Day: August 8, 2018

Intel: Yeah, yeah, 10nm. It’s on the todo list. Now, let’s talk about AI…

Optane DC persistent memory ships to Google, Xeon roadmap, and more revealed At Intel’s Data-Centric Innovation Summit today in Santa Clara, California, Chipzilla reiterated its commitment to deliver 10nm Xeon processors in 2020, to maintain its market leadership, and to adapt its silicon to AI-oriented workloads.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Apple iPhone Memories feature points to a smart future for your photos – CNET

Commentary: Photos Memories is an impressive feature, but I want to see more ways Apple can help me navigate and organize my photos. …read more Source:: CNet


New York City Council votes to limit number of Uber, Lyft vehicles – Roadshow

The cap will freeze new vehicle licenses for one year while the city figures out the next steps. …read more Source:: CNet


Twitter’s CEO Dorsey goes on Hannity to defend racist posts, Alex Jones – CNET

Dorsey is defending himself as one of the highest profile holdouts in a tech industry ban against Jones and his Infowars publication. …read more Source:: CNet


Engineers Teach a Drone To Herd Birds Away From Airports Autonomously

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Tech Xplore: Engineers at Caltech have developed a new control algorithm that enables a single drone to herd an entire flock of birds away from the airspace of an airport. The algorithm is presented in a study in IEEE Transactions on Robotics. Herding relies on the ability to…


Blockchain won’t solve your security woes – but partying just might

Google’s head of Project Zero Parisa Tabriz gives her tips for success Black Hat Parisa Tabriz, a director of engineering at Google and head of the web giant’s Project Zero bug-hunting squad, today opened this year’s Black Hat USA conference with a reminder that partying is key to securing software.… …read more Source:: Register


New York City Just Voted To Cap Uber and Lyft Vehicles and Require Drivers To Be Paid a Minimum Wage

New York City Council passed regulations on ride-hail companies on Wednesday, capping the number of vehicles on the road for one year and requiring that drivers to be paid a minimum wage. From a report: Council Speaker Corey Johnson said earlier that the regulations are intended to protect drivers, fairly regulate the industry and reduce…


Holograms in your face: Is Magic Leap our future world? – CNET

Augmented-reality hype abounds. Let’s get real about AR. …read more Source:: CNet


SEC looking into Tesla after Elon Musk’s tweets, reports say – Roadshow

Musk may have moved too fast for federal regulators. …read more Source:: CNet


VW Grand California is the uber-camper that lets you live your best van life – Roadshow

Does your other Volkswagen have a bathroom? No? Well then. …read more Source:: CNet