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- WHO outlines principles for ethics in health AI
- AT&T joins T-Mobile in switching all Android phones to Google’s Messages app for RCS
- Tencent taps Blizzard veterans to make ‘the next great PC RTS’
- Sen. Warren calls for investigation of Google’s ‘Project Bernanke’
- The auto industry is distancing itself from Tesla in response to new crash reporting rule
- Google’s Wing launches free app to help drone pilots obey US regulations
- The future of cinema is a punk-ass Twitch collective
- Slack launches Huddles, Discord-like audio calls you can hop in and out of
- Windows 11 is a new and refreshing approach to an old and familiar home
- DAZN will stream UEFA Women’s Champions League free on YouTube
| WHO outlines principles for ethics in health AI Posted: 30 Jun 2021 09:50 AM PDT  The World Health Organization released a guidance document outlining six key principles for the ethical use of artificial intelligence in health. Twenty experts spent two years developing the guidance, which marks the first consensus report on AI ethics in healthcare settings. The report highlights the promise of health AI, and its potential to help doctors treat patients — particularly in under-resourced areas. But it also stresses that technology is not a quick fix for health challenges, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, and that governments and regulators should carefully scrutinize where and how AI is used in health. The WHO said it hopes the six principles can be the foundation for how governments, developers, and...  |
| AT&T joins T-Mobile in switching all Android phones to Google’s Messages app for RCS Posted: 30 Jun 2021 09:00 AM PDT AT&T and Google have announced that all Android phones on the network will use Google's Android Messages app for SMS and RCS services. T-Mobile made the exact same partnership deal with Google in March, which leaves Verizon as the only US carrier who hasn't committed to switching its customers to Android Messages by default. Along with the switch to Messages comes another important shift: real interoperability with RCS on other networks. AT&T has supported RCS for awhile now, but that support has been as haphazard as it was half-hearted. The new deal also means that AT&T customers will benefit from the rollout of end-to-end encryption for RCS that Google is rolling out to all customers this year (that rollout has already begun, in...  |
| Tencent taps Blizzard veterans to make ‘the next great PC RTS’ Posted: 30 Jun 2021 09:00 AM PDT  Tencent's sprawling games empire just grew one studio bigger. Uncapped Games is a new Los Angeles-based studio led by Blizzard veterans Jason Hughes and David Kim. Hughes is serving as the studio's lead producer and has previously worked on Diablo III and IV, while Kim is its lead designer and has previously worked on StarCraft 2 and Diablo IV. The new studio's focus will be on real-time strategy (RTS) games, with a focus on creating the "next great PC RTS," Kim says. Although the RTS genre has remained consistently popular over the years, it continues to be dominated by '90s franchises like StarCraft, Age of Empires, and Command and Conquer. A fresh entry to the genre would be no bad thing.  |
| Sen. Warren calls for investigation of Google’s ‘Project Bernanke’ Posted: 30 Jun 2021 08:38 AM PDT  In a letter to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Wednesday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) called for an investigation of Google's alleged manipulation of the marketplace for online ads, opening the door for a new federal regulator for digital advertising markets. Warren's letter focuses on a program called "Project Bernanke," revealed in April as part of a lawsuit against Google led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Under that program, Google allegedly used historical Google Ads data to boost clients' chances of winning auctions. The practice allegedly resulted in $230 million in additional revenue for the company.  |
| The auto industry is distancing itself from Tesla in response to new crash reporting rule Posted: 30 Jun 2021 08:37 AM PDT  The auto industry is holding its fire — for now — over the new requirement to report crashes involving vehicles equipped with partially and fully autonomous driving systems. But automakers are also distancing themselves from the company that appears to be the primary target of the new rule: Tesla. The rule, issued yesterday by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, requires companies like Tesla and Alphabet's Waymo to report incidents involving driver assistance and autonomous systems within one day of learning of a crash, a major change that signals a tougher stance by regulators. So far, car companies are taking a wait-and-see approach, mostly lauding NHTSA's commitment to...  |
| Google’s Wing launches free app to help drone pilots obey US regulations Posted: 30 Jun 2021 07:54 AM PDT  Wing, the drone delivery arm of Google's parent company Alphabet, has launched a free app in the US to help pilots fly their drones legally. OpenSky has been available in Australia since 2019 but is now available for both commercial and recreational pilots in the US to use for anything from conducting commercial surveys to filming and photography. It's available now on both iOS and Android. OpenSky is based on Google Maps, Wing tells DroneLife, and it's color-coded to show areas where pilots can and can't fly. Green areas are a-okay, but pilots need to exercise caution in yellow areas, and shouldn't fly at all in red areas. Perhaps its most useful feature is that it lets pilots submit requests to fly in controlled airspace and receive...  |
| The future of cinema is a punk-ass Twitch collective Posted: 30 Jun 2021 07:45 AM PDT |
| Slack launches Huddles, Discord-like audio calls you can hop in and out of Posted: 30 Jun 2021 07:30 AM PDT  Slack gets new features born out of the pandemic  |
| Windows 11 is a new and refreshing approach to an old and familiar home Posted: 30 Jun 2021 07:20 AM PDT  Microsoft's first Windows 11 preview looks promising  |
| DAZN will stream UEFA Women’s Champions League free on YouTube Posted: 30 Jun 2021 06:42 AM PDT  Sports streaming service DAZN announced today that it has acquired exclusive rights to stream the UEFA Women's Champions League. As part of the deal, an overwhelming majority of the matches it streams over the next four seasons will be available for free on its YouTube channel. DAZN — best known in the US as a hub for boxing events — expanded to over 200 countries in December. It's backed by billionaire Len Blavatnik who aspires to make DAZN the "Netflix of sport." Former Disney exec Kevin Mayer joined DAZN as chairman in March to help make that happen, after Mayer abruptly quit TikTok due to Trump's meddling. While at Disney, Mayer led the development of the wildly successful Disney Plus service and was widely believed to be Bob Iger's...  |
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