Daily Archives: November 18, 2020

At CES back in January, I met with a handful of founders who were/are crowdfunding musical instruments. It’s a fascinating category and one to watch if you have a passing interest in either music or technology. Like a vast majority of hardware startups, most companies in the space will build one product if they’re lucky […]

This $99 gadget helps you make music, no skill required

This entry was posted in Gadgets hardware Kickstarter on November 18, 2020 by Brian Heater

Apple has agreed to pay $113 million to 34 states and the District of Columbia to settle allegations that it broke consumer protection laws when it systematically downplayed widespread iPhone battery problems in 2016. This is in addition to the half billion the company already paid to consumers over the issue earlier this year and […]

Charge, please: Apple will pay $113M to settle 34-state ‘batterygate’ ...

This entry was posted in Gadgets Government hardware Mobile and tagged apple iphone on November 18, 2020 by Devin Coldewey

One of the jobs for which robots are best suited is the tedious, repetitive “pick and place” task common in warehouses — but humans are still much better at it. UC Berkeley researchers are picking up the pace with a pair of machine learning models that work together to let a robot arm plan its […]

Interlocking AIs let robots pick and place faster than ever

This entry was posted in artificial intelligence Gadgets hardware robotics TC on November 18, 2020 by Devin Coldewey

Twitter has at various times acknowledged that Donald Trump isn’t bound by the same rules that govern the rest of us. This executive privilege has allowed him to continue posting comments that could have long ago gotten any normal person banned from the platform. More recently, the service has sought to balance misinformation/disinformation with warning […]

Trump will lose protected Twitter status after his presidency

This entry was posted in Apps donald trump Policy Social and tagged twitter on November 18, 2020 by Brian Heater

Jinx is launching a simple way to buy dog food and manage orders via text message. The startup says it has developed “the first text-to-buy platform in the legacy pet food space,” in partnership with its investor Initialized Capital and the firm’s co-founder Alexis Ohanian (who departed earlier this year and is raising a new fund). […]