It emerged earlier this month that thousands of Amazon employees are reviewing some Alexa recordings (which are captured after you’ve said the wake word). The auditors transcribe, annotate and analyze a selection of commands to help improve Alexa. Bu…

Oppo may have already teased its first 5G smartphone in Zurich earlier this month, but today, the company is bringing its entire Reno family — including the mid-range Reno and the flagship Reno 10x Zoom — to Europe. This means the Chinese br…

Today, Penske Truck Leasing opened 14 DC fast charging stations at four facilities in Southern California. According to the company, they’re the first high-speed charging stations specifically designed for heavy duty, commercial electric vehicles in…

Yes, you read that correctly. Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg has launched his own podcast, Tech & Society with Mark Zuckerberg, that has the company founder siting down with luminaries to chat about (what else?) the social impact of technology. The…

In the 24 hours after the Christchurch shooting, Facebook removed 1.5 million videos worldwide, but more than a month later, footage was still circulating on the platform. Now, the company says its AI had a hard time detecting the footage beca…

The Chinese government has drawn widespread condemnation in recent months over its extensive use of public surveillance and facial recognition technology to monitor the movements of some 12 million Muslim citizens. “It’s a ‘Muslim tracker’ funded by…

A recent report from the Pew Research Center says Twitter users are younger, more highly educated, have higher incomes and are more likely to identify as Democrats compared to the general public. They’re also more likely to support immigration and se…

While truck drivers can’t operate their rigs from a home office just yet, telecommuting is an increasingly attractive option to many people for a host of reasons (wearing pajamas all day, for one thing). But having to slog through job postings to fin…

That rumored lower-cost Switch might show up sooner than you think. Bloomberg sources maintain that Nintendo’s more affordable console will “likely” arrive by the end of June, or not long after the big E3 expo in the middle of the month. Don’t expe…