Bird, an electric scooter rental company, sent a “Notice of Claimed Infringement” to news blog Boing Boing for reporting about people doing legal things that Bird does not like. EFF reports: Electric scooters have swamped a number of cities across the US, many of the scooters carelessly discarded in public spaces. Bird, though, has pioneered…

After more than 4 million inflators replaced, FCA is starting to see a light at the end of the airbag-recall tunnel. …read more Source:: CNet

The tough truck will face off against the new Chevy Silverado HD. …read more Source:: CNet

An anonymous reader shares a report: In 2018, several high-profile controversies involving AI served as a wake-up call for technologists, policymakers, and the public. The technology may have brought us welcome advances in many fields, but it can also fail catastrophically when built shoddily or applied carelessly. It’s hardly a surprise, then, that Americans have…

Commentary: I watched Netflix’s Tidying Up With Marie Kondo but reject her advice to pare down my vast book collection. The quest to declutter, be damned. …read more Source:: CNet

The company will reportedly focus on its smart speaker lineup instead. …read more Source:: CNet

Internet of Things programmers aren’t known for building identity, trust, and interoperability into their devices. Ockam wants to change that for once and for all — with its new open-source SDK and services. …read more Source:: ZDNet

It’s increasingly becoming a challenge to know when — and if — AI is at play in things we come across in our daily lives. From a report: Applicants usually don’t know when a startup has used artificial intelligence to triage their resume. When Big Tech deploys AI to tweak a social feed and maximize…

The year is 1894. You are designing a train system for a large city. Your boss informs you that the mayor’s office wants assurances that trains can’t have wrecks. The system will start small, but it is going to get big and complex over time with tracks crossing and switching. Remember, it is 1894, so…

If you were going to learn about only ten CES 2019 products, here they are. …read more Source:: CNet