Technology

Facial recognition systems are a powerful AI innovation that perfectly showcase The First Law of Technology: “technology is neither good nor bad, nor is it neutral.” On one hand, law-enforcement agencies claim that facial recognition helps to effectively fight crime and identify suspects. On the other hand, civil rights groups …

Several months ago, VR Heaven — a blog that we, Aaron Santiago (VR software engineer) and Winston Nguyen (VR marketer), run — posted an informal survey on Reddit asking participants how often they experienced VR motion sickness and their gender. They could answer frequently, sometimes, rarely or never. These are …

Each Fourth of July for the past five years I’ve written about AI with the potential to positively impact democratic societies. I return to this question in hopes of shining a light on technology that can strengthen communities, protect privacy and freedoms, and otherwise support the public good. This series …

Enforcement of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) began on Wednesday July 1, despite the final proposed regulations having just been published on June 1 and pending review by the California Office of Administrative Law (OAL). The July 1 date has left companies, many of which were hoping for leniency …

Oculus Quest’s latest system software makes voice commands available as a beta feature to United States-based English speakers. Version 18 of the Oculus Quest software is beginning to roll out this week, and if you have the redesigned universal menu on your Quest, you can find it in “Settings > …

As odd as 2020 has been, we’re more than halfway through and quickly approaching the Fourth of July if you can believe it. Many are still spending time around home, and VB Deals is bringing you great savings on 9 amazing products that are sure to make your holiday more …

Unbundle cable TV, they said. It will be cheaper, they said. Google this week “updated” (its wording, not mine) the pricing of YouTube TV from $ 50 per month to $ 65 per month. The price increase for the over-the-top internet television service comes just over a year after the …

(Reuters) — A group of European digital advertising associations today criticized Apple’s plans to require apps to seek additional permission from users before tracking them across other apps and websites. Apple last week disclosed features in its forthcoming operating system for iPhones and iPads that will require apps to show …

Evo is the biggest fighting game event of the year. This year’s show had to go online due to the pandemic, but now it too is cancelled after companies and competitors pulled out after recent sexual abuse scandals about the tournament’s organizer came to light. Joey Cuellar was the president …