by Adre's IT | 31 March, 2021 | Adre's IT Blog, artificial intelligence, Pileus, Slickdeals
The Alibaba Damo Academy is a unique hybrid research and development (R&D) facility. An academically-oriented independent science organization established in 2017 in Hangzhou, China, it is also an arms-length research affiliate of its founder, Chinese internet...
by Adre's IT | 31 March, 2021 | Adre's IT Blog, climate change, RadioPublic
In an unexpected move, the advisory committee for a Harvard University geoengineering research project is recommending that the team suspend plans for its first balloon flight in Sweden this summer. The purpose of that initial flight was to evaluate the propelled...
by Adre's IT | 31 March, 2021 | Adre's IT Blog, Amazon, Kevin Systrom, Silicon Valley
The news: Ahead of a landmark vote that could lead to the formation of the first-ever labor union at a US-based Amazon warehouse, new Twitter accounts purporting to be Amazon employees started appearing. The profiles used deepfake photos as profile pictures and were...
by Adre's IT | 31 March, 2021 | Adre's IT Blog, Advertising Tech, Daily Crunch, Policy
Google tries out new ad targeting technology, PayPal adds cryptocurrency support and Substack raises additional funding. This is your Daily Crunch for March 30, 2021. The big story: Google starts testing its cookie alternative Google announced today that it has begun...
by Adre's IT | 31 March, 2021 | Adre's IT Blog, Apple, apple inc, Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, Apps, computing, COVID-19, iPhone, operating systems, smartphone, TC, United States
Apple has updated its native Maps app with more helpful information designed to assist with travel while mitigating the spread of COVID-19. Apple Maps on iPhone, iPad and Mac will now show COVID-19 health measure information for airports when searched via the app,...
