Topic: technology

Digital detox may be toxic for advertising

Digital detox may be toxic for advertising

Tiffany Hsu, The New York Times
Posted at Jan 09 03:44 PM

As digital culture moves out of its honeymoon phase, a backlash industry has sprung up, with coaches to help people break up with their devices, digital detox camps and tech diets. Mindful of the new mindfulness, Apple and Google have incorporated screen time monitors into their products. Read more »

Samsung to unveil Galaxy S10 successor in February

Samsung to unveil Galaxy S10 successor in February

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 07 12:17 PM

It is not immediately clear whether the successor to 2019's Galaxy S10 will be called the S11. The world's largest smartphone maker could reboot the name to Galaxy S20 to mark the start of a new decade, according to some tech blogs. Read more »

Tap to delicious: How tech disrupted business in the last decade

Tap to delicious: How tech disrupted business in the last decade

Joel Guinto and Jessica Fenol ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 07 07:57 AM

With millions of smartphones and acknowledged as one of the world's social media capitals, the Philippines is a prime market for e-commerce. Apps on smartphones have given rise to sharing instead of ownership, and virtual currencies in place of bills and coins.   Read more »

Record tech spending expected in US, show organizers say

Record tech spending expected in US, show organizers say

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 06 03:25 PM

Kicking off the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, organizers said they expect $422 billion in sales of some 300 kinds of consumer tech products and services in the US market, a gain of 4 percent from last year. Read more »

As Trump tariffs loom, US wine lovers battle tech giants

As Trump tariffs loom, US wine lovers battle tech giants

Douglas Gillison, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 05 10:22 AM

President Donald Trump last month threatened to punish Paris for a new tax on tech giants like Netflix and Amazon, unveiling sky-high retaliatory duties on about $2.4 billion in French wines, makeup and leather handbags.   Read more »

AI raises success rate of spouse-hunting in Japan

AI raises success rate of spouse-hunting in Japan

Kyodo News
Updated as of Dec 29 06:27 PM

AI devices are being employed to give people a picture of their potential mates along with everything about them -- their hobbies, whether or not they smoke, or if they have walked down the aisle before, among other things. Read more »

‘If you want to be an influencer, find a real job’—and other truths about the career people like to hate

‘If you want to be an influencer, find a real job’—and other truths about the career people like to hate

Frances Sales
Updated as of Dec 26 09:06 AM

Not of a lot of words inspire as much derision as “influencer,” a career that dominated the cultural landscape in the last 10 years. But as with any profession in these chaotic times, the mandate is to be always ready to evolve. The author, an influencer, offers a hard-to-swallow advice: if you want to be an influencer, get a real job Read more »

Massive errors found in facial recognition tech: US study

Massive errors found in facial recognition tech: US study

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 20 08:04 AM

Facial recognition systems can produce wildly inaccurate results, especially for non-whites, according to a US government study released Thursday that is likely to raise fresh doubts on deployment of the artificial intelligence technology. Read more »

Child's play: Coding booms among Chinese children

Child's play: Coding booms among Chinese children

Danni Zhu, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Dec 10 01:37 PM

A growing number of children in China are learning coding even before they enter primary school, a trend fueled by parents' belief that coding skills will be essential for Chinese teenagers given the government's technological drive.  Read more »

China's SenseTime expects $750-M revenue despite US ban -sources

China's SenseTime expects $750-M revenue despite US ban -sources

Yingzhi Yang and Brenda Goh, Reuters
Posted at Dec 09 10:26 AM

Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) start-up SenseTime, which Washington put on a trade blacklist in October, expects its 2019 revenue to increase by more than 200 percent year-on-year to around $750 million, 2 sources familiar with the matter said.  Read more »

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