Artificial Intelligence Newswire

Photo by Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post via Getty Images On Wednesday, Facebook announced that it had removed accounts belonging to Roger Stone, a friend and confidant of President Donald Trump, after having linked them to fake accounts and pages that were active throughout the 2016 election. The announcement came as part of Facebook’s release of its monthly report on … Continue reading Facebook bans Roger Stone after linking him to fake accounts Continue Reading →

Google has abandoned plans to develop and launch a cloud computing product designed for the Chinese market, among other politically controversial countries, according to a report from Bloomberg. The move marks the second high-profile initiative within Google to develop a product for the Chinese market, after the existence of a censored Chinese search product, codenamed “Dragonfly,” was revealed … Continue reading Google reportedly abandoned a cloud computing product for the Chinese market Continue Reading →

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon is making a small tweak to the Alexa companion app on iOS and Android; in a few days you’ll no longer need to tap the blue Alexa button on your screen to say a voice command, TechCrunch reports. Unfortunately, the new “hands-free” mode apparently only works if you launch … Continue reading Amazon’s Alexa app will soon let you speak commands without pressing the blue button Continue Reading →

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge I. A recurring theme of this newsletter is that I write about TikTok, make some dark prediction about its future, and then turn out to be totally wrong. In that spirit, I thought today we could look at the particularly newsy week the ByteDance-owned video app has had, and … Continue reading TikTok’s success has made it a big target for regulators Continue Reading →

Image: Google In a new test, Google Maps is showing the location of traffic lights in cities around the US in its Android app. The feature was initially spotted by Droid Life, and its existence has since been confirmed by Google. “To help people stay better informed on the road, we’re testing a Google Maps feature on … Continue reading Google Maps tests showing traffic lights in the US Continue Reading →

Illustration by Grayson Blackmon / The Verge Streaming service Quibi only managed to convert a little under 10 percent of its early wave of users into paying subscribers, says mobile analytics firm Sensor Tower. According to the firm’s new report on Quibi’s early growth, the short-form video platform signed up about 910,000 users in its … Continue reading Quibi reportedly lost 90 percent of early users after their free trials expired Continue Reading →

Apple is moving away from Intel’s chipsets in favor of its new, custom-designed ARM chips — but the company is promising that it’ll still support Intel’s Thunderbolt USB-C connectivity standard on new Apple silicon computers, despite the lack of Intel processors. “Over a decade ago, Apple partnered with Intel to design and develop Thunderbolt, and today our … Continue reading Apple promises to support Thunderbolt on its new ARM Macs. Continue Reading →

Employees inside Ford have asked the company’s leadership to stop making and selling police vehicles, according to Jalopnik. In response, Ford CEO Jim Hackett has told employees in a letter that he doesn’t think it’s “controversial that the Ford Police Interceptor helps officers do their job” and that Ford will continue the business. The internal discussion, … Continue reading Ford employees ask the company to stop making police cars Continue Reading →

Lincoln is ending production of the famed Continental sedan at the end of 2020, just four years after reintroducing the vehicle following a 14-year hiatus. Why? Because Americans have fallen irretrievably in love with SUVs and trucks over the last few years. As Automotive News first reported, Lincoln will continue to sell the car in the US and Chinese markets … Continue reading Lincoln cancels the Continental again because the US is hooked on SUVs Continue Reading →