GamingNews

The PS4’s Facebook integration comes to an abrupt end, but it should only be temporary

October 7, 2019
Sony today disabled the ability for PlayStation 4 owners to link the game console to their Facebook account. That in turn disabled the ability to use your Facebook profile photo as your official PlayStation Network avatar, the ability to find friends using your Facebook friends list, and the share features that let you transfer gameplay videos and screenshots. There was no warning of the change…
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MobileNews

Toyota extends Android Auto support to 2020 RAV4 and C-HR

October 7, 2019
Earlier this year Toyota finally confirmed it would be including Android Auto on some of its vehicles. Now, it’s been confirmed that the Toyota RAV4 will also include Android Auto as a standard feature with the new model year. According to TheCarConnection, all models of the 2020 Toyota RAV4 will include Android Auto as a standard feature. This includes the LE, XLE, Adventure Grade, Limited…
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GamingNews

Apple TV finally gets an official Twitch app, years after everyone else

October 7, 2019
It’s been a good day if you have an Apple TV — Spotify has released an Apple TV app, and now, Twitch has an Apple TV app as well (via Engadget). Before today, you had to rely on third-party apps like Twitchy if you wanted to watch Twitch on your Apple TV. Image: Apple It looks a lot like browsing Twitch, but on a bigger screen. There’s a “Home” tab that shows games and channels you…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Facebook’s AI uses schemas to teach robots to manipulate objects in less than 10 hours of training

October 7, 2019
How might a two-armed robot go about accomplishing a task like opening a bottle? Invariably, it’ll need to hold the bottle’s base with one hand while grasping the cap with the other and twisting it off. That high-level sequence of steps is what’s known as a schema, and it’s thankfully uninfluenced by objects’ geometric and spatial states. As an added bonus, unlike reinforcement learning…
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