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The New York Times wants to fight fake news using blockchain – good luck to it

Jul24
by on July 24, 2019 at 12:25 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Combating fake news, deepfakes, and misinformation is one of modern journalism’s biggest challenges. There have been numerous attempts to help readers recognize when a source shouldn’t be trusted. One of the latest ideas comes thanks to news media mainstay The New York Times and blockchain technology. In what it’s calling “The News Provenance Project,” the NYT is exploring Hyperledger Fabric with the help of IBM Garage (an innovation incubator of sorts) to build a private and permissioned distributed database to try to prove the authenticity of images used in journalism. That might sound like an oxymoron, but it’s private and permissioned from…

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CHEAP: Get yelled at by teens on Xbox LIVE now a 12-month Gold Membership is only $50

Jul24
by on July 24, 2019 at 12:10 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! Playing games alone can be a wonderful experience. You can be part of an epic story, explore virtual worlds, and lose yourself for hours. But, one of the key aspects of gaming is the multiplayer experience. As good as it is to play against the computer, little beats testing your skills against a human opponent. That’s exactly what Microsoft Xbox‘s Live Gold membership allows you to do. Currently, its 12-month subscription is selling for just $49.99, instead of the online price of $59.99. Live…

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Study: Humans’ racial biases extend even to black and white robots

Jul24
by on July 24, 2019 at 11:18 am
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence, robots


If you do a quick Google search for ‘robot,’ you’ll be faced with a wall of white robots. According to a recent study called “Robots and Racism,” human’s tendency to stereotype racial bias is seeping into the world of robotics. Research by the Human Interface Technology (HIT) Lab in NZ found that the colors of a robot — white and black — have a social cue that results in how people interact with and respond to them. The results suggest that people perceive robots with anthropomorphic features to have a race, and therefore, the same race-related prejudices that humans experience extend…

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JBL’s Android TV-powered soundbar finally goes on sale at $399

Jul24
by on July 24, 2019 at 11:08 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


At Google’s developer conference in May 2018, the company had announced an Android TV soundbar in partnership with JBL. Now, the device is finally on sale for $399. The soundbar can connect to your TV and drive your streaming needs with apps for popular services like Netflix, HBO, Amazon Prime Video, and Hulu. Plus, it has built-in Chromecast, so you can easily stream your local content on a big screen. What’s more, you don’t have to control it with a remote all the time. The device supports Google Assistant, so you can control the playback through voice commands. To drive…

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