ComputersNews

Lenovo plans sleek AR glasses that let PC users see multiple workspaces

November 15, 2019
Nreal captured plenty of attention with the January reveal of its smartphone-tethered Light AR glasses for consumers, and now Lenovo has revealed a similarly small alternative targeted at PC business users. While these glasses won’t be confused with sunglasses, the Lenovo AR Concept Glasses are small enough to carry anywhere and wear — a bit awkwardly — in public, where the company expects…
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GamingNews

'Minecraft Dungeons' will arrive in April 2020

November 15, 2019
Game developer Mojang last year unexpectedly announced that it was working on Minecraft Dungeons — a blocky take on classic dungeon crawlers. Now we know when we can finally expect it to land. Initially slated for 2019, Microsoft now says the game will be arriving on…
MobileNews

Germany forces Apple to let other mobile wallet services use iPhone’s NFC chip

November 15, 2019
A new German law passed yesterday requires Apple to allow other mobile payments services access to the iPhone’s NFC chip for payments to allow them to fully compete with Apple Pay. Apple initially completely locked down the NFC chip so that it could be used only by Apple Pay. It later allowed some third-party apps to use the chip but has always refused to do so for other mobile payment…
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