Author: Aneesa

Ann Arbor startup May Mobility’s autonomous shuttle. Image Credit: Courtesy May Mobility By all appearances, May Mobility was a scrappy success story. The autonomous transportation startup made its debut at Y Combinator’s demo day in 2017, with a team that had been working on driverless tech since the third U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency … Continue reading How May Mobility’s autonomous shuttle ambitions backfired Continue Reading →

Illustration photo taken on June 30, 2020 shows the logo of delivery app Postmates on a smartphone screen in Los Angeles. Image Credit: CHRIS DELMAS / Contributor / via Getty Uber today confirmed it’s buying on-demand delivery company Postmates in an all-stock deal valued at $2.65 billion. The announcement follows a week of intense speculation, with Bloomberg reporting earlier this morning that … Continue reading Uber confirms $2.7 billion Postmates acquisition Continue Reading →

Image Credit: Stitch Fix Online retailers have long lured customers with the ability to browse vast selections of merchandise from home, quickly compare prices and offers, and have goods conveniently delivered to their doorstep. But much of the in-person shopping experience has been lost, not the least of which is trying on clothes to see … Continue reading How Stitch Fix used AI to personalize its online shopping experience Continue Reading →

Phil Spencer, head of Xbox, at Microsoft’s recent Xbox showcase event. Earlier this week Microsoft revealed it was shutting down the Mixer streaming platform and partnering with Facebook Gaming instead. Could this potentially mean big things for Xbox VR support finally via a relationship with Facebook-owned Oculus? In order to understand the significance of what this could mean for Xbox and for … Continue reading Microsoft’s partnership with Facebook Gaming could mean future VR support for Xbox Continue Reading →

When it comes to Windows and the PC, all roads lead to Azure, not Arm. In a previous post, before Apple’s 2020 WWDC, I pondered the potential development path of an Arm-based Mac. As it happened, this thought exercise turned out to be more accurate than I thought, but I made a few assumptions about Apple’s intentions … Continue reading Hello, Azurebook: Why Microsoft’s Windows future is Intel-free and cloudy Continue Reading →

From an unexpected Siri response, to a forgotten alarm, you can quickly stop Apple Watch from embarrassing you in public. Even if you’re still rocking the very first Apple Watch, it has the ability to embarrass you with alarms and notifications. If you’ve instead got any version from the Apple Watch Series 3 on up, it can talk to … Continue reading How to mute Apple Watch Continue Reading →

Today we’re taking a peek at the July 2020 security bulletin for Android released by Google this morning. This update includes both Android and Google service mitigation, July 1, 2020 security patch level vulnerability details, and July 5, security patch level vulnerability details with Broadcom, MediaTek, and Qualcomm components. Security vulnerabilities this month include a … Continue reading July Android security update shows major vulnerabilities, easy fixes Continue Reading →

It seems that fans of the Shadow Warrior series have a big weekend ahead of them. Devolver Digital and Flying Wild Hog have officially announced Shadow Warrior 3, debuting a new teaser trailer alongside the announcement. While the teaser trailer doesn’t show us any gameplay, we won’t have to wait long before we see that either. Gameplay for Shadow … Continue reading Shadow Warrior 3 announced with gameplay reveal right around the corner Continue Reading →

The next major Samsung smartphone had a bit of a name leak today to match with a list of specifications leaked over the past few weeks. This device will be the successor to the Samsung Galaxy Fold. It’ll fold like a book, where the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip flipped open like a traditional flip phone. … Continue reading Galaxy Z Fold 2 name leaked with next-gen specs Continue Reading →

Today the folks at Niantic released a trailer for their next major Pokemon GO event, Pokemon GO Fest 2020. This trailer was created by Niantic, The Pokemon Company International, and director Rian Johnson. This video uses a set of clever visuals to remind us of the original dream that was Pokemon GO before it started … Continue reading Rian Johnson’s Pokemon GO trailer makes original dream a reality Continue Reading →