CCTV and other kinds of security cameras have a strong big brother vibe, but for many of us that may be because we don’t really understand or know how the footage they pick up ever gets used. Today, a startup called Spot AI that’s built a system to help answer that question at least in…
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WhatsApp is introducing new Yellow Pages-like features to help users find businesses from within the instant messaging app, part of the Meta-owned platform’s growing attempts to make deeper inroads with e-commerce. The encrypted messaging service, used by over 2 billion users worldwide, said on Thursday that it’s expanding a feature called ‘Directory’ to all users…
Voice chat on Xbox consoles is about to get real. Sure, you’ve been able to voice chat on Xbox for almost 20 years, but now you can do it through the king of gaming voice chat apps, Discord. Xbox rolled out a big November software update on Wednesday that included the ability to link a…
It’s Red Cup Day at Starbucks! You know what that means: Starbucks is handing out limited-edition holiday reusable cups to folks willing to cross the picket line. On Thursday (Nov. 17), more than 1,000 Starbucks employees — many of whom are members of the Starbucks Workers Union — went on strike on one of the…
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The search engine DuckDuckGo is made for those concerned with privacy — and it just got a bit more private. On Wednesday, DuckDuckGo announced that App Tracking Protection, a beta feature that helps block third-party trackers in your apps even if you’re not using them, is now available for all Android users. The feature, which…
If there’s one thing Willem Dafoe knows how to do, it’s chew scenery in a one-man show. Directed by Vasilis Katsoupis, Inside takes an art heist gone awry and morphs it into monstrosity. Trapped in a high-end Times Square penthouse with nothing but a collection of expensive art surrounding him, Nemo (Dafoe) is thrust into…
An unnamed Iranian state-sponsored hacking group managed to compromise the endpoints belonging to an American Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) organization, and used its access to deploy a cryptocurrency miner. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) published the findings earlier this week. As per its report, CISA was brought in, in mid-June, to investigate suspicions…
Elizabeth Meisenzahl Over 1,000 Starbucks workers are striking for the chain’s Red Cup Day. Striking workers are handing out their own cups and calling for the company to bargain in good faith. Starbucks says the union is holding up bargaining and has filed unfair labor practice charges against it. Some Starbucks workers across the US…
Xi Jinping expressed annoyance at the G20 summit over his conversations with Justin Trudeau being leaked. Trudeau defended Canada’s stance on “open and frank dialogue.” The awkward conversation ended in a handshake. China’s president, Xi Jinping, confronted Canada’s prime minister, Justin Trudeau, at G20 over alleged leaked conversations. Read the original article on Business Insider…