Read Google’s new Nest privacy promise and tell me if you’re swayed
Google wants to be inside your home. It wants to sell you cameras, alarm systems, and voice assistants to make
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Month: May 2019
Waymo’s self-driving cars are now available on Lyft’s app in Phoenix
Lyft riders in the Phoenix area will soon be able to summon one of Waymo’s self-driving minivans for a ride,
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Google Assistant is getting a hands-free ‘driving mode’ this summer
Google Assistant is already available in Android Auto and Google Maps, and the search giant announced today at its annual
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This software developer is using AI to imagine a more natural, car-free world
Chris Harris wants to get rid of all the cars, so he started designing an augmented reality app where they
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GM’s self-driving division Cruise raises another $1.15 billion
Cruise Automation, the self-driving division of General Motors, announced on Tuesday that it has secured a $1.15 billion investment, raising
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Brain scans reveal a ‘pokémon region’ in adults who played as kids
By scanning the brains of adults who played Pokémon as kids, researchers learned that this group of people have a
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12 new projects will finally show us how Facebook is changing democracy
Ever since the 2016 US election, some of the most urgent questions in tech have been about the impact of
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Microsoft is going to ship a full Linux kernel in Windows 10
Microsoft has surprised many in the Linux developer community in recent years. Surprises have included bringing things like adding the
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Watch Microsoft’s failed HoloLens 2 Apollo moon landing demo
Microsoft opened its Build developer conference in Seattle this morning with an awkward start. The software giant was supposed to
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Zhang Yimou’s action-fantasy Shadow sets gorgeous action in a morally gray world
Filmmakers often define their movies by making distinctive visual choices. Whether it’s Victor Fleming signaling The Wizard of Oz’s shift
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