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• Report: Female-sounding voice assistants fuel gender bias

  AI-powered voice assistants from Google, Amazon, Apple, and others could be perpetuating harmful gender biases, according to a recent UN report. The report, titled "I’d blush if I could" — Siri’s response to provocative queries or flirtatious statements — says the female ...

  • Bryan Clark

• Microsoft's Windows 10 May 2019 Update is now out, new 'Light' theme included

  Keeping to its promise of semiannual updates, Microsoft today announced it's made the next big version of Windows 10 available. ...

  • Napier Lopez

• This teacher earns six figures teaching Dungeons & Dragons classes online

  Most people play games like Dungeons & Dragons to get away from their problems. But Megan Hardy isn't most people. She used it to solve hers. When her husband was laid off in 2016, she signed up to teach D&D classes on Outschool, an online learning platform for kids up ...

  • Tristan Greene

• TikTok's owner is reportedly launching a music streaming app in July

  Yesterday, Chinese company ByteDance – which owns TikTok, Helo, and Vigo Video – launched a chat app called Flipchat. Now, a new report from Bloomberg suggests its reportedly launching a music streaming app this year. The report notes that the company has already secured ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Hifiman Jade II Review: This $2,500 headphone sacrifices portability for supreme detail

  In the early days of my audio obsession, electrostatic headphones were legendary. Products like Stax's SR-009 and Sennheiser's ...

  • Napier Lopez

• Hackers made $32K in 7 weeks by fixing bugs in cryptocurrency projects

  Blockchain projects TRON, Brave, and EOS have rewarded white hat hackers with cash for fixing their security flaws, according ...

  • David Canellis

• Google breaks up with Huawei, blocking it from Android apps and services

  Google has blocked Huawei from accessing its apps and services on Android devices, following the Trump administrations blacklist. ...

  • Napier Lopez

• Google tracks nearly all your online (and some of your offline) purchases -- see it for yourself, here

  For years Google has been keeping track of nearly every online purchase we’ve made. A CNBC report today reveals that, thanks ...

  • Bryan Clark

• Get 50% off your TNW2020 tickets

  Last week, we celebrated the 14th edition of TNW Conference. More than 15,000 people visited from across the globe to discuss ...

  • Ailsa Sherrington

• Over 650,000 Game of Thrones fans sign petition to remake Season 8

  Game of Thrones Season 8 has been... controversial. The final season for one of the most popular shows on the planet is ...

  • Napier Lopez

• Mad scientist builds a robot to beat the crap out of him in a VR fighting game

  Since the 80s, fighting games have been a raucous good time, a way to blow off some steam while digitally beating an AI opponent ...

  • Bryan Clark

• The new Motorola Razr looks tiny when folded, according to this video

  We've known for a while Motorola is planning on reviving its Razr brand, jumping on the folding phone bandwagon with its ...

  • Napier Lopez