Taiwanese authorities detain Cody Wilson, mean to deport him
Enlarge / Cody Wilson speaks at the 2015 SXSW Conference for the premiere of the documentary, Deep Web. Amy E. Price/Getty Images for SXSW Defense Distributed founder Cody Wilson was arrested at a hotel in Taipei City's Wanhua District at around 6pm local time in Taipei today, according to reports in Taiwanese outlets The Liberty Times…
Expert system dislikes the bad and disenfranchised
The biggest actual threat faced by humans, when it comes to AI, has nothing to do with robots. It’s biased algorithms. And, like almost everything bad, it disproportionately affects the poor and marginalized. Machine learning algorithms, whether in the form of “AI” or simple shortcuts for sifting through data, are incapable of making rational decisions…
Microsoft’s Windows 10 October 2018 upgrade cannot inspect storage area– here’s...
Uh-oh, it looks like someone forgot to include the “check to ensure there’s enough storage space before installing” feature in the October Windows 10 update. As PC World reported yesterday, Microsoft quietly published a support document indicating people who attempt to run the impending October update on Windows 10 machines could find themselves rather frustrated…
Skype assistance pertaining to Alexa later on this year
Enlarge / Skype calling on Alexa hardware. Later this year you'll be able to say "Alexa, call Mom on Skype" and have Amazon's digital assistant do the right thing with Microsoft's messaging network. Microsoft and Amazon have been working to integrate their technology. Earlier in the year, Cortana and Alexa gained the ability to talk…
iFixit’s iPhone XS and XS Max teardown: Like the iPhone X...
The iPhone XS has a different battery design than the iPhone XS Max, which has the same design as the iPhone X. Here, the iPhone X stacked on top of the XS and XS Max. Note that there's a new antenna band. Camera components from the iPhone XS and XS Max. One of many shots…
Here are the upcoming Alexa functions we’re most delighted about
Amazon’s getting crazy with the Alexa updates this year. The trillion-dollar empire today announced dozens of upcoming features for its virtual assistant, the majority of which should roll out on Echo devices by year’s end. Read on to learn about the ones we’re most excited about. First up is a feature I’ve been waiting for…
Amazon’s Echo Wall Clock is my preferred brand-new Alexa gadget
Amazon announced a plethora of new products today, including about four hundred devices which will have Alexa in them. Highlights include the Echo Auto, the Alexa Guard, and an AmazonBasics Microwave that includes an Alexa Connect Kit. All fine and dandy, I’m sure — but the product that most intrigues me is probably also the…
