Tag: Tech
Glass Room by Mozilla & TTC in London
There’s a lot of high-brow, abstract talk about privacy and personal data. SEE ALSO: Moscow’s facial recognition CCTV network is the biggest example of surveillance society yet But when it comes to our personal experience with it, all we usually get is a long, boring, overlooked list of conditions that nobody reads before signing up […]
Google’s ‘Pixel Buds’ may be the key to breaking the language barrier
Mandatory Credit: Photo by AP/REX/Shutterstock (9114955r) Google Pixel Buds are shown at a Google event at the SFJAZZ Center in San Francisco Google Showcase, San Francisco, USA – 04 Oct 2017 Image: AP/REX/Shutterstock Out of all the products Google launched at its big event this week, there’s one that should have Apple really worried. No, […]
Google’s AI has some seriously messed up opinions
Not so friendly. Image: NurPhoto/Getty Images Google’s code of conduct explicitly prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation, race, religion, and a host of other protected categories. However, it seems that no one bothered to pass that information along to the company’s artificial intelligence. The Mountain View-based company developed what it’s calling a Cloud Natural Language […]
This isn’t the first time Dove rolled out a racist ad
Image: MARK ZUCKERBERG/FACEBOOK For all the good Facebook has done in the wake of Hurricane Maria, CEO Mark Zuckerberg sending his cartoon avatar to the ravaged streets of Puerto Rico on Monday afternoon stands out as a tone-deaf misstep. He capitalized on a natural disaster to promote his company’s new tech, and the whole thing […]
Google just announced the Pixel 2 and Pixel XL 2
Google announced the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL today at a special media event. Image: Youtube They’re finally here. Google just announced the new Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL smartphones today at a special media event in San Francisco. The new smartphones are set to compete directly against the iPhone 8 and iPhone […]