The Trump administration added five Chinese entities to a United States blacklist on Friday, further restricting China's access to American technology and stoking already high tensions as President Trump and President Xi Jinping of China prepare to meet in Japan next week. From a report: The Commerce Department announced that it would add four Chinese … Continue reading US Blacklists More Chinese Tech Companies Over National Security Concerns (nytimes.com)
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How Close Are We to Self-Driving Cars, Really?’ (slate.com)
Chris Urmson helped pioneer self-driving car technology at Google before founding Aurora (which sells self-driving car software to automakers, and this week announced a new partnership with Chrysler and a new round of investment by Hyundai). In a new interview, Urmson "says he expects that in about five to 10 years, Americans will start seeing … Continue reading How Close Are We to Self-Driving Cars, Really?’ (slate.com)
Massive Electrical Failure Cuts Power To Nearly All Of Argentina On Election Day — and Uruguay (bbc.com)
Iwastheone quotes the BBC: A massive electrical failure has left almost all of Argentina and Uruguay without power, according to a major Argentine electricity provider. Authorities say the cause of the blackout is still unclear. Argentine media said the power cut occurred shortly after 07:00 [03:00 PST, 11:00 BST], causing trains to be halted and … Continue reading Massive Electrical Failure Cuts Power To Nearly All Of Argentina On Election Day — and Uruguay (bbc.com)
Python Passes C++ on TIOBE Index, Predicted To Pass C and Java (infoworld)
Python reached another new all-time high on the TIOBE index, now representing 8.5% of the results for the search query +" programming" on the top 25 search engines. Python overtook C++ this month for the #3 spot, now placing behind only Java (#1) and C (#2). That's prompted TIOBE to make a bold prediction: If … Continue reading Python Passes C++ on TIOBE Index, Predicted To Pass C and Java (infoworld)
Scientists Train AI To Learn People’s Voices, Then Generate Their Faces (livescience.com)
An neural network named "Speech2Face" was trained by scientists on millions of educational videos from the internet that showed over 100,000 different people talking. From this dataset, Speech2Face learned associations between vocal cues and certain physical features in a human face, researchers wrote in a new study. The AI then used an audio clip to … Continue reading Scientists Train AI To Learn People’s Voices, Then Generate Their Faces (livescience.com)
More than Half of the World’s Population is Now Online (axios.com)
Mary Meeker, the general partner at venture capital firm Bond Capital, delivered a 333-page slideshow that looked back at every important internet trend in the last year and looks forward about what these trends tell us to expect in the year ahead. Some takeaways: 51% of the world -- or 3.8 billion people -- were … Continue reading More than Half of the World’s Population is Now Online (axios.com)
Google Warns of US National Security Risks From Huawei Ban
Google has warned the Trump administration it risks compromising US national security if it pushes ahead with sweeping export restrictions on Huawei as the technology group seeks to continue doing business with the blacklisted Chinese company. Financial Times: Senior executives at Google are pushing US officials to exempt it from a ban on exports to … Continue reading Google Warns of US National Security Risks From Huawei Ban
Facebook Suspends App Pre-installs on Huawei Phones
Facebook is no longer allowing pre-installation of its apps on Huawei phones, the latest blow for the Chinese tech giant as it struggles to keep its business afloat in the face of a U.S. ban on its purchase of American parts and software. From a report: Customers who already have Huawei phones will still be … Continue reading Facebook Suspends App Pre-installs on Huawei Phones
Get Ready For Under-Display Smartphone Cameras (arstechnica.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: With in-screen fingerprint readers quickly becoming a regular feature of flagship phones, manufacturers are starting to wonder about what other things they can stick under the display. In the past day, both Oppo and Xiaomi have taken to social media to show off the latest development: … Continue reading Get Ready For Under-Display Smartphone Cameras (arstechnica.com)
Chinese Military To Replace Windows OS Amid Fears of US Hacking (zdnet.com)
Amidst an escalating trade war and political tensions with the US, Beijing officials have decided to develop a custom operating system that will replace the Windows OS on computers used by the Chinese military. From a report: The decision, while not made official through the government's normal press channels, was reported earlier this month by … Continue reading Chinese Military To Replace Windows OS Amid Fears of US Hacking (zdnet.com)
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