Amazon is purchasing the self-driving company Zoox for $1.2 billion. The company made the announcement via a statement this past Friday. Zoox is a company that has been testing autonomous vehicles in Las Vegas and San Francisco, and many have referred to it as a “robotaxi” service. While no immediate plans for the company were
Apple iPhone users now have the capability of recording their encounters with police during a traffic stop. By simply saying, “Hey Siri, I’m being pulled over” will pause any music that’s playing, lower the screen brightness, turns on the “Do Not Disturb” mode to block any incoming calls, and opens up the front-facing camera and
Netflix co-founder and CEO Reed Hastings, along with his wife Patty Quillin, have donated $120 million to support scholarships for Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The donation will be divided among Spelman College and Morehouse College, both located in Atlanta, as well as the United Negro College Fund. Hastings said that the contribution is to
As the NBA gears up for its proposed July return, the league is looking to use technology to monitor players’ COVID-19 symptoms. According to CNBC, players will begin wearing “smart rings” that can track symptoms up to three days in advance. The report states that the new “Oura smart ring is capable of predicting COVID-19
During Sony’s June 11 PlayStation 5 event, the studio revealed Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales as a launch title for the next-gen console. The game is coming to PS5 in Holiday 2020, the same period of time that the PlayStation 5 is scheduled to release. Spider-Man: Miles Morales is the follow-up to 2018’s Marvel’s Spider-Man, a PS4-exclusive starring Peter Parker as the
Check out the first official look at the new PlayStation 5 console in all of its glory.
Via an Instagram post, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos addressed the current Black Lives Matter movement while addressing an angry customer who emailed him saying “All Lives Matter!” The customer said seeing the “Black Lives Matter” banner placed on the front of Amazon’s website was “offensive” and “disturbing,” which caused Bezos to address the person with
Sony has delayed the PlayStation 5 reveal event saying that the company “does not feel that right now is a time for celebration and for now, we want to stand back and allow more important voices to be heard.” Sony has not announced a rescheduled date. The company had planned to offer a first look at
The launch of the PlayStation 5 is one of the most eagerly-anticipated console releases of all time. Sony Interactive Entertainment’s president and CEO Jim Ryan insists, however, that the price tag of the PS5 will represent value – and does not believe that the current world health situation will necessarily affect sales. There had, in
The Acura NSX is the company’s most notable car, which left little room for error when developing the second generation of the vehicle. Dave Marek, the executive creative director for Acura, worked on the original, and most recent, design of the supercar. He shared the process and insights that went into recreating the iconic car
