July 29, 2020 How to watch today’s tech antitrust hearing Photo by Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images Starting at 12PM ET on Wednesday, July 29th, the leaders of the tech industry are appearing before…
July 29, 2020 Service that uses AI to identify gender based on names looks incredibly biased Image: Genderify Some tech companies make a splash when they launch, others seem to bellyflop. Genderify, a new service that promises to identify someone’s…
July 29, 2020 Spotify says listener habits are almost back to pre-pandemic levels Spotify’s second-quarter earnings report doesn’t just tell us how many people are using the service, and how much money it lost. The documents also…
July 29, 2020 OKCupid security flaws could have given hackers access to user accounts The data contained in dating apps is both very personal and valuable to hackers, who can use it to make highly convincing cyberattacks. So…
July 29, 2020 The Big Tech hearings won’t lead to real change. That’s okay. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifying before Congress in October 2019. | Aurora Samperio/NurPhoto via Getty Images The heads of Apple, Facebook, Google, and Amazon…
July 29, 2020 How the CEOs of Apple, Google, Amazon, and Facebook plan to defend Big Tech today Photo illustration by William Joel / Photos: Getty Images Ahead of the antitrust hearing that’s due to take place later today, the opening statements…
July 29, 2020 How another video of COVID-19 misinformation went viral on Facebook Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge In May, we saw the arrival of the first viral hoax of the COVID-19 era: “Plandemic,” a…
July 29, 2020 Spotify experiments with shareable podcast quotes for social media The Michelle Obama Podcast’s first episode is now live on Spotify, and it has debuted alongside an experimental feature that makes it much easier…
July 29, 2020 Samsung could ditch Bixby and Galaxy Store as part of Google deal Samsung is considering dropping its Bixby virtual assistant and Galaxy Store from its mobile devices as part of a new global deal with Google.Read…
July 29, 2020 Mellow made its ‘smart’ sous vide machine dumb unless you pay a monthly fee In 2014, Mellow, Inc. released the Mellow for $399, billing it as “the world’s first smart sous-vide machine” — one that promised to automatically…