The long weekend was rainy all over the country. So, whether you chose the Netflix&chill option or went on a mini trip, we hope you recharged your batteries enough for a new week. Now, let's see what we managed to gather, in the last 7 days, from the world of technology and what we're debating this evening, from 19:00, on Koding Tech Select.
Canon has installed cameras with Artificial Intelligence, which uses "smile recognition"” to ensure they only have happy employees. Basically, at Canon, employees' access to the office is based on a smile. And no, it's not part of a sci-fi scenario.
An announcement that will surely make many of our colleagues and not only happy: Apple announces that its new Beats Studio Buds headphones will be available starting June 24th, in color variants: red, black or white.
Work.com, a company backed by Binance, is launching Dtravel, a blockchain-based home-sharing platform. It offers short-term and long-term stays that can be paid for with cryptocurrencies and other payment methods. But what’s really interesting here is that former executives from travel companies like Airbnb and Expedia have joined the project.
Tamagotchi is back! And not just any old smartwatch, with a touchscreen and voice commands. So, good news for anyone who wants to reminisce about their 90s childhood.
Microsoft will develop cloud native Xbox games and announces that the person who will be in charge of this will be Kim Swift, Google Stadia Design Director. We don't know about you, but we, as Xbox fans, are excited about this news and are eagerly awaiting the release of the first game.
Twitter for iOS now lets you share your tweets directly to Instagram Stories. We think it's a useful update, considering that until now, the only way to share tweets on Instagram Stories was to take screenshots. For now, the functionality is limited to iOS, but we hope that in the near future Android users will be able to enjoy the same treatment.
IThis weekend, Google and the state of Massachusetts managed to make COVID-19 tracking apps even creepier by automatically installing them on people's Android phones. Numerous comments on Reddit, Hacker News, and in-app reviews claim that „MassNotify,” the Massachusetts-based COVID-19 tracking app, was automatically installed on their Android device. All without the user’s consent.
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