Xiaomi has a long history of shadowing Apple’s moves, and that now includes one of its cutesier inventions: Memoji. As part of the launch of its CC9 phone series, Xiaomi has introduced human “Mimoji” (it previously had animals) that are a not-so-subtle riff on Apple’s 3D avatars. While Apple doesn’t have a…
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TikTok data privacy issues are far from over, latest news reveal that it’s under investigation in the UK also for how it handles the safety and privacy of young users. UK Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham told a parliamentary committee on Tuesday that the popular short-form video app potentially violated GDPR…
Intel and a team of automotive companies have teamed up to create new guidelines for autonomous vehicles. The intention of the “Safety First Automated Driving” paper, published today, is to establish a framework of universal safety principles that all self-driving cars should abide by. The standards deal primarily with how the industry…
It just received approval to begin commercial testing.
Currently some WhatsApp users are finding themselves banned from the platform…but the question is WHY? Merely because Facebook-owned messaging service is fighting to ensure that people aren’t using unauthorised apps to access it. Some third-party apps like GB WhatsApp and WhatsApp Plus add extra features to the service, but they…
MONET Technologies, a joint venture launched by Softbank and Toyota to provide on-demand mobility services eventually with an autonomous module bus, has five new partners. Five Japanese automakers including Isuzu Motors, Suzuki Motor Corp., Subaru, Daihatsu and Mazda will each invest 2% in the venture. Softbank and Toyota each own 35% of the…
Are you one of those people annoyed by those anxiety-inducing red dots constantly appearing on the Groups, Watch, or other tabs in your Facebook app? Well the social network may be easing up a little in its unending war for your attention. Facebook is now testing a toggle to turn off…
It can gather energy from the sun, but not a huge amount.
At its NextGen event, BMW today premiered the next generation of its adaptive cruise control system, which will be able to detect and automatically stop at red lights. This isn’t exactly autonomous driving just yet, but it’s clearly an effort to bring some of these advanced cruise control features from…
At a tech-focused event in Munich, Germany this week, BMW officials have repeated the mantra that they deliver what they promise. Turns out, they also deliver quicker than they originally promised. The automaker originally stated that it would have 25 electrified vehicles on the road in 2025. Now BMW says…
The fate of Microsoft’s mobile efforts still bothers the company’s founder.
Three new gadgets are coming to the SmartThings platform, and two of them don’t need a hub.
Netflix is testing out a new feature that could mean you never have to stop watching, not even while you work – it’s a pop-out video player, similar to the one you may be used to from iOS and macOS for any website or app that supports Safari’s native video player.…
This is some really sad news if you’re a Linux gamer who prefers Ubuntu, you might want to look for another distribution in the near future. Valve is dropping official support for Ubuntu in Steam as of the operating system’s upcoming 19.10 release, which will cut 32-bit x86 components. The Steam crew aims to…
The US may have withheld a physical military response to Iran shooting down a drone, but it might not have shown similar restraint with a digital campaign. Washington Post sources say the President greenlit a long-in-the-making cyberattack that took down Iranian missile control computers on the night of June 20th. The exact…
SuperSport has launched an Olympic Channel section on its official website, offering Olympics-related content from across the world. In addition to locally-produced features created by SuperSport, viewers will be able to watch Olympic-themed original series and documentaries commissioned by the global Olympic Channel. Fans will be able to access news stories in…
The explosive Netflix series “When They See Us” features five young actors playing the “Central Park Five,” convicted for raping Trisha Meili, aka the Central Park Jogger, in 1989. The convictions were vacated in 2002 when Mattias Reyes confessed to the crime and, of the five young men, Korey Wise…
Facebook will once again begin paying people to monitor how they use their phone through a new app called Study. The app will monitor which apps are installed on a person’s phone, the time spent using those apps, the country you’re in, and additional app data that could reveal specific features you’re using,…
The timeline suggests Huawei was anticipating possible trouble as long as nearly a decade ago, though the company says it prefers to license Android and Windows if it can.
Google responds to leaks by posting an official image