June 9, 2020 Kindle update lets you delete docs directly from the device Confirmation before permanently deleting docs or books. | Photo by Thomas Ricker / The Verge Amazon now supports permanent document and book deletion from…
June 9, 2020 Listen to Google Meet’s impressive new background noise cancellation feature in action Image: Google Google Meet’s new AI-powered background noise cancellation has started rolling out, VentureBeat reports. Google announced the feature back in April for its…
June 9, 2020 Cities are using sewer systems as COVID-19 early warning signs Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images Each day, workers at the wastewater treatment plant in New Haven, Connecticut, siphon off a bit of sewage and…
June 9, 2020 Apple will announce move to ARM-based Macs later this month, says report Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple will announce that it’s shifting from using Intel processors to its own ARM-based chips this month…
June 9, 2020 Leaving content moderation to volunteers is empowering racists Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge I. Recently the president did a bad post, and a lot of people got mad. Twitter hid…
June 9, 2020 SpaceX’s next Starlink launch will boost three hitchhiking satellites to orbit Two of Planet’s SkySat satellites hitched a ride on this December 2018 launch of one of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rockets. | SpaceX In the…
June 9, 2020 Microsoft’s AI journalists confuse mixed-race Little Mix singers on MSN homepage The AI editors confused Little Mix’s Leigh-Anne Pinnock (left) and Jade Thirlwall (right). | Image composite: Getty Microsoft’s decision to replace human journalists with…
June 9, 2020 Twitter starts aggressively fact-checking tweets linking 5G to COVID-19 Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter is now fact-checking tweets that link 5G and the COVID-19 pandemic by adding a label that…
June 9, 2020 Court denies arrest warrant for Samsung heir Photo by Chris Jung/NurPhoto via Getty Images Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong has escaped arrest after a court in Seoul denied prosecutors’ request to detain…
June 8, 2020 IBM will no longer offer, develop, or research facial recognition technology Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge IBM will no longer offer general purpose facial recognition or analysis software, IBM CEO Arvind Krishna said…