Alphabet's Verily launches a coronavirus screening website limited to the San Francisco Bay area, requires users to log in with their Google account
now. https://twitter.com/... @voxdotcom : It's more clear than ever that the Google website Trump described last week is not exactly what the American public will use to find coronavirus testing, @ada...
Behind Signal's push to go mainstream by adding features like iPad support, ephemeral images and video, downloadable customizable stickers, and emoji reactions
The encryption app is putting a $50 million infusion from WhatsApp cofounder Brian Acton to good use, building out features to help it go mainstream. Tweets: @a_greenberg , @nxthompson , @thevowel , @...
Google Assistant now lets users create reminders that can be assigned to friends or family, including scheduled time-based or location-based reminders
here's how Napier Lopez / The Next Web : Google Assistant can now nag your family with assignable reminders Eric Abent / SlashGear : Google Assistant can now remind your kids to do their chores Mahit ...
Q&A with AI pioneer and Turing Award winner Geoffrey Hinton on the evolution of neural networks, consciousness, teaching computers to dream, future plans, more
Geoffrey Hinton is one of the creators of Deep Learning, a 2019 winner of the Turing Award, and an engineering fellow at Google. Tweets: @jgvfwstone , @skdh , and @nxthompson Tweets: James V Stone / @...
Apple Watch Series 4 ECG feature goes live in the US as part of the watchOS 5.1.2 update, letting users detect irregular heart rhythms
another example of how humanity can shape technology for good. We believe that our work to help people better manage their health will be among Apple's greatest contributions. pic.twitter.com/XY1zfnIS...
A roundup of all the major announcements from Amazon on Thursday, from a new microwave to a subwoofer to new Alexa skills and developer tools
and that may say more about us than about them Geek News Central : Amazon Made it Rain Alexa Corbin Davenport / Android Police : Lenovo is working on more tablets with Alexa integration Kieren McCarth...
Inside Amazon's $1M Alexa Prize competition, which challenged students to build socialbots that could chat coherently with Alexa users in the US for 20 minutes
James Vlahos / Wired : Tweets: @wired , @jamesvlahos , @nxthompson , and @ashwinram Tweets: @wired : The Alexa Prize was a stroke of genius that allowed Amazon to not only to pick the brains of the s...
How CareCoach uses remote contractors, customized software, and avatars on a tablet to watch over, interact with, and help provide care for the elderly
Lauren Smiley / Wired : Tweets: @nxthompson and @wired Tweets: Nicholas Thompson / @nxthompson : A sweet, but also intense, story about the way robots, or digital puppies, can take care of people as ...
How CareCoach uses remote contractors, customized software, and avatars on a tablet to watch over, interact with, and help provide care for the elderly
ARLYN ANDERSON GRASPED her father's hand and presented him with the choice. “A nursing home would be safer, Dad,” she told him, relaying the doctors' advice. Tweets: @nxthompson and @wired Tweets: Ni...
Google I/O showcased a lot of good ideas and impressive research, but little practical application
As expected, the opening keynote of Google's I/O 2017 developer conference was a doozy. For two and a half hours, CEO Sundar Pichai and a handful of execs rattled off a staggering list … Tweets: @wir...