Meta researchers are developing a gesture-controlled wristband that can interact with a computer
The goal of this wristband is to provide less invasive tools to interact with computers for people with motor disabilities.
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This Couple ‘Sold Everything’ and Bought a $1,500 Work Van to Turn Their Weekend Hobby Into a Business That Sees Over $4 Million Annual Revenue
Husband and wife Mickey and Vicky Popat went all in on PlantOGram in 2007.
Amazon Is Acquiring Bee, an AI Wearable Startup That Sells a $50 Listening Device
Bee’s core product is a $50 wristband that resembles a Fitbit and listens to everything you say.
Uber Will Now Allow Female Riders and Drivers to Avoid Being Paired with Men
Uber announces the launch of a new feature in some U.S. cities that will pair women drivers and riders.
Apple Is Finally Offering AppleCare Coverage for Multiple Devices on One Plan. Here’s How It Works.
Apple unveiled its new AppleCare One plan on Wednesday, which lets customers cover devices up to four years old.
Google Photos adds AI features for ‘remixing’ photos in different styles, turning pics into videos
Google announced a handful of new features that will allow users to get more creative with their photo memories, including an option to turn photos into videos, and “remix” photos into different styles, like anime, comics, sketches or 3D animations.
YouTube Shorts is adding an image-to-video AI tool, new AI effects
The image to video feature lets creators turn a picture from their camera roll into a a six-second video.
UK targets Apple and Google’s mobile platforms for regulation
The move is designed to create a more open, competitive environment for the app economy and user choice.
European authorities arrest alleged admin of notorious Russian crime forum XSS
French authorities say they wiretapped a server used by the administrator to access their private messages, which revealed activities relating to cybercrime and ransomware attacks.
Google DeepMind’s new AI can help historians understand ancient Latin inscriptions
Google DeepMind has unveiled new artificial-intelligence software that could help historians recover the meaning and context behind ancient Latin engravings. Aeneas can analyze words written in long-weathered stone to say when and where they were originally inscribed. It follows Google’s previous archaeological tool Ithaca, which also used deep learning to reconstruct and contextualize ancient text,…