Elon Musk and AI experts warn UN of killer robots
On Sunday, Elon Musk and 116 artificial intelligence experts published an open letter addressing the United Nations Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons. In it,...
Android Oreo is official: coming soon to Nexus and Pixel
On Monday, Google finally confirmed the name of the next version of its mobile OS: Android Oreo. The 8.0 release is set to begin...
iOS 11 calls the cops or keeps them out with new...
Apple users found out on Thursday about a new feature coming with iOS 11: the ability to call 911 and temporarily disable Touch ID...
Essential Phone officially launches in the U.S.
On Thursday, Andy Rubin announced the official rollout of the Essential Phone in the United States. The Android device is available right now at...
HMD reveals bothie-taking Nokia 8
HMD Global introduced on Wednesday the Nokia 8. Long rumored as the premium flagship of the revived brand, the Nokia 8 features cutting-edge technology...
Discord bans alt-right servers after Charlottesville protests
On Monday, Discord shut down several alt-right servers where users aligned with “white supremacy and Nazi ideology.” The mass banning came after the pro-Confederate...
Report: Aetna customers to get discounted Apple Watches
CNBC broke on Monday that Apple and Aetna had held talks last week to bring Apple Watch deals to 23 million customers. Those with...
SonicSpy spyware infiltrates Android’s Google Play
Lookout researchers recently discovered more than 1,000 spyware apps developed for Android uploaded to third-party markets and to Google Play itself. The group of...
Google’s diversity crisis worsens, CEO cancels town hall
Google’s crisis over the anti-diversity memo that started circulating internally last week just got worse on Thursday. Even with the author of the manifesto...
FaceApp’s ethnicity filters vanish after racism claims
On Wednesday, FaceApp introduced a new update that added four different “ethnicity change filters” to selfies: Caucasian, Black, Indian, and Asian. Just hours after...