Uber fired researcher Anthony Levandowski during its lengthy,high-profile legal battlewith Waymo over stolen intellectual property. The engineer has little interest in getting his job at the ridesharing giant back. Instead, he founded a new company named Pronto that specializes in self-driving technology, and he claims to have taken one of its autonomous prototypes across the country with no human intervention. Levandowski explained he started Pronto to build the best self-driving stack in the world....

Federal Communications Commissionchairman Julius Genachowski hadoutlined his agency’s current position on regulating broadband Internet access in the United States, as part of a national broadband plan to bring high-speed Internet access to a greater number of Americans. Genachowski’s “third way” to handle broadband regulation involves reclassifying Internet access as a Title II telecommunications service…but only applying six rules from the telephone world to Internet access. Genachowski’s policy proposal is a response to arecent appeals court decision that found the FCC did not have the regulatory authority to enforce its Internet Policy Statement on broadband providers; the dispute arose after the FCC sanctioned Comcast for blocking selected peer-to-peer networking applications under the name of “network management....

On November 26, the FBI’s Portland, Oregon, officeissued a warningabout the security risks associated with buying a smart TV. The timing was no doubt meant to offer up some helpful advice right before the American public entered its annual TV buying spree for Black Friday/Cyber Monday. Ironically, the warning wasn’t picked up by many news outlets when it was originally issued, which means some consumers may be looking at their new purchases and wondering if they’ve made a terrible mistake....

Think that assistive technology for the deaf and hard of hearing community is all about your run-of-the-mill hearing aids here in 2018? Think again! From signing robot arms to mind-reading hearing aids, the next few years are going to be pretty darn amazing for accessibility technology if this list is anything to go by. Here are some of the most impressive tech projects we’ve come across in this area. Project Aslan Signing is all well and great, but like any language it’s not much good if one side of the conversation doesn’t speak it....

Google has been working on a new streaming service, calledYouTube Remix, for some time now, but the launch of that service may signal the end of one of Google’s other streaming services — Google Play Music. According to a report from Droid-Life, which cites a “reliable source,” Google is planning on forcing Google Play Music users onto YouTube Remix by the end of 2018. YouTube Remix was confirmed to be in the works by Lyor Cohen, Google’s head of music, last month, but details about the new service are still a little scarce....

Hitman 3: How to complete The Disruptor elusive target with Silent Assassin The Disruptor is Hitman 3’s latest elusive target to enter the fray. Here’s when he’s available, and all the ways we’ve discovered of eliminating him while retaining a Silent Assassin rating. Hitmanis no stranger to celebrity cameos, with actors like Sean Bean, Jason Isaacs, and Gary Busey previously appearing as Agent 47’s ill-fated acquaintances. Now, professional MMA fighter Conor McGregor is available as part of the game’sThe Season of the Disruptor....

Horror’s darkest minds took over Hollywood without you even noticing The splat pack is taking over, as under our collective noses, horror helmers are now writing, producing, and directing Hollywood’s biggest blockbusters. Horror is a much-maligned genre.Scary moviesrarely top end-of-year lists or get nominated for awards, while the creative minds behind genre fare are generally encouraged to stay in their lane. James Cameron successfully segued from Terminator and Aliens toTitanic....

“When we first said we should fold our phones, everyone laughed. The next time, when we said they should be water resistant, we were told it wasn’t possible,” Byengseok Choi, senior professional in Samsung’s Product Planning Group, said with a laugh. As theGalaxy Z Fold 3andGalaxy Z Flip 3have since demonstrated, Choi’s critics were wrong. But getting there wasn’t easy. Digital Trends sat down with Choi, and two other members of the team responsible for toughening up Samsung’s folding smartphones, to find out how they did it....

How to get your Fortnite Wrapped 2024 The Fortnite Wrapped 2024 gives you insight into how you’ve performed this year in the game and here’s how to get yours. With theWinterfest event arriving soon, we’re reminded that 2024 is so close to wrapping up. This has been quite an interesting year for the game, as there have beena ton of modes addedand even the addition of a plethora ofdifferent collabs, including the ones from Disney....

Image credit: IkeaImage used with permission by copyright holder Ikea’s products are known for being apain to assemble, but, in the case of their Calypso lamp, the real struggle will be keeping the device assembled. The Swedish furniture store has announced arecallof one of their popular ceiling lamps due to its dangerous habit of falling on people. The report states that the glass shade on the Calypso ceiling lamp can sometimes fall and result in “impact and laceration hazards....

For three seasons ofNetflix psychological thrillerYou, fans watched the eerily charming Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley) rationalize his heinous actions through a twisted internal monologue. His killings were gruesome and obsessive behavior terrifying, made worse by his warped justifications for everything he did. He was merely stalking each woman to protect her; it’s how he shows he cares, after all. He’s truly sorry for every murder, but he really had no other option....

“Why you can trust Digital Trends – We have a 20-year history of testing, reviewing, and rating products, services and apps to help you make a sound buying decision. Find out we test and score products.“ Jabra’s $180Elite 75tand $200Elite Active 75tare two of thebest true wireless earbudsyou can buy. They’re comfortable, they sound great, they have decent battery life, and they can resist a lot of water and dust. And as of October, they also haveactive noise cancellation(ANC)....

Joey Swoll gets woman’s gym membership canceled after she mocked man working out TikTok star Joey Swoll managed to get a fitness influencer’s gym membership canceled after she tried to ridicule a shirtless gym-goer and then hit out at “keyboard warriors” who called her out. Over the last few years, there has seemingly been an increase in gym-goers recording themselves working out. That has also come with others going too far the other way and mocking their fellow gym-goers for their techniques and, in some cases, looks....