If you thought Echos were only good for invading your privacy and enticing hackers, then boy do I have some news for you. Amazon just introduced a new addition to the Smart Home Skill API for Alexa: cooking. Your voice-controlled assistant could potentially be burning down your house in no time! Alexa’s new cooking capabilities […]
Although the Google Pixel 2 and 2 XL are second-generation devices most people will likely still consider ‘Pixel’ to be a new line overall. Especially when taking into consideration the competition the two Pixel 2 phones are up against, and how those competitive devices are part of a long smartphone line of succession. Which might […]
The 539-page Restoring Internet Freedom Order officially rolls back Obama-era rules. The Federal Communications Commission released on Thursday the final text of its order repealing controversial Obama-era net neutrality regulations. The 539-page Restoring Internet Freedom Order comes about three weeks after the agency voted 3-2 along party lines to dismantle rules passed in 2015 to […]
HTC and Motorola say they don’t throttle their phones’ processor speeds as their batteries age, something Apple last week acknowledged doing to prevent errors after iPhone owners documented slowdowns. In emails to The Verge, both companies said they do not employ similar practices with their smartphones. An HTC spokesperson said that designing phones to slow […]
By now you’ve probably heard that Apple has intentionally slowed down iPhones, just as some conspiracy theorists have been saying for all those years. It’s true, and Apple admitted as much. But the company isn’t slowing down iPhones to convince you to switch to a newer model. Instead, it’s to prevent unexpected shutdowns on older […]
A patent application published on Thursday revealed details on Apple’s autonomous vehicle research, which CEO Tim Cook has called the “mother of all AI projects.” The lengthy patent application titled simply “Autonomous Navigation System,” was published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday and has apparently been in the works since at least […]
Qualcomm has obtained a permit to test autonomous vehicles on public roads in California, the latest step in the chipmaker’s effort to gain a foothold in the self-driving car market. California’s Department of Motor Vehicles issued the permit, which authorizes testing for one vehicle and three drivers, on Dec. 12, a spokesperson from the agency […]
The Federal Communications Commission chairman who wants to hit the Delete key on the FCC’s current net-neutrality rules has one thing to say to his critics: Why the long face? FCC chair Ajit Pai made his case for repealing the open-Internet rules championed by his Democratic predecessor Tom Wheeler at an event in Washington hosted by two free-market-minded groups, the R Street Institute and Lincoln Network. […]
Facebook (FB) wants to make it a little easier to help people with new features that allow people to become a mentor for children, sign up to become a blood donor and help organizations like the Red Cross reach disaster victims faster. CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the new features at Facebook’s second annual Social Good Forum in New York on […]
Ah, it’s that time of year again! Carols ring, holly glistens, and Apple (AAPL) comes out with a new iPhone model. And we conveniently start losing or breaking our existing phones. That’s not just clumsiness at work. According to a study from the University of Michigan, it’s your psychology at work, attempting to help you […]
General Motors (GM) wants to help you get your favorite cup of coffee faster with its new Marketplace platform. Available for eligible Cadillac, Chevy, Buick and GMC vehicles, Marketplace lets you order your venti mocha latte with a double shot of espresso right from your car’s touchscreen. Marketplace, which GM says will roll out alongside a host […]
The size factor is widely cited as one of the primary reasons why some smart beta strategies offer out-performance potential over traditional cap-weighted indexes. However, simply allocating larger portions of an equity portfolio to small-caps over large-caps is not always a winning strategy. While smaller stocks may outperform their large counterparts over the long-term, small-caps are historically more volatile […]
