To reduce plastic waste in Indonesia, one startup turns to AI
In Indonesia, plastic waste poses a major challenge. With 50,000 km of coastline and a lack of widespread public awareness of waste management across the archipelago,...
YouTube Announces Some Changes to Its Infamously Awful Copyright Infringement System
The number of issues plaguing YouTube at any one time boggles the mind, and range from accusations it promotes extremist content to reports its nightmare algorithm...
Video Captures Delta Air Lines MD-88 Engine Failing Mid-Flight Before Emergency Landing
There are many things that one never wants to see out a plane window, and this is definitely one of them. In a video posted to...
Inrix expands its digital rule book beyond self-driving cars to help cities with scooters, bikes and delivery bots
Cities use paint and signs to communicate the rules of the road in a world where urban spaces must choreograph an infinite dance between pedestrians and...
Zoom Backtracks, Says It Will Actually Fix Major Flaw That Could Let Hackers Hijack Mac Webcams
After initially defending their decision to install insecure local web servers on Mac users’ machines that posed a major security risk and could be hijacked by...
Lyft self-driving cars offer tactile maps, diagrams for blind riders
Aptiv’s self-driving cars on the Lyft ride-hailing network drove down the Las Vegas strip with blind and low-vision passengers along for the ride. For many of...
Katee Sackhoff Attempts to Save Humanity in the Trailer for Netflix’s Another Life
After years of watching her as Starbuck on Battlestar Galactica, there’s just something that feels right about seeing Katee Sackhoff in a spaceship, heading off to...
2 major earthquakes show it’ll take some tweaking to get Shake Alert app right
The two earthquakes many Angelenos felt over the Fourth of July weekend weren’t just cause for the usual excitement, curiosity, or even fear last week. They...
Civil Rights Groups Mostly Unimpressed by New Twitter Policy Against ‘Dehumanizing’ Language
Civil rights organizations were, somehow, both pleased and exasperated with Twitter on Tuesday after the social network announced the latest update to its rules against “hateful...
Doctours offers packaged medical tourism for U.S. customers
Doctours, a Los Angeles-based online platform for booking trips and treatments for medical and dental care around the world, is expanding its services to 35 countries....
