Google quietly shutting down a popular app in shake-up
Google is deleting a popular app in another shakeup at the company. The Google Play Movies & TV app is soon to be no more. The service is already removed...
Ex-Facebook diversity manager pleads guilty to bilking $4M from company in kickback scheme: feds
A former Facebook diversity program manager pleaded guilty to scamming the social media giant out of more than $4 million through a scheme in which she faked business deals in...
FCC denies Elon Musk’s Starlink nearly $900M in subsidies
Republican critics raged after the Federal Communications Commission rejected nearly $900 million in subsidies for Elon Musk’s Starlink internet service – a move they decried as a vindictive play by...
Amazon reveals the questions most frequently asked of Alexa
Alexa, what do people want to know? Amazon is giving us a peek at the answers to that question for at least one country — the United Kingdom. The virtual...
Three MIT students selected as inaugural MIT-Pillar AI Collective Fellows
MIT-Pillar AI Collective has announced three inaugural fellows for the fall 2023 semester. With support from the program, the graduate students, who are in their final year of a master’s...
QR code scams are on the rise, FTC warns — here’s how to protect yourself
QR codes have become increasingly popular since the COVID-19 pandemic, which proliferated their usage in the form of paperless menus or bills. But with the convenience and efficiency of the...
Deep neural networks show promise as models of human hearing
Computational models that mimic the structure and function of the human auditory system could help researchers design better hearing aids, cochlear implants, and brain-machine interfaces. A new study from MIT...
Apple facing potential hefty fine in App Store fight with Spotify: report
Apple is expected to be hit by a ban on its App Store rules that govern some music-streaming services and a potential hefty fine from European Union regulators, Bloomberg News reported...
Tesla recalls 2M vehicles over Autopilot crash concerns — as tech linked to fatal Virginia wreck
Tesla will recall more than two million vehicles, almost the entire fleet sold in the US, to fix a flaw in its “Autopilot” assisted-driving system – a move that came...
