EngadgetGoogles Mountain View development plans include affordable housing - Google is still tweaking its Mountain View expansion plans, and the public just got a clearer glimpse of what those changes could entail.... Read more »
Alex Wagner / Android and MeGoogle Pixel 3 Lite and Pixel 3 Lite XL designs put on display in new renders - For each generation of Pixel phones, Google has offered a... Read more »
Katherine Ellen Foley / QuartzApple’s squid emoji had something stuck to its face for two years and no one said anything - Emojis are a fabulous shorthand, but theyre not without their... Read more »
Dave Gershgorn / QuartzAmazon and Microsoft claim AI can read human emotions. Experts say the science is shaky - Facial recognition technology is being tested by businesses and governments for everything from... Read more »
Barron's InterviewWhy T. Rowe Price Likes Alphabet, Amazon, and Facebook - The firms Science and Technology Fund views recent selling as an opportunity to buy more. A focus on the cash flows.... Read more »
Tony Lystra / GeekWire‘Are you there, God? It’s me, Alexa.’ Tech and religious leaders ponder the future of AI together - Can a computer become God? Or, more to the point, could... Read more »
WSJ.com: WSJDA Silicon Valley Retreat Where Star Trek Meets Star Wars - In a rural California enclave, a tech entrepreneur and architect create an ultramodern smart home inspired by science fiction. ...... Read more »
WSJ.com: WSJDHacking Health Care: How Tech Will Drive Down Costs - Gary Shapiro, president and CEO of the Consumer Technology Association, explains how robots, sensors and AI will keep us healthy for... Read more »
Leigh Beadon / TechdirtFunniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt - This week, we covered the fallout of FOSTA, which can be summarized as nothing positive accomplished, plus dumb new rules... Read more »
SlashdotAlibaba Already Has a Voice Assistant Way Better Than Googles - Like Googles Duplex, Chinese internet giant Alibaba has its own humanlike voice assistant capable of making restaurant reservations and salon appointments.... Read more »