May 1, 2019 Spotify is testing podcast suggestions for your commute In the past couple months, Spotify has doubled down on its podcasting efforts. It's invested hundreds of millions and acquired Gimlet, Anchor and Parcast….
May 1, 2019 Facebook has a three-part plan for making AI more ‘inclusive’ Facebook kicked off the second day of F8 2019, its annual developers conference, with a keynote about the technologies it uses to combat abuse…
May 1, 2019 Putin signs Russian internet isolation bill into law Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a bill into law on Wednesday that will tighten government control over the internet. The new law requires that…
May 1, 2019 Epic buys Rocket League developer Psyonix, will stop selling the game on Steam Fortnite creator Epic Games announced today that it’s acquired the independent game development studio Psyonix, makers of the massively popular vehicular soccer game Rocket…
May 1, 2019 IBM hopes AI can speed up glaucoma treatment A glaucoma diagnosis typically requires multiple painstaking tests to accurately gauge vision loss. If IBM has its way, though, you might just have to…
May 1, 2019 Lyft hires ex-Google engineer to be its new head of AI Lyft announced today that it is hiring Tal Shaked, an engineer who previously worked at Google, to serve as its first-ever head of machine…
May 1, 2019 Lyft loses effort to overturn NYC’s driver wage law Lyft’s effort to overturn New York City’s first-in-the-nation minimum wage law for drivers was blocked by a state judge Wednesday, according to Business Insider….
May 1, 2019 UK sacks Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson over Huawei leaks UK Prime Minister Theresa May fired the country's Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson today over his role in a recent Huawei leak. Last week, we…
May 1, 2019 Spotify tests placing podcast episodes alongside music recommendations Spotify is spending millions to become a major player in podcasting, and today we got a look at how it might begin promoting shows:…
May 1, 2019 Fortnite’s volcano is starting to erupt Back in February, season 8 of Fortnite introduced a volcano to the game’s ever-changing island, and now it’s finally starting to erupt. Events were…