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YouTube uses AI to caption video sound effects
Slash Gear - 24 Mar 2017 21:41
Last month, YouTube announced automatic video captions that are machine-generated, and now it has announced a new type of automatic captioning that builds upon that — the captioning of sound effects within a video. The...
Samsung releasing Note 7 update in Korea to disable charging
Slash Gear - 24 Mar 2017 16:14
Samsung has been mostly successful in getting those with a defective Galaxy Note 7 to turn their phones in, but as always, there are a certain amount of stragglers who are still using theirs. Samsung has tried a few thin...
Airspace rights still unclear after drone lawsuit dismissed
Engadget - 24 Mar 2017 16:02
Where exactly you're entitled to fly your drone in the US without fear of it being blasted out of the sky continues to be a legal gray area, after a judge dismissed another case brought against self-proclaimed "drone sla...
Moto G5 Plus is now available in an Amazon-subsidized flavor
Engadget - 24 Mar 2017 07:00
Amazon may have given up on the Fire phone, but the company's line of low-cost "Prime Exclusive" ad-subsidized smartphones is getting a refresh today. The program launched last year with a respectable lineup of discounte...
Hackers try to extort Apple by threatening to wipe iPhones
Engadget - 24 Mar 2017 03:46
Someone claiming to be a group of hackers called themselves the "Turkish Crime Family" has apparently been trying to extort money from Apple. As Motherboard reported a few days ago, the group claims to have login details...
Samsung Pay has fully launched in India
Slash Gear - 24 Mar 2017 03:30
Following a test in the region, Samsung Pay has fully launched for everyone in India, marking a new milestone for the payment platform. As in other regions, those in India will be able to use their Samsung mobile device ...
A Bunch of New Companies Just Pulled Their Google Ads Over Racist Videos
Gizmodo - 24 Mar 2017 23:40
Yet more companies are pulling their ads from Google and YouTube because of fears the ads would appear alongside offensive content, according to a new report in the Wall Street Journal.
Jalopnik Making $50 Million A Year Can Still Feel Average | Kotaku The Pewdiepie Fiasco, One Month L
Gizmodo - 24 Mar 2017 23:37
Jalopnik Making $50 Million A Year Can Still Feel Average | Kotaku The Pewdiepie Fiasco, One Month Later | io9 Mads Mikkelsen Can't Complain About His 'Super-Iconic' Death in Rogue One | Lifehacker The Bedtime Routine Th...
Netflix thinks people still like Adam Sandler movies
Engadget - 24 Mar 2017 23:33
Adam Sandler's recent output has been... well, it's probably best not to talk about it. Regardless of how you feel about his work, Netflix and its viewers seem to be fans and as such the streaming juggernaut has inked an...
Uranus Is a Wonderland and We Should Go There
Gizmodo - 24 Mar 2017 23:00
Uranus is tired of being the butt of your jokes--especially that one.
Google app test makes editing photos more social
Engadget - 24 Mar 2017 22:55
Right on the heels of killing off Google Talk, the company has admitted it's working on a new app for group photo editing and sharing. While Google already has the chat app Allo and video calling app Duo, it may be feeli...
How Trump's Stooge in Congress Fucked Up His Wiretapping Investigation
Gizmodo - 24 Mar 2017 22:30
Meet Devin Nunes. The Republican congressman from California is the chair of the House Intelligence Committee and earned his badge of infamy this week when he claimed that President Trump and his associates were "inciden...
T-Mobile Scam Block and Scam ID flag scam calls in real-time
Slash Gear - 24 Mar 2017 22:25
T-Mobile has announced the rollout of its Scam ID and Scam Block services, which let subscribers know if an incoming call is likely to be a scam. Such a feature is particularly welcomed during tax season, a time when sca...
India and New Zealand Were Wrong to Recognize Rivers as Persons
Gizmodo - 24 Mar 2017 22:15
Courts in New Zealand and India have granted legal personhood status to three rivers. The strange status is meant to protect the waters from pollution, but the measure could lead to unintended consequences, while undermi...
Watch the Life Drain From Sean Spicer as He Defends Trump's Obviously Doomed Health Bill
Gizmodo - 24 Mar 2017 22:00
His boss may be able to sell a shit deal with a smile, but Press Secretary Sean Spicer could barely muster a grin as he defended the now mercifully dead American Health Care Act, the GOP's rushed replacement for Obamacar...
Facebook tests GIFs in comments like it's 1995
Engadget - 24 Mar 2017 21:56
It's time for Facebook to fully embrace the animated GIF. The social network is about to start testing the ability to add GIFs to comments and your feed will never be the same.
Pizzagate Shooter Pleads Guilty as Online Conspiracy Theory Winds Down [Updated]
Gizmodo - 24 Mar 2017 21:50
Last December, Edgar Maddison Welch--a 28-year-old who claims he had only recently installed an internet connection in his North Carolina home--crossed state lines with several firearms. After arriving at a Washington DC...
The Pewdiepie Fiasco, One Month Later
Gizmodo - 24 Mar 2017 21:50
It's been a little over a month since the blow-up surrounding Felix 'Pewdiepie' Kjellberg, and the Wall Street Journal report leading to the cancellation of his premium show. Since then, a lot has happened to the YouTube...
AT&T Charges Ahead With Fiber Internet While Google Languishes
Gizmodo - 24 Mar 2017 21:43
Superfast fiber internet--promising download speeds of a 1000 megabits per second--is a tantalizing but far-off prospect for many people, and even those who live in major cities often can't access it. It's exciting, then...
Prevenge Delivers a Great Horror Story About the Terror of Impending Motherhood
Gizmodo - 24 Mar 2017 21:30
So often, women get told that having a child growing inside their bodies is a sacred duty that will turn them into glowing demi-goddesses. That might be the case for some lucky people, but even if it is, becoming a mothe...
Google kills Talk so Hangouts may live
Engadget - 24 Mar 2017 21:28
Google has a frankly absurd ecosystem of chat, messaging and texting apps. In theory, the company would like enterprise users to get on board with Hangouts while directing people to Allo for their day-to-day personal cha...
The Best Water-Resistant Bluetooth Speaker Is the JBL Charge 3
Gizmodo - 24 Mar 2017 21:25
In our search for best water-resistant Bluetooth speaker, the JBL Charge 3 drowned out the competition to take the title.