The week’s noteworthy writing on technology and more. COVID-19 will accelerate the AI health care revolution Kai-Fu Lee, Wired The coronavirus pandemic will cause us to rethink major aspects of everyday life around the world, but it may also expedite the use of artificial intelligence in health care. Sinovation Ventures CEO Kai-Fu Lee explains how the … Continue reading COVID-19 and AI health care Continue Reading
This includes the architect of one of the HomePod’s key features. Many tech startups like to brag about having former employees of Silicon Valley giants among their ranks, but this is one that may have more of an impact than most. Financial Times sources say that ex-Apple design legend Christopher Stringer and engineer Afrooz Family are using their … Continue reading Two of Apple’s former HomePod masterminds prep a ‘revolutionary’ speaker Continue Reading
After almost a year of waiting, Valve is finally ready to let the public take a peek at the reimagined version of its troubled card game. The company released a signup page to Artifact Beta 2.0 on Friday, tweeting that everyone is welcome to sign up, though players of the original game will get priority. Over a year ago, … Continue reading Valve starts inviting players to ‘Artifact’ Beta 2.0 Continue Reading
It’s backtracking on previous allowances for the Chinese tech giant. The UK’s decision to allow Huawei gear in its 5G networks may be short-lived. Officials talking to the Financial Times (via The Verge) say the UK government is planning to gradually phase out use of Huawei equipment in 5G networks, eliminating it entirely in 2023. According to the Daily Telegraph, which first broke the story, … Continue reading UK reportedly aims to drop Huawei from 5G networks in 3 years Continue Reading
An overhauled macOS app would share features with its mobile equivalents. The Messages app on the Mac has lagged behind its iOS equivalent for a long time — it’s good for answering text messages without reaching for your iPhone, but many of the features and effects are missing. It might catch up this year, though. … Continue reading Messages on the Mac may finally catch up to its iOS counterpart Continue Reading
The game and a PS VR bundle are on track for a July 3rd release. It looks like Marvel’s Iron Man VR truly will be arriving on July 3rd after being delayed a couple of times due to COVID-19. In fact, the entertainment giant has released a free extended playable demo of the PS VR exclusive, which is now available for … Continue reading ‘Iron Man VR’ gameplay demo arrives to satisfy your inner Tony Stark Continue Reading
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge An analysis of the latest update to Google Messages suggests it may be moving closer to having end-to-end encryption for RCS, according to 9to5 Google (via APKMirror). Rich communication services, or RCS, is the successor to SMS messaging and does what most other texting services do, but without the end-to-end encryption … Continue reading Google Messages may finally be adding end-to-end encryption for RCS Continue Reading
Officials have warned of possible shutdowns if Amazon doesn’t comply. Amazon may be improving safety measures in warehouses to protect against COVID-19, but it’s also accused of being less than forthcoming with vital data. The health officer for Kenosha County in Wisconsin, Jen Freiheit, told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (via Gizmodo) that Amazon was uncooperative with public staff trying to … Continue reading Amazon accused of fighting efforts to track COVID-19 in Wisconsin facilities Continue Reading
Faircourt Asset Management Inc., as Manager of the Faircourt Funds is pleased to announce the monthly distributions payable on the Shares and Trust Units of the below listed Funds. Faircourt Funds TradingSymbol Distribution Amount(per share/unit) Ex-Dividend Date Record Date Payable Date Faircourt Gold Income Corp. FGX $0.024 May 28, 2020 May … Continue reading Faircourt Asset Management Inc. Announces May Distributions Continue Reading
The last part of the original trilogy is nearly in place. It won’t be too much longer before you can play the whole of the original Halo trilogy on PC. The 343 Industries team has announced (via Windows Central) that public testing for Halo 3’s Master Chief Collection PC release should start sometime in the “first half of June,” or roughly a … Continue reading ‘Halo 3’ for PC should be ready for public testing in June Continue Reading