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Ford-backed autonomous car startup Argo AI lays off 150 employees

Argo AI, an autonomous vehicle startup backed by both Ford and Volkswagen, has laid off about 150 employees, as reported earlier by Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal. The move is supposed to offset a period of rapid growth, in which the company hired more employees than needed. “With incredible growth and progress made in… Continue reading Ford-backed autonomous car startup Argo AI lays off 150 employees

Smart Pet Door Uses Facial Recognition to Keep Strange Animals Out

Face ID is out. Whisker recognition is in. Open Says Me A smart pet door that claims to recognize your pets — and only your pets — just closed its Kickstarter campaign and is headed to production. Most pet doors are basically just small holes cut into the bottom of a regular door with a… Continue reading Smart Pet Door Uses Facial Recognition to Keep Strange Animals Out

Best Android VPNs for 2022

Finding the best Android VPN can be tough when every service out there claims to be the most secure, the most private, and the fastest. We looked past the marketing claims to find out exactly which VPN providers will give you the best experience for your Android device. Like the service does for your computer… Continue reading Best Android VPNs for 2022

Chinese Police Exposed 1B People’s Data in Unprecedented Leak

As states grapple with the far-reaching implications of the United States Supreme Court’s June decision to reverse the constitutional right to abortion, WIRED examined the privacy risks posed by widely deployed automated license plate readers as the risks of being prosecuted for seeking an abortion ramp up around the country. And researchers underscored the digital… Continue reading Chinese Police Exposed 1B People’s Data in Unprecedented Leak

Leaks Give a Peek at Upcoming Apple and Samsung Watches

Watch out—New timekeeping wearables from Apple and Samsung are on the way. Apple whisperer Mark Gurman reports that Apple plans to release a more rugged version of its Apple Watch in the near future. It should be the largest Apple Watch of them all, though its screen is only slightly bigger than the Series 7’s… Continue reading Leaks Give a Peek at Upcoming Apple and Samsung Watches

A Long-Lost Rare Crayfish Resurfaces in an Alabama Cave

Historically, Shelta Cave was one of the most diverse cave systems in the eastern United States. Long before Niemiller and other scientists came along, beetles, salamanders, shrimp, crayfish, and other animals lived out their days in the dark. Often blind and lacking pigmentation, many cave-dwelling species live longer than their surface-dwelling relatives, thanks to slower… Continue reading A Long-Lost Rare Crayfish Resurfaces in an Alabama Cave

Samsung’s next Galaxy S flagship could drop Exynos chips from global variants

Samsung’s next Galaxy S series phone could mark the end of an era. According to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the company is likely to single-source the processor for its next S series flagship from Qualcomm. That would be a significant departure for Samsung. Over the years, the company has used both Snapdragon and Exynos SoCs in… Continue reading Samsung’s next Galaxy S flagship could drop Exynos chips from global variants

Rogers restores service following Canada-wide internet outage

On Saturday, Rogers Communications said it had restored service for the “vast majority” of customers affected by the outage that left many Canadians without access to the internet. “As our services come back online and traffic volumes return to normal, some customers may experience a delay in regaining full service,” the telecom said in a… Continue reading Rogers restores service following Canada-wide internet outage

Ford recalls 100,000 hybrid vehicles over fire risk

Ford has issued a recall for certain 2020 to 2022 model Corsair, Escape and Maverick hybrid vehicles over concerns that they could catch fire. According to UPI, the recall affects 100,689 vehicles in the US, all with 2.5-liter hybrid and plug-in hybrid electric engines. The automaker told the news agency that in the event of… Continue reading Ford recalls 100,000 hybrid vehicles over fire risk

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