May 6, 2019 These ‘cathartic’ stress robots can take a beating Whether it's a meditation app or looking at puppy videos, much of today's technology focuses on replacing your negative feelings with positive ones. But…
May 6, 2019 Neil Young book chronicles fight to improve digital music Music legend Neil Young has spent several years trying (and failing) to push high-resolution music to the masses. A new book by Young tells…
May 6, 2019 App stores pull dating apps after FTC warning about underage users You'd think that dating app developers would be sure to keep children from signing up, but that's not always the case. Apple and Google…
May 6, 2019 Alexa takes hands-free voice commands on Windows 10 PCs Amazon's Alexa app for Windows 10 now behaves more like you'd expect it to — that is, it behaves more like an Echo speaker….
May 6, 2019 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 Bash shell to Windows,…
May 6, 2019 FTC sues ‘iBackPack’ founder for deceiving crowdfunding backers After a months-long investigation into the practices of the crowdfunding campaign for iBackPack, the Federal Trade Commission announced today that it will sue the…
May 6, 2019 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 show a recreation of…
May 6, 2019 Apple’s first iPhone game in over a decade stars Warren Buffett Apple doesn't do gags by half-measures, apparently. Tim Cook made an appearance at Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting where he jokingly suggested in a short…
May 6, 2019 Tell Alexa to set a routine for sunrise instead of a specific time Amazon is rolling out a number of new options for Alexa routines. Starting today, you can set up a routine to trigger actions when…
May 6, 2019 Twitter lets you add GIFs to retweets As of today, Twitter users can include GIFs in their retweets. Users can also include up to four photos or a video. The update…