Facebook’s latest experimental app is a party line
The latest experimental app from Facebook’s research and development division is for voice-only group calls. CatchUp looks to remove the headache of arranging a time to chat with all of your loved… Read the rest here: Facebook’s latest experimental app is a party line
Google’s work from home strategy includes a $1,000 allowance
Google is joining other companies is planning for a return to the office as COVID-19 cases decline, but its strategy may be more elaborate than most. Company chief Sundar Pichai has outlined a… Continue reading here: Google’s work from home strategy includes a $1,000 allowance
Hitting the Books: Do we really want our robots to have consciousness?
MIT Press Excerpted from How to Grow a Robot: Developing Human-Friendly, Social AI by Mark H. Lee © 2020 Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Although I argue for self-awareness, I do not… See the original post here: Hitting the Books: Do we really want our robots to have consciousness?
WhatsApp test lets you add contacts with QR codes
If the thought of typing in someone’s phone number — by hand — seems prehistoric by 2020 standards, then WhatsApp’s about to make your life a whole lot easier. A report from WABetaInfo… See the article here: WhatsApp test lets you add contacts with QR codes
Petit Depotto, ‘Gnosia’ and the new, obsolete game
Last June, a small Japanese indie studio named Petit Depotto unveiled Gnosia — a werewolf-style role-playing adventure — on the aging PlayStation Vita, which Sony officially discontinued in… Read more from the original source: Petit Depotto, ‘Gnosia’ and the new, obsolete game
