This is part of our Road Trip 2017 summer series “The Smartest Stuff,” about how innovators are thinking up new ways to make you — and the world around you — smarter. Snowflakes flutter around my face, taking me back to my childhood in Ohio where I’d tilt back my head to gaze at the swirl of …
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Hey, remember Apple Clips? The square movie editor for social media launched in March, and according to Apple, it’s doing great so far, with millions of active users. Apple said Clips would get regular content updates over time, and the first update hits today: mostly, it’s Disney-powered. There are free Disney and Pixar characters and titles, which can be dropped …
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A devastating earthquake hitting Japan is trending across Facebook and Twitter, as social media users rally in support of the affected region. The natural disaster is causing tsunami warnings, echoing back to a similar earthquake about five years ago in the same area. Social Cues fills you in on what’s trending across Facebook and Twitter. Here’s what people are talking …
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Future conversations with your intelligent gadgets may be co-authored by your favorite comedy writers. It’s not too great a leap: according to a Wall Street Journal report, comedy and joke writers from Pixar movies and the Onion are already working on making Google’s upcoming Assistant AI voice service feel more loose and vibrant. The development of compelling voice AI will …
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