Microsoft is to replace dozens of contract journalists on its MSN website and use automated systems to select news stories, US and UK media report. The curating of stories from news organisations and selection of headlines and pictures for the MSN site is currently done by journalists. Artificial intelligence willContinue Reading
The next update to Windows 10 is right around the corner, keeping in line with the twice-a-year update schedule — once in the spring and once in the fall. Known as the Windows 10 May 2020 Update, this one seeks to tweak some things across the operating system that’s now used on 1 billionContinue Reading
European Commission wants gradual and cautious approach Brussels has unveiled a roadmap for the lifting of coronavirus lockdown measures, warning members states should coordinate any easing of restrictions rather than going it alone. The European Commission said its 27 member states should move cautiously and follow scientific evidence, as Austria, Denmark, andContinue Reading
Chinese telecoms giant Huawei has hit out at “groundless” criticism of its involvement in the UK’s rollout of 5G technology. In an open letter published on Monday, Victor Zhang, the firm’s UK chief, said disrupting Huawei’s participation would do the country a “disservice”. It comes amid efforts by rebel Tory MPs to overturn the government’s approval in January of aContinue Reading
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Tuesday he wants the country back to business by April 12, Easter Sunday, when he would like to see churches full of people, even as the coronavirus pandemic worsens. “I would love to have the country opened up and raring to go by Easter,” Trump said duringContinue Reading
Bonnie Morales knew this day would come, but she didn’t expect it to come so soon. Morales is the owner of Kachka, a Russian restaurant in Portland, Oregon, and before this week, Kachka didn’t have an option for online ordering, or curbside delivery. This week, it does. In an effort toContinue Reading
With the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, sweeping the nation and employers now instructing their workforce to work from home, Amazon is looking to soften the blow for contractors (and possibly even employees) who need to provide their own equipment: It’s currently offering an annual subscription to Microsoft Office 365 Personal for justContinue Reading
In announcing that WWDC 2020 would be an online-only event due to the spread of the coronavirus, officially known as COVID-19), Apple gave us a massive clue that the MacBook will feature prominently at the show. That hint didn’t come in anything Apple actually said in its press release, but rather in theContinue Reading
Apple announced that this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) will be held in June, and will be online-only for the first time because of the coronavirus pandemic. The news comes directly from an Apple press release, and it confirms Apple will be holding the event in June, as it does every year. Like previousContinue Reading
President Trump has announced a 30-day travel ban from much of mainland Europe starting Friday, March 13, as part of U.S. efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus, formally known as COVID-19. The U.K. and Ireland are exempt from the ban. The surprise announcement came in an address to theContinue Reading