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Toyota begins offering CarPlay retrofits to some 2018 models

This is definitely nifty. Per Car and Driver, Toyota is beginning the process of retrofitting select 2018 cars with both Apple CarPlay and Amazon Alexa. At this point, owners of the 2018 Camry sedan and Sienna minivan are being offered the option to have CarPlay added to their car. At this point, those are the […]

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Apple hires AI expert Ian Goodfellow from Google, speculation emerges as to assignments

As with any company, the new hires sometimes reveal the path the company’s about to take. In the case of Ian Goodfellow, a well-known expert in the machine-learning community, as well as Open AI, there might be some interesting things about to happen. Goodfellow stands as a rare find, especially in that he invented a […]

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Apple discounts HomePod price to $299 in U.S. via $50 price drop

Late last week, Apple cut the price of its HomePod smart speaker on its online store by $50, the price dropping from $349 to $299. The price drop follows a bevy of recent promotional discounts at a number of third-party retailers across the United States. Similar price reductions also appeared in other regions and territories […]

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Apple confirms buyout of machine learning company Laserlike

Sometimes you just buy a machine learning company. Apple on Wednesday confirmed its acquisition of Laserlike, a Silicon valley startup that’s worked to apply machine learning to content discovery. Per The Information, Laserlike was absorbed sometime in 2018, albeit it’s unknown as to what the terms of the deal were or why Apple wanted the […]

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Google advises users to update Chrome browser immediately to avoid “high severity” zero-day vulnerability

Google is presently advising that all Chrome users, no matter what platform they’re using, update their web browser immediately. The update helps patch a zero-day vulnerability that is being actively exploited. In a tweet published on Tuesday, Google Chrome Security and Desktop Engineering Lead Justin Schuh advised that all users should update to the latest […]