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Power banks and battery packs have become a sad but unavoidable fact of the digital mobile lifestyle. But as versatile and useful as they may be, there are just some devices that they can’t power up when the meter turns red. Part of that has been solved by the use of USB-C in notebooks like the new MacBooks. The other … Continue reading

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Just like the law, YouTube has policies which are pretty clear cut, but there are instances where one might upload a video that is causing a lot of controversy, but yet doesn’t exactly violates YouTube’s policy. This means that as much as someone might be offended by said video, YouTube can’t exactly take it down.

However it seems that YouTube has come up with a solution to that problem, which is to isolate these videos in a “limited state”. According to YouTube, “We’ll soon be applying tougher treatment to videos that aren’t illegal but have been flagged by users as potential violations of our policies on hate speech and violent extremism. If we find that these videos don’t violate our policies but contain controversial religious or supremacist content, they will be placed in a limited state”.

They add, “The videos will remain on YouTube behind an interstitial, won’t be recommended, won’t be monetized, and won’t have key features including comments, suggested videos, and likes. We’ll begin to roll this new treatment out to videos on desktop versions of YouTube in the coming weeks, and will bring it to mobile experiences soon thereafter.”

Basically just like unlisted videos, these videos will not be discoverable by the general YouTube community, which means that at least on the surface, YouTube will be protecting its users from such video content. The latest efforts by YouTube is just another part of their overall plan to keep its platform as “safe” as possible. Last month YouTube announced that they will now redirect searches for extremist videos to anti-terrorism playlists instead.

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Falling asleep while behind the wheel isn’t as rare an occurrence as one might think, and it is very dangerous not just for the driver, but for the passengers in the car, and also other drivers on the road. In the past we have seen companies try to develop technology to detect sleepy drivers, and recently Panasonic is trying their hand at it as well.

The company has recently unveiled their own system which will actually rely on artificial intelligence (AI) to tell when a driver is falling asleep while driving. The AI will measure which state of drowsiness that you might be in, and based on that it will know what appropriate actions it can take to try and wake you up.

This is done by a camera that uses facial recognition to detect eyeblinks and expressions, like if your eyelids were to droop and blinking becomes slow, then there’s a good chance that you’re already falling asleep. There are also infrared sensors that tell how fast your body is losing heat. Based on all of this, the system can do a variety of things to wake the driver up, such as adjusting the lighting in the car and the temperature.

Now the good news is that this isn’t just a proof of concept as Panasonic actually plans to sell this system. The company is hoping that it will be ready in time for automakers by October, although we guess whether or not carmakers will adopt Panasonic’s technology remains to be seen.

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Apple is a company that loves to be self-sufficient, which means that they’d rather not rely on third-parties if they can help it. It is why the company tightly controls the hardware and software of its products to ensure that they have as much control from start to end. Of course it would be impossible for Apple to manufacture every component, but that’s not stopping them from trying.

According to a report from The Motley Fool, it seems that there is evidence that Apple could be working on their own cellular modem. As it stands, Apple purchases their modems from Qualcomm and Intel, but with Apple embroiled in a legal dispute against Qualcomm, it seems that maybe Apple is trying to reduce their overall dependence on them.

The Motley Fool points to a job listing on Apple’s website in which one of the positions that Apple is hoping to fill is for a “Sr. Digital IC (PHY) Design Engineer.” The position “will be part of a silicon design group responsible for digital baseband logic design in state-of-the-art wireless ICs.” Another position calls for a “Sr. RFIC Design Engineer” who “will be at the center of a wireless SoC [system-on-a-chip] design group.”

Of course there is no telling if Apple is simply looking to try their hand at making their own modems, or if they’re seriously thinking about pursuing it. After all companies like Apple tend to experiment with many things so there’s no guarantee that this endeavor will bear fruit. That being said, we’ve also heard rumors that Apple could be looking to develop its own OLED technology, which is another case in point about Apple possibly looking to be as self-sufficient as possible.

Apple Could Be Building Their Own Cellular Modem , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.