Facebook will try to “get a billion people in virtual reality,” by appealing to a company in the world’s most populated country: China. Oculus’ VP of VR, Hugo Barra, at an Oculus event in 2017. James Martin/CNET In the middle of a Qualcomm press conference where tech jargon flew at a rat-a-tat rate, up jumped …
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Facebook’s M is on the way out. The social network is shutting down its virtual assistant chatbot, which uses a combination of human contractors and artificial intelligence software to answer queries and perform tasks for people in Facebook’s Messenger app. The M bot, first announced in August 2015 and still in beta, will be shut down on Jan. 19, the …
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The lobbying group representing Amazon, Facebook, Google, Netflix, Twitter and several other big tech companies plans to join the legal fight to protect net neutrality. The Washington, DC-based Internet Association on Friday said it plans to “intervene” in lawsuits that are expected to be filed against the Federal Communications Commission challenging its repeal last month of the 2015 net neutrality regulations. …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. A moving come-on? OKCupid Let’s talk abbreviations. Who doesn’t know what DTF stands for? Should you be unsure, we need to talk. Or, perhaps, you need to venture into the world of online dating. OKCupid, a site that seems to have been around since the …
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Don’t worry. If you miss the first “future of TV” panel at CES next week, you can catch the second one a day later. For all the attention paid to off-the-wall gadgets at CES every year, the convention often feels like a giant stage to show off televisions. From eye-popping screen sizes to mind-bending display technologies, TVs are one of …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Enlarge Image It’s good for you. Really. Jason Cipriani/CNET You clutch it. And when you’re not clutching it, you can feel where it is. And when you can’t actually feel it, you know precisely where you put it and it’ll take only a small stretch …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Is this how the thought of doing your taxes makes you feel? Intuit/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Plenty can fill you with dread. Visits to the dentist. Visits with family. Filing your taxes. In a newly released ad, Intuit’s TurboTax businesses insists there’s nothing frightening …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. What would a LaVar Ball NBA have looked like? Allen Berezovsky/Getty Images The machine has replaced the customer in being always right. Except, that is, when it’s flamingly wrong. For a short time on Tuesday, a search for “NBA founder” offered the answer “LaVar Ball” …
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Ten years is a long time in the tech world. In 2007, Facebook was only worth $1 billion — it’s about 500 times that now — and the Motorola Razr was considered the ultimate luxury phone. It was also the year the first iPhone was released. While the design and feature set of the phone has evolved over the past …
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Social media companies may have been dreading the fireworks marking the start of the new year. On Jan. 1, Germany began enforcing strict rules that could fine major internet sites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube up to 50 million euros ($60 million, £44 million, AU$77 million) if they don’t remove posts containing hate speech within 24 hours of receiving …
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