Signs point to the rumored Amazon Fire TV Cube being a real device that may debut soon. AFTVNews first spotted a new page on Amazon.com that promotes the device with the slogan, “What is Fire TV Cube?” The page provides no other details about the device, but it allows those interested to sign up to […]
Facebook reported strong first quarter earnings today, marking a bit of good news for a company that’s been challenged with a torrent of bad headlines, a Congressional testimony centered on its chief executive, and what has shaped up to be its largest existential crisis to date. The Cambridge Analytica data privacy scandal came to light […]
There’s a lot of good stuff in Google’s major Gmail update. These include high-priority notifications, confidential mode, and better offline support. The bad news is many of the best features aren’t here yet. Here’s what you can put to work now. Smart Reply is a feature that’s been available in the Gmail mobile version since […]
The launch of YouTube’s new premium music service, “Remix,” will spell the end for Google Play Music All Access, according to a new report out of Droid Life which in turn credits an unnamed “reliable source” for the information. No specifics on the changeover from one service to the other were provided other than the […]
At an event in New York City today, Spotify revealed a redesigned app experience for its 90 million free customers. It’s the first major change to Spotify’s free tier since 2014, and visually it looks a lot like what The Verge reported earlier this month. Free listeners will now get on-demand access to 15 “select” […]
There’s a brand-new Lexus ES for 2019, and it’s better in all the right ways. Not only is it prettier to behold, the sixth-generation ES gets a healthy tech upgrade. And with its longer, lower, wider dimensions — not to mention some chassis upgrades — it ought to be a little nicer to drive, as […]
If you aren’t paying for a service, the old adage goes, then chances are that you are the product. But Facebook FB, -3.71% asserted otherwise in a blog post on Monday explaining its advertising policies, saying that its product is social media, not the users themselves. “It’s the same with a free search engine, website […]
WhatsApp, the popular messaging service owned by Facebook Inc (FB.O), is raising its minimum age from 13 to 16 in Europe to help it comply with new data privacy rules coming into force next month. WhatsApp will ask European users to confirm they are at least 16 years old when they are prompted to agree […]
Nvidia researchers have developed a new AI technology that can reconstruct holes or intentionally removed content from images. The technique, called “image inpainting,” is similar to the “content-aware autofill” feature that Adobe added to Photoshop CS5 in the late 2000s, a technology that “magically” reconstructed a deleted portion of an image based on the photo’s […]
The Nintendo Switch may soon be a haven for hackers, but not the kind that want your data — the kind that want to run SNES emulators and Linux on their handheld gaming consoles. A flaw in an Nvidia chip used by the Switch, detailed today, lets power users inject code into the system and […]
Bad news for YouTube: Last quarter, users uploaded millions of objectionable videos to the world’s largest video site. Good news for YouTube: Last quarter, the site pulled down millions of objectionable videos before any users saw them. The news YouTube wants you (and investors, and advertisers) to focus on: It is successfully training computers to […]
Toyota has even overhauled its Entune infotainment and made most of its advanced safety technology standard across the lineup. If you’re in the market for a large-mid size sedan, the 2019 Toyota Avalon is an excellent choice. Subjectively speaking, this new generation debuts an exterior design that’s just… well, it’s mostly terrible. That new grille […]
