Enabling a Safe Digital Advertising Ecosystem
Google has a crucial stake in a healthy and sustainable digital advertising ecosystem—something we’ve worked to enable for nearly 20 years. Every day, we invest significant...
Google is reportedly shutting down its in-house VR film studio
Google is shutting down its Emmy Award-winning VR film division, Spotlight Stories, after six years of building out content, Variety reports. We’ve reached out to Google...
Well-positioned phone blocks arrow from hitting man in attack
Turns out your phone can be quite the lifesaver. A 43-year old man from Australia narrowly missed being hit by an arrow, after the object ended...
People still fear self-driving cars a year after Uber fatal crash
Elaine Herzberg was walking her bicycle across a Tempe, Arizona street when a Volvo XC90 hit her, almost a year ago on March 18, 2018. She...
MIT’s deflated balloon robot hand can pick up objects 100x its own weight
Soft, biologically inspired robots have become one of the field’s most exciting offshoots, with machines that are capable of squeezing between obstacles and conforming to the...
Alleged North Korean Front Company Still Using the Same Brand Name on Social Media, Apparently
A company that the United Nations has said is a front for North Korean intelligence agencies, Global Communications Co. (Glocom), has continued its efforts to advertise...
Google Chrome adds the privacy-first DuckDuckGo as a default option
Google has made a curious addition to its Chrome browser. With the release of Chrome 73, the browser has added the pro-privacy DuckDuckGo to its suite...
Jimmy Fallon hooks up Mark Ruffalo to a lie detector to force ‘Avengers’ spoilers
Mark Ruffalo has proven time and time again he can’t be trusted with Avengers spoilers. So, naturally, Jimmy Fallon hooked the Marvel star up to a...
Thousands of ICE Employees Have Access to Massive, Nationwide License Plate-Tracking System
Records obtained by the ACLU of Northern California in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit show that local city governments are piping automated license plate...
Alexa can do a lot more in your car with Echo Auto skills
Amazon’s Echo Auto just skilled up. Developers can now make skills just for the Auto, which works with your phone or with some in-car infotainment systems....
