Google offering a Pixel 6 discount with Store purchase

Google offering a Pixel 6 discount with Store purchase

For customers in Asia-Pacific, Google is marking its birthday a bit differently this year and using the occasion as an opportunity to promote its upcoming flagship phone. Purchasing something this weekend from one of three Google Stores will net you a discount when buying the Pixel 6 later this year. This weekend offer is for…

Balancing powerful models and potential biases – ProWellTech

Balancing powerful models and potential biases – ProWellTech

Andrea Gagliano Contributor As developers unlock new AI tools, the risk for perpetuating harmful biases becomes increasingly high — especially on the heels of a year like 2020, which reimagined many of our social and cultural norms upon which AI algorithms have long been trained. A handful of foundational models are emerging that rely upon…

Microsoft Surface Duo 2 vs. Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3

Microsoft Surface Duo 2 vs. Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3

Microsoft released a series of new portable powerhouse products at its Surface event, including the next generation of their mobile line, the Microsoft Surface Duo 2. This is the successor to the much-criticized Surface Duo, which received negative reviews and lackluster sales due to issues with subpar hardware and software. With the Duo 2, Microsoft…

Jawbone patents lead to lawsuit against Google

Jawbone patents lead to lawsuit against Google

Jawbone, which went out of business in 2017, has just risen from the dead, but not for anything good. A mysterious party is now using Jawbone patents to launch lawsuits against Google and Apple. Bloomberg reports that “Jawbone Innovations LLC” has filed a lawsuit against Google. The broad lawsuit covers “all versions and variants of…

Twitch Still Needs to Be Held Accountable for Hate Raids

Twitch Still Needs to Be Held Accountable for Hate Raids

Words hold power. It’s something that writers, journalists, and orators have known since the earliest days of civilization, but in the intervening years, it’s become even clearer to everyone as we’ve witnessed the rise of widely-shared social media content. The world of gaming has seen its horizons infinitely expanded with the introduction of online guides,…

Hungryroot co-founder’s new venture, Noops, a plant-based pudding startup, raises another $2M – ProWellTech

Hungryroot co-founder’s new venture, Noops, a plant-based pudding startup, raises another $2M – ProWellTech

Just two months after securing $2 million in pre-seed funding, plant-based pudding startup Noops is announcing an additional $2 million round led by Lerer Hippeau. The Long Island-based company was founded in 2019 by Hungryroot co-founder Gregory Harry Struck after he adopted a plant-based diet while battling cancer. “It was born out of a need…