A small team at Microsoft is responsible for making sure a billion Windows devices stay coordinated in the face of daylight savings, time zones shifts, or any other surprises.
Source: Wired
Royalty-free composers don’t have any control over what happens to their work—even if it ends up scoring hate speech.
Source: Wired
Facebook Live may have found its ultimate purpose as a social sales tool. That is, if Facebook doesn’t put a stop to it.
Source: Wired
Anthony Levandowski, the engineer at the heart of the Uber/Google lawsuit, is serious about his artificial intelligence religion.
Source: Wired
LinkedIn, the Microsoft-owned social platform for the working world with some 530 million members, has made a big push in the last couple of years to position itself not just as a place to look for new jobs and network, but as a place for professional development — including services for online learning; steady streams of news and other content to expand your knowledge; and most… Read More
Source: TechCrunch
Ahead of 2017’s present buying season, UK consumer rights group Which? has warned parents about the risks of giving connected toys to their children, and called for devices with known security and/or privacy risks to be banned from sale on kids safety grounds. Read More
Source: TechCrunch
The current Aston Martin Vantage is coming to the end of its life but to celebrate its run, a track only monster has been unleashed. Meet the Vantage AMR Pro.
Source: CNET
Qualcomm is continuing its charm offensive in China, a critical market where it has suffered hard blows in recent years including a $1 billion anti-trust fine, after it announced a flurry of new investments.
These are chaotic times for Qualcomm, which is fielding unwanted acquisition interest from Broadcom and battling Apple in court, but today it put the focus back on supporting upcoming… Read More
Source: TechCrunch
Tesla has hit back at a class-action lawsuit that alleges its Fremont, California manufacturing plant is a “hotbed for racist behavior.” Filed earlier this week by Marcus Vaughn, who worked at the plant from April to October, the suit claims that Tesla failed to investigated a human resources complaint by Vaughn after repeatedly being called the “n-word” by managers… Read More
Source: TechCrunch
A new version of LinkedIn’s app will pair people up with willing mentors for quick career advice.
Source: CNET