People are taking photos and videos all over major cities, all the time, from every angle. Theoretically, with enough of them, you could map every street and building — wait, did I say theoretically? I meant in practice, as the VarCity project has demonstrated with Zurich, Switzerland. Read More Project recreates cities in rich 3D from images harvested onlineThis entry was posted in artificial intelligence Computer Vision Gadgets Maps TC on May 19, 2017 by Devin Coldewey
Twitter is alerting Vine users of a bug that exposed their email addresses and, in some cases, phone numbers to third parties. It’s also advising affected users to be cautious about any emails from unknown senders as a result. The company says the bug was only active for 24 hours before being patched, and doesn’t believe that the data was misused in any way, at this time. To… Read More Twitter says Vine users’ emails and phone numbers were exposed ...This entry was posted in Apps Security Social TC vine and tagged twitter on May 19, 2017 by Sarah Perez
What do people actually want in luggage? A phone charger, unbreakable exterior, and maximum packing space at a resonable price is what Away discovered. So it built a line of sleek but expansive polycarbonite suitcases equipped with battery packs,... Away nears 100K stylish suitcases sold as it raises $20MThis entry was posted in eCommerce Fundings & Exits Gadgets Startups TC Transportation on May 19, 2017 by Josh Constine
In addition to Facebook’s announcement of a new partnership with the MLB to live stream a number of regular season games, the social network this week also signed a deal with global esports company ESL to bring over 5,550 hours of esports events and other original content to Facebook, including 1,500 of original programming. The move will aid Facebook in challenging Amazon-owned Twitch… Read More Facebook takes on Twitch with new livestreaming deal for esportsThis entry was posted in Gaming Media Social TC Video and tagged facebook on May 19, 2017 by Sarah Perez
Google's AI experiments lets you play Pictionary with a computer, or make art with AI. If You Want to Glimpse the Power of AI, Play ...This entry was posted in Gear on May 19, 2017 by Paul Sarconi
Google's AI experiments lets you play Pictionary with a computer, or make art with AI. The post If You Want to Glimpse the Power of AI, Play These Games appeared first on WIRED. If You Want to Glimpse the Power of AI, Play ...This entry was posted in AI artificial intelligence Gear machine learning and tagged google on May 19, 2017 by Paul Sarconi
Twitter seems to be having some technical difficulties this morning, with the network going down for some folks. Down Detector’s live outage map shows Twitter suffering outages in Japan, the UK, and now parts of the East Coast in the United States. Around 2am ET, Twitter’s Support account tweeted that some users may have had issues sending tweets, but that the issue had been… Read More Twitter is down for some usersThis entry was posted in Social TC and tagged twitter on May 19, 2017 by Jordan Crook
Ford is updating a large number of 2016 model year cars equipped with SYNC 3 infotainment software, adding Android Auto and CarPlay to the vehicles with a free, over-the-air update via Wi-Fi, or using either USB or going through their dealer. The... Ford to add Android Auto and CarPlay to 2016 Ford ...This entry was posted in Mobile TC Transportation on May 19, 2017 by Darrell Etherington
The biggest takeaway from this year's Google I/O was a vision---not a product. Google’s Perfect Future Will Always Be Just Around The CornerThis entry was posted in Gear on May 19, 2017 by David Pierce
The biggest takeaway from this year's Google I/O was a vision---not a product. The post Google's Perfect Future Will Always Be Just Around The Corner appeared first on WIRED. Google’s Perfect Future Will Always Be Just Around The CornerThis entry was posted in Gadget Lab Gear and tagged google on May 19, 2017 by David Pierce