Microsoft's Seeing AI is an app that lets blind and limited-vision folks convert visual data into audio feedback, and it just got a useful new feature. Users can now use touch to explore the objects and people in photos.
Daily Archives: March 12, 2019
Vungle founder Zain Jaffer filed a lawsuit today accusing the mobile advertising company of wrongfully terminating him from the role of CEO. The lawsuit cites a section of the California labor code that it says “expressly and specifically prohibits discrimination and retaliation by employers based upon an arrest or detention that did not result in […]
Former CEO Zain Jaffer files wrongful termination lawsuit against Vungle
Yesterday, Twitter rolled out its much-anticipated prototype application to the first group of testers. We’ve now gotten our hands on the app and can see how the current version differs from the build Twitter introduced to the world back in January. While the original version and today’s prototype share many of the same features, there […]
A first look at Twitter’s new prototype app, twttr
Voice recognition is a standard part of the smartphone package these days, and a corresponding part is the delay while you wait for Siri, Alexa, or Google to return your query, either correctly interpreted or horribly mangled. Google's latest speech recognition works entirely offline, eliminating that delay altogether — though of course mangling is still an option.
Google’s new voice recognition system works instantly and offline (if ...
The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here. 1. Facebook’s ad team shoots itself in the foot by pulling Elizabeth Warren campaign ads Facebook’s advertising department pulled Elizabeth Warren campaign […]
Daily Crunch: Facebook pulls Warren ads criticizing Facebook
Artificial intelligence, or what passes for it, can be found in practically every major tech company and, increasingly, in government programs. A joint Harvard-MIT program just unloaded $750,000 on projects looking to keep such AI developments well understood and well reported.
Harvard-MIT initiative grants $750K to projects looking to keep tech ...
Twitter today is joining the podcasting arena. This morning, the social network is launching its first-ever podcast series with a new show focused on Twitter’s advertising business, which it’s calling “Character Count.” The company says, for now, it’s testing the waters with five already-produced episodes of around 25 to 30 minutes in length. It plans […]
Twitter launches its first podcast, ‘Character Count,’ focused on its ...
Fitbit’s simple activity tracker delivers the basics at an attractive price—but not much more.
Fitbit Inspire HR Review: Just the Basics
“Alexa, should I be worried about the Eero deal?”