Apple’s lead designer, who retired from the company, changed the expectations not just of technology design, but the role of design in consumer products.
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Facial recognition is a controversial enough topic without bringing in everyday policing and the body cameras many (but not enough) officers wear these days. But Axon, which makes many of those cameras, solicited advice on the topic from and independent research board and in accordance with its findings has opted not to use facial recognition for the time being.
Police body-cam maker Axon says no to facial recognition, for ...
Facial recognition is a controversial enough topic without bringing in everyday policing and the body cameras many (but not enough) officers wear these days. But Axon, which makes many of those cameras, solicited advice on the topic from and independent research board and in accordance with its findings has opted not to use facial recognition for the time being.
Police body-cam maker Axon says no to facial recognition, for ...
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Jony Ive’s Leaving Apple, Twitter’s Policing Politicians, and More News
The legendary designer is starting a new creative agency and signing Apple as its client.
Jony Ive Is Leaving Apple
NASA has just announced its next big interplanetary mission: Dragonfly, which will deliver a Mars Rover-sized flying vehicle to the surface of Titan, a moon of Saturn with tantalizing life-supporting qualities. The craft will fly from place to place, sampling the delicious organic surface materials and sending high-resolution pictures back to Earth.
NASA’s Dragonfly will fly across the surface of Titan, Saturn’s ...
Hey, so remember earlier today when I said that new 5G cities still qualify as news, for a little while longer, at least? AT&T is making it under the wire with the addition of Las Vegas to its growing portfolio of 5G business cities. The addition of Sin City brings the carrier’s total up to […]
AT&T’s 5G network hits (parts of) Las Vegas
We've seen Harvard's Robobee flying robot evolve for years: After first learning to fly, it learned to swim in 2015, then to jump out of the water again in 2017 — and now it has another trick up its non-existent sleeve. The Robobee X-Wing can fly using only the power it collects from light hitting its solar cells, making it possible to stay in the air indefinitely.
Tiny Robobee X-Wing powers its flight with light
It’s NEWSLETTER TIME get pumped! I know I am – it’s my first Daily Crunch in over a year. That’s right, your friendly neighborhood Anthony Ha is otherwise occupied today so I’m back to deliver this baby to you, devoted readers. And there’s news: Plenty o’ News. 1. Reddit puts r/The_Donald in a corner Reddit […]
Daily Crunch: Reddit quarantines Trump-focused community
Mozilla today announced the first preview of a redesigned version of Firefox for Android that promises to be up to two times faster. The new version also introduces an easier to use and rather minimalist user interface, as well as support for collections, Mozilla’s new take on bookmarks. The new browser also features Firefox’s tracking […]