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An anonymous reader quotes an article on DailyDot: Lending your car to a friend could be as easy as sending a text. That’s the future Volvo is imaging with its smartphone app that enables keyless entry for the driver — and anyone with permission to en… Continue reading Volvo Wants You To Ditch Car Keys For Its New Smartphone App
An anonymous reader quotes an article on DSLReports: AT&T is asking California taxpayers to give them $100 million so that it can provide several parts of the state with unreliable, slow and expensive DSL service. Under Assembly Bill 2130 (written … Continue reading AT&T Wants $100 Million From California Taxpayers For Aging DSL
Reader MojoKid sheds more light on NASA’s unmanned cargo ship: The Orbital ATK CRS-6 mission that launched last week at NASA Cape Canaveral, Florida not only delivered supplies to the International Space Station (ISS), but also carried a number of rese… Continue reading Behind the Scenes of NASA’s Orbital ATK ISS Resupply Mission
An anonymous reader cites an article on VanityFair: Former Facebook employee Chamath Palihapitiya won’t pull punches when it comes to lame tech companies. Palihapitiya’s firm, Social Capital, has backed numerous tech companies with valuations in the bi… Continue reading One of Silicon Valley’s Most Esteemed VCs Says Startups Are ‘Mostly Crap’
An anonymous reader cites an article on MacRumors: Just a few days after releasing the iOS 9.3 update, Apple stopped offering it to a selection of older devices including the iPad Air and earlier and the iPhone 5s and earlier due to an activation issue… Continue reading Apple Re-posts iOS 9.3 Build For Older Devices Affected By Activation Lock Bug
An anonymous reader writes: Famous TV personality Jason Bradbury, who hosts The Gadget Show, believes that the UK government is wasting its time trying to teach kids learn how to code. In a recent interview, he said, ‘My kids won’t need to code because… Continue reading Jason Bradbury Believes Coding Lessons In Schools Are a Waste of Time
An anonymous reader quotes an article on AndroidAuthority: Optics pundits have been crowing about AMOLED destroying LCD for a while now: they are thinner, brighter, more energy efficient and arguably offer better colors, higher contrast, and deeper sat… Continue reading AMOLED Displays Are Now Cheaper To Produce Than LCD
Reader Penguinisto writes: Recently, Microsoft put an AI experiment onto Twitter, naming it “Tay”. The bot was built to be fully aware of the latest adolescent fixations (e.g. celebrities and similar), and to interact like a typical teen girl. In less … Continue reading Microsoft’s ‘Teen Girl’ AI Experiment Becomes a ‘Neo-Nazi Sex Robot’
An anonymous reader cites a Digital Trends article: A Japanese AI program has co-authored a short-form novel that passed the first round of screening for a national literary prize. The robot-written novel didn’t win the competition’s final prize, but w… Continue reading Japanese AI Program Wrote a Short Novel, Almost Won a Literary Prize
On Wednesday, it was reported that FBI has contracted Cellebrite, an Israeli software provider specializing in mobile phone forensics, for $15,000 to break into the iPhone. It is believed that Cellebrite knows of a flaw in the iPhone which could allow … Continue reading Apple’s Lack of Bug Bounty Program May Explain Why Hackers Would Help FBI