Following a Maricopa County Grand Jury decision, last month the woman behind the wheel of a semi-autonomous Uber vehicle was charged with negligent homicide for the 2018 killing of Elaine Herzberg. The backup driver being charged following the first autonomous vehicle fatality appears to be a first, and it promises to be a landmark case […]
Google Duplex’s haircut-booking feature could help short-handed businesses
Nearly two years after first demonstrating it onstage at Google I/O 2018, Google has quietly rolled out haircut appointment booking for Google Duplex, its AI chat agent. Now, VentureBeat has discovered that users with supported devices can have Google Assistant call barbershops, hairstylists, and salons to reserve appointments on their behalf without having to place […]
Nintendo Switch Available At Amazon, Best Buy, And More
This summer saw a major Nintendo Switch console shortage, as many people begin settled in for longer time indoors due to the COVID-19 pandemic. That looks to be slowing down a bit, as we’re seeing most Nintendo Switch models back in stock for now, though we don’t expect this availability to last long. According to […]
Amazon Prime Day 2020 Early Deals Available Now
Amazon is offering select Prime Day deals ahead of the main event on October 13. The 48-hour deals bonanza for Prime members had been delayed multiple times this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. With only a few days to go until Amazon Prime Day 2020 officially begins, the company is building hype with a […]
AI Weekly: Nvidia’s Maxine opens the door to deepfakes and bias in video calls
Will AI power video chats of the future? That’s what Nvidia implied this week with the unveiling of Maxine, a platform that provides developers with a suite of GPU-accelerated AI conferencing software. Maxine brings AI effects including gaze correction, super-resolution, noise cancellation, face relighting, and more to end users, while in the process reducing how […]
AMD Reveals Ryzen 5000 Series, The "World's Best Gaming CPU"
AMD has officially revealed its slate of Zen 3-powered desktop CPUs, skipping the 4000 series and jumping right into the new Ryzen 5000 series. The company revealed 4 new CPUs in total, boasting that the Ryzen 5900 is now the “world’s best gaming CPU.” The big difference with the new Zen 3 architecture is the […]
Waymo’s robo-taxi service opens to the public in Phoenix
(Reuters) — Waymo on Thursday will relaunch and expand its fully automated, robo-taxi ridehailing service in Phoenix, rebooting its effort to transform years of autonomous vehicle research into a revenue-producing business. Waymo, the self-driving vehicle technology unit of Google parent Alphabet, said it will start offering rides in minivans with no human attendant on board […]
AMD Reveals "World's Best Gaming CPU" With Ryzen 5000 Series
AMD has officially revealed its slate of Zen 3-powered desktop CPUs, skipping the 4000 series and jumping right into the new Ryzen 5000 series. The company revealed 4 new CPUs in total, boasting that the Ryzen 5900 is now the “world’s best gaming CPU.” The big difference with the new Zen 3 architecture is the […]
The Best SSDs You Can Get (2020): Great SATA, M.2., And NVMe Drives
One of the best parts about building a gaming PC is having access to cutting-edge consumer tech. SSDs, for example, deliver the fastest speeds, and in addition to moving files and performing tasks, they also load games and stream open worlds at a much faster rate than disk-based hard drives. This results in quick loading […]
Exer Labs raises $2 million and launches computer vision app for Peloton-style coached workouts
Exer Labs has raised $2 million in funding and it has unveiled its AI and computer vision Exer Studio app for the Mac that captures your movements for coaching advice and Peloton-style leaderboards for workouts. The Denver-based fitness startup captures your movements with your laptop’s camera and evaluates your form. It can share your results […]