Month: June 2020

AWS today announced that CodeGuru, a set of tools that use machine learning to automatically review code for bugs and suggest potential optimizations, is now generally available. The tool launched into preview at AWS re:Invent last December. CodeGuru consists of two tools, Reviewer and Profiler, and those names pretty much describe exactly what they do. To build Reviewer, the AWS … Continue reading CodeGuru, AWS’s AI code reviewer and performance profiler, is now generally available Continue Reading →

Amazon  Prime Video is beginning to roll out a co-viewing feature to Amazon Prime members in the U.S., the company announced today. The “Watch Party” feature, which is included at no extra cost with a Prime membership, allows participants to watch video content together at the same time with the playback synchronized to the host’s account. … Continue reading Amazon Prime Video introduces ‘Watch Party,’ a social co-viewing experience included with Prime Continue Reading →

Uber  has reportedly made an offer to buy food delivery service Postmates, according to The New York Times. According to the Times, the talks are still ongoing and the deal could fall through. For those that have been paying attention to Uber, this appetite is not new, albeit consistent. A little over a month ago, the ride-hailing … Continue reading After losing Grubhub, Uber reportedly hails Postmates Continue Reading →

The pandemic has wreaked havoc on all manner of professional sports this year, and cycling has not been immune. For example, the best-known race on the planet, the Tour de France, normally staged in July, has had to be pushed back to August 29 through September 20. That doesn’t mean that the world — and … Continue reading Strap in — a virtual Tour de France is coming this weekend Continue Reading →

You can now tip your Ola  driver. The Indian ride-hailing giant said on Tuesday that it has rolled out this feature to its users in India, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom — all the nations where it currently operates. Ola said riders in each market will see a range of denominations they can pick as … Continue reading Indian ride-hailing giant Ola adds tipping option to its app globally Continue Reading →

Rival privacy-focused search engine Startpage is not impressed. In November 2017, Sridhar Ramaswamy—the head of Google’s $95 billion advertising arm—left the company after a scandal concerning advertisements for major corporations found on YouTube videos that put children in questionable situations. Ramaswamy told The New York Times that shortly after that incident, he decided that he needed to do … Continue reading Search engine startup asks users to be the customer, not the product Continue Reading →

Ready to finally throw away those 15-year-old shareware UNDELETE utilities? Although it isn’t yet built into Windows, Microsoft has finally released its own file undelete tool—it’s called Windows File Recovery, and it works with the newest builds of Windows (variously known as 20H1, 2004, and 19041). We were pretty excited to see this tool has … Continue reading Microsoft adds WINFR file undeletion tool to the Microsoft Store Continue Reading →