“Echo woke up due to a word in background conversation sounding like ‘Alexa,’” the statement reads. “Then, the subsequent conversation was heard as a “send message” request. At which point, Alexa said out loud “To whom?” At which point, the background conversation was interpreted as […]
Day: May 25, 2018
US news sites are ghosting European readers on GDPR deadline
A cluster of U.S. news websites has gone dark for readers in Europe as the EU’s new privacy laws went into effect on Friday. The ruleset, known as General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), outlines a robust set of requirements that internet companies collecting any personal […]
Greece, Macedonia name dispute talks narrow, intensify: UN envoy
Greece, Macedonia name dispute talks narrow, intensify: U.N. envoy … He said the two ministers would now travel to Brussels and continue talks there … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel #tours
Uber’s Self-Driving Crash, Elon’s Twitter Rage, and More Car News This Week
The college students who turned a Chevy Camaro into a planet-loving muscle car are the bright spot in a rough week. Ecocar 3 Nothing will make you believe that time is a deeply personal experience than seven days like those the WIRED transportation desk just […]
Vegano insultato e picchiato a Milano, l’aggressore 18enne studia da cuoco: ai domiciliari
Studia da cuoco, era ubriaco e voleva soltanto prendere un po’ in giro ai vegani. E’ quanto è emerso dall’interrogatorio che il gip Livio Cristofano ha fatto allo studente di 18 anni arrestato dopo aver insultato e rapinato un cliente di un ristorante vegano nel […]
ESPN+ will stream live ‘League of Legends’ tournaments
Sure, you’ll still be able to watch on Twitch for free, but what this does is ensure that folks who’d typically not watch eSports will be exposed to a tourney, and hell, might even stop to watch out of curiosity. Well, so long as their […]
Tesla settles class action suit over Autopilot claims for $5M
Tesla has paid out $5 million to settle a class action lawsuit against it alleging that the Autopilot feature in the company’s cars was “essentially unusable and demonstrably dangerous.” Owners who paid $5,000 for Autopilot will be reimbursed to the tune of a couple hundred […]
Apple’s self-driving partnership is the next phase of ‘Apple as a service,’ Loup Ventures’ Gene …
Apple is providing software for automaker partner Volkswagen, according to report … The report indicated that Apple has adjusted its self-driving dreams in … a car (just ask Tesla) and the size of the opportunity, it makes sense for Apple to … Elon Musk, co-founder […]
SFGATE: Big rig fire, crash near Vallejo kills one, seriously injures another
Big rig fire, crash near Vallejo kills one, seriously injures another Published on May 25, 2018 at 06:54PM by By Sophie Haigney A big rig on fire and subsequent car crash on Interstate 80 near Vallejo left one person dead and another with major injuries, […]
New Windows 10 preview gives you a slicker Edge browser and more
Yesterday (May 24), we reported that a new Windows 10 preview wouldn’t emerge this week due to some major issues. Well, it turns out Microsoft was mistaken – more on that later – and in fact a fresh build has just been released for testers […]