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Google’s supersized Nest Hub Max lands September 9 (maybe)

Jul24
by on July 24, 2019 at 12:35 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Plugged


Google’s Nest Hub (formerly the Google Home Hub) is an impressive piece little smart display except for that one tidbit – it might be too little.  It’s intuitive to use, and it’s ambient light adaptation works remarkably well, but the small size somewhat limits its primary function as a photo frame. That’s why Google announced the Nest Hub Max back in May, and now it seems we may finally have a release date: September 9. Droid Life caught the date on a Google support page, though the mention has since been removed. We’ve contacted Google to see if the date is…

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Why US public schools’ creepy use of surveillance AI should frighten you

Jul23
by on July 23, 2019 at 10:18 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence


Public schools across the US continue to spend millions implementing AI-powered surveillance solutions alleged to prevent or mitigate violence. The only problem: most of them don’t work. US schools now rival China’s when it comes to ubiquitous surveillance, yet our students remain at the highest risk for violence among developed nations. What gives? The ideas seem sound. Adults can’t possibly see and hear everything that happens on a school campus, so startups are marketing automated surveillance solutions to cover the gaps. One company says their facial recognition systems could have prevented the Parkland massacre. Another startup specializing in gunshot detection…

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A new controller aims to fix the Nintendo Switch’s lack of voice chat

Jul23
by on July 23, 2019 at 7:05 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming


It’s 2019, the Nintendo Switch is the vanguard of the next generation of video game consoles, and — in case you needed reminding — it still doesn’t have voice chat support. Well, at least the company hasn’t personally enabled it yet. Third-party sources are working to patch the gap. Kotaku today highlighted a new third-party Switch controller called the Faceoff Deluxe+ from PDP. It has — gasp — a headphone jack, a feature formerly exclusive to the Switch tablet itself. That caught my attention, because up to now the only time I’ve used headphones with my Switch was when it was…

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Watch Ford’s electric F-150 tow a million+ pounds like nobody’s business

Jul23
by on July 23, 2019 at 5:30 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Cars, Insider


Ford promised us an electric version of its F-150 truck was on the way back in 2017, but it’s been mostly silent on the matter since. Though the vehicles is still years from launch, today the company came out in a big way, showing a prototype electric F-150 towing a train weighing over a million pounds. In the video, Ford invites some current F-150 owning-men to a train yard. They are apparently unaware of the company’s plans until the electric F-150’s chief engineer, Linda Zhang, reveals the new model and its burden of the day. It’s an ad, so of…

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