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• Intel takes on Google and Amazon with 2 new AI-focused chips

  Intel has unveiled two new processors as part of its Nervana lineup with an aim to accelerate training and inferences drawn ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• Amazon says its facial recognition tech can now detect fear

  Amazon has announced that its Rekognition facial recognition system can now detect a person's "fear," among other accuracy ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• Amazon's facial recognition mistakenly labels 26 California lawmakers as criminals

  As government agencies continue to push for the deployment of facial recognition systems, you needn’t look far to see why that’s bad news. To illustrate the point, the ACLU conducted a test of Amazon’s Rekognition software — facial recognition tech currently being used by ...

  • Bryan Clark

• Amazon hints at putting advertising data on a new blockchain

  Internet retail giant Amazon is looking for a software engineer to put advertising data on the blockchain, according to a ...

  • Matthew Beedham

• Apple and Google suspend monitoring of voice recordings by humans (Update: Amazon too)

  Apple is globally suspending the use of Siri voice recordings after reports emerged that contractors hired by the company ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• Amazon's 2019 Kindle Oasis brings better lighting but little else

  I'm going to keep this review short. Amazon's new Kindle Oasis goes on sale today starting at $249, but in almost every respect, it's identical to its 2017 predecessor. There is but one meaningful update: you can now change the screen color temperature, shifting it to warmer hues ...

  • Napier Lopez

• Amazon's making a Lord of the Rings MMO set pre-trilogy

  Amazon today revealed the long-rumored Lord of the Rings MMO that's in the works is being developed in collaboration with its internal Amazon Game Studios -- meaning we'll soon get both a new Rings game and that TV show it's already revealed. There's no word yet on a story ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Amazon Prime Video now works with Chromecast, and YouTube comes to Fire TV devices

  You can finally stream Amazon Prime Video using Chromecast dongles, and YouTube support has returned to Amazon's Fire line ...

  • Abhimanyu Ghoshal

• Amazon confirms it retains your Alexa voice recordings indefinitely

  Amazon has confirmed that it keeps Alexa transcripts and voice recordings indefinitely, and only removes them if they're ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• CHEAP: Summon the BASS GOD with $100 off this 3-piece Amazon Echo subwoofer set-up

  Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! Having an Alexa-powered speaker in your home is cool. But you know what's cooler? A super system of Echo speakers with a sub-woofer. Right now, you can get a bundle of two 2nd-gen Echo speakers ...

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• Amazon is selling two new books supposedly authored by 'Satoshi Nakamoto'

  Two books allegedly written by none other than Satoshi Nakamoto have appeared on Amazon.com, and are due for release in the ...

  • Matthew Beedham

• Report: Why you shouldn't always trust the 'Amazon's Choice' badge

  If you see the 'Amazon's Choice' badge on a listing on the ecommerce site, you might assume that it's a quality and trustworthy ...

  • Ivan Mehta