Watching a Cafe X robot prepare a cup of gourmet coffee — and then perform a kind of ritualistic dance — is kind of mesmerizing. I did just that when the San Francisco company opened a new location at the San Jose International Airport.
Most people should see the new look within the next couple of weeks.
Your smartphone almost certainly features a voice assistant, whether that's Google Assistant or Siri. At best, these bots seem like harmless helpers that set alarms, play music, and order pizza. At worst, they expose almost all of your device's data, down to your text messages and private documents.
Apple's annual showcase, the Worldwide Developers Conference, has been cancelled in favour of an online-only event.
Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma says he is donating 500,000 coronavirus testing kits and one million protective face masks to the United States, Reuters reports.
Bill Gates, co-founder and former CEO of Microsoft, is stepping down from the board of the company. Gates previously served as CEO of Microsoft until 2000 when he stepped down from the position in order to spend more time on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. In 2008, Gates left his full-time role at Microsoft in an official capacity to focus all of his efforts on philanthropy.
Elon Musk sent a memo to SpaceX employees on Friday underplaying the dangers of COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus, which is now considered a pandemic, according to a report from BuzzFeed News.
The company also asks employees to work from home in an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
April 16, 2021
