Nearly half of toys from third-party online sellers found to be dangerous

UK industry body warns of ‘wild west of safety’ after investigation into toys being sold on major sitesNearly half the toys purchased from third-party sellers on online marketplaces were dangerous, according to an investigation by an industry body that…

Co-streaming rolls out to all creators on Facebook Gaming

Co-streaming is rolling out to all users on Facebook’s game-streaming platform Facebook Gaming. The feature will allow users to team up and stream with one another, while enabling viewers to navigate between co-streams and choose which perspective they’d like to see the action from. The feature had previously only been available to streamers in the […]

Inkitt books $59M investment, wants to turn its data-driven, self-publishing platform into a multi-media powerhouse

Book sales during the pandemic went up, and it seems the amount we are reading did, too. Now Inkitt, the startup that operates a free, popular platform of the same name for anyone to write and publish stories — stories that Inkitt then analyses using data science to determine which of them to take to […]

アマゾンの家庭用ロボット「Astro」に見るAIの進歩と、その先にある世界

アマゾンが発表した家庭用ロボット「Astro」。見た目は愛らしいが現時点では用途が見えないこのロボットについて、確実なことがある。これはアマゾンのAI分野における大きな進歩を象徴すると同時に、人間のようにふるまうロボットが「Alexa」を中核とするAIシステムの“歯車”として機能する世界への布石なのだ──。『WIRED』US版エディター・アット・ラージ（編集主幹）のスティーヴン・レヴィによる考察。
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Amazon will allow U.S. Prime members to send gifts using only an email or phone number

In preparation for the holiday shopping season, Amazon today convenient a new way to send gifts through its mobile app. Instead of entering in the recipient’s mailing address — a piece of information people often don’t know in today’s age of digital communications — Prime members can now send a gift to a friend via their […]