If you’ve been on the internet at all today, there’s at least a decent chance that you’ve heard something about Red Dead Redemption 2. The highly anticipated game launches today, more than eight years after its predecessor first wowed us. While fans of the series likely already know all there is to know about Red Dead Redemption 2, this is … Continue reading
Facebook says it has eliminated a total of 82 Groups, Pages, and accounts that were linked to Iran and engaging in coordinated “inauthentic behavior.” These accounts were targeting users located in the US and UK, the company said in a statement today, and were meddling with political topics like immigration and race relations. Facebook’s team first picked up on the … Continue reading
The unstoppable stock market has been experiencing some turmoil this month with the S&P 500 experiencing the most daily losses since 2008. Tariffs, interest rate hikes, and tech stocks are getting a lot of the blame from financial tea-readers. Here’s the good and the bad we saw from the earnings reports of the tech…
If you’re looking for a way to the polls this Election Day, you can snag a free ride via bike or scooter from Lime. The company is offering free trips on its fleet of shared bicycles, e-bikes, and occasionally abused electric scooters on Tuesday, Nov…
The network is changing its culture to protect actors from harassment and abuse.
If you’ve been on the internet at all today, there’s at least a decent chance that you’ve heard something about Red Dead Redemption 2. The highly anticipated game launches today, more than eight years after its predecessor first wowed us. While fans of the series likely already know all there is to know about Red Dead Redemption 2, this is … Continue reading
There’s a really awesome feature called Night Sight out in the wild right now for Google-made Pixel phones. This feature isn’t yet officially activated, but it was mentioned by Google during its most recent press conference. Lucky for us, we’ve got one massively talented community over at XDA that’s found a way to (fairly simply) activate this feature in the … Continue reading
During its TwitchCon 2018 keynote today, Twitch announced that it has teamed up with Harmonix to create a new karaoke game called Twitch Sings. The new game is currently being tested at TwitchCon on the expo floor, and will also be made available to some users as a beta. The game is made to be streamed and works to bring … Continue reading
New Documents Show Amazon's Face-Scanning Tech for Cops Was a Headache From the Start
Posted in: Today's ChiliEarlier this year, Amazon’s facial recognition tech Rekognition—which can scan photos and videos and match them against databases of faces—faced a flood of criticism from Amazon employees, shareholders, and civil rights activists who argued that its use by government agencies was unethical or even dangerous. That…
AI Community Feuds Over 'NIPS,' the Controversial Name of Its Top Conference
Posted in: Today's ChiliAt one of the most prominent artificial intelligence (AI) conferences in the world last year, keynote speaker Elon Musk reportedly made a joke about “tits” on a stage in front hundreds of researchers and engineers. He seemed to be referring to the name of the mainstay AI conference, NIPS, and its unofficial…