Sources: Meta is struggling to move hardware manufacturing out of China; after abandoning its smartwatch plans, the company is still working on a wrist wearable
The company needs China's factories as it pushes to become a hardware producer — SAN FRANCISCO — For more than a year … Tweets: @lizzadwoskin , @geoffreyfowler , @pstasiatech , and @rnaudbertrand Tw...
Pixalate study: of the 1,000 most popular apps used by children, 67% in Apple's App Store and 76% in the Google Play Store send the ad industry location data
Apple and Google just look the other way. Here's how we stop it. — Imagine if a stranger parked in front of a child's bedroom window to peep inside. Tweets: @geoffreyfowler , @gregbensinger , @emma...
Rather than expecting users to read and consent to overwhelming privacy policies, laws and tech can help give them real privacy choices
Let's abolish reading privacy policies. Here's how we can use the law and technology to give us real privacy choices. Tweets: @oldenoughtosay , @geoffreyfowler , @geoffreyfowler , @washingtonpost , @...
A look at the key social media feedback loops that help Trump, where his high-profile influencers and rank-and-file followers push messages both to and from him
Researchers say the online feedback loop between Trump, high-profile influencers and rank-and-file followers is more dangerous than Russian disinformation. Tweets: @lizzadwoskin , @tripgabriel , @alfo...
Review of Amazon's Echo Frames, $180 Alexa-enabled glasses that debuted last year: their internet connectivity is flaky and Alexa is too chatty and disruptive
You have to really love Amazon's Alexa to let the Echo Frames whisper in your ear all day. — What do you call it when there's … Tweets: @geoffreyfowler , @geoffreyfowler , @brianroemmele , @shefalik...
Investigation shows Google Home and Alexa struggle to understand Indian, Chinese, and Spanish accents compared to accents from across America
THE ACCENT GAP — We tested Amazon's Alexa and Google's Home to see how people with accents are getting left behind in the smart-speaker revolution. Tweets: @drewharwell , @geoffreyfowler , @drewharw...