This would be cool if it weren't proprietary, closed-source, and only available on Windows and Mac proprietary operating systems. Since it's coming from Iran, the developer probably had to pirate all this proprietary software in the first place. Sad.

ACs always think in black and white. Thanks for living up to your reputation!

The biggest question for me when deciding on any hardware purchase is how well the manufacturer supports the development of Free, open-source drivers for their hardware, either through the availability of specifications or actually contributing to driver development. Intel has become phenomenal at this, to the point where Intel graphics are the only thing I'll consider using at this point. I used to be a big fan of AMD, but it feels like they have not kept up, particularly since they purchased ATI. I would love to see that trend reversed. I'm also extremely concerned about the presence of binary black-box code running on the CPUs in the form of management engines and such. What are the specifics on these CPUs? Can all that garbage be easily disabled? Intel (and Qualcomm) really need some good competition, so I really hope AMD can be a contender, but I don't have my hopes up.

Sadly this is to be expected in an age where "corporations are people." It has nothing to do with actual AI, but rather some business advantage.

I don't give a shit about Brad Keywell. I want to learn about this robot. They don't say a thing about it. Not who developed it, what it does. What kind of salary it is going to be paid, how taxes are going to be collected on it, it's work hours, overtime, maintenance insurance, or any of the other things that go along with being a fully-fledged citizen.

Does anyone have a better source for this?

Actively trying to make batteries non-replaceable is unacceptable. I'm not certain this is what is going on, however. If it is legitimately being done in order to improve the form-factor of the device, and as long as the battery is still replaceable by a technician with the proper tools, I don't have a problem with it. Making things end-user-accessible isn't always smart. Where do you draw the line? Screens crack all the time. Do we require phones to be made in such a way that an end-user can easily pop out a broken screen and replace it with a new one? No, of course not. But that doesn't mean it can't be repaired by a properly trained professional.

Another, related thing that we desperately need is to outlaw any attempts to "lock" or otherwise restrict what an end-user can do with their own device they have purchased. Such locks are only acceptable on devices being leased or that the end-user does not own outright. This goes beyond just mobile phone modifications, but all IoT devices—anything with on-board firmware, basically.

After that, the next step is to require manufacturers to release source code to all of their binary firmware packages. Sadly this goal is much farther off, but we still shouldn't loose sight of it.

Uh, what? The article is suggesting that the platform with 80% of the smartphone market is only responsible for 20% of the email opened? That makes no sense at all. Maybe it's just that Android has better controls to combat this kind of tracking, unlike Apple devices which give the end-user no control whatsoever.

Doesn't 55% seem too low? I probably open 95% of my emails on my phone first, because of the instant notification. Usually just a quick glance before I open up my desktop email client. How are they even tracking this? Does it take into consideration repeat views like in my case? Also, what about the email subject & snippet that is shown in a notification?

It's gotten to the point where email is basically worthless anyway. You can't load images, because they are trying to track you. You can't ever click on a link safely, because you are trying to track you. It's become little more than a (poor) notification system directing you to go (manually) log into a website or something. Very frustrating and disappointing to see what has become of the medium.

I'm curious, what do the suppliers have to do with the accuracy of the system? Is it not entirely software-based? Or is Apple actually licensing someone else's software to do it, and that is the "supplier" they are referring to? Some kind of embedded firmware?

Just look at all of the criminals constantly speeding on the road, not to mention using phones while driving. These minor infractions need to come with a penalty that really impacts people's lives... One night in jail would be perfect. It needs to keep them from getting to work, picking up their kids, their friend's party... *something* that is really going to have a lasting impact besides just money. Monetary penalties are also extremely regressive and hurt poor people the most. That's not okay.

I'm glad they're doing *something*, but this is not an ideal solution.

On the desktop, use a separate Firefox Container Tab just for Gmail. On your mobile, as suggested use IMAP or even a dedicated web browser just for GMail. It's really not that complicated. Of course you can also use a privacy blocker like uBlock, Noscript, etc. to avoid being tracked across the web.

I don't understand Google's strategy at all. It pushed us all to move to Google Inbox, and then basically just left it alone, without really expanding its feature set. Now it's adding new features to the old Gmail. What is going on? It's hard to comprehend their strategy, though I shouldn't be surprised with their track record. Google really just needs to combine the two products, perhaps adding an "Inbox" mode to Gmail. Perhaps this is laying the groundwork for that, and Inbox could be coming as a future add-on?

It actually sounds like you need to expand your definition of what constitutes artificial intelligence. (Hint: it's not just sentience!) While the media could always do a better job of reporting so that the general public understands this distinction, that doesn't invalidate all the existing AI out there because it doesn't meet your very narrow definition.

Great use of bold, though, AC. Definitely makes you sound more important. Next time try all caps, too!

Duplicates should be included so as to train the AI to recognize them and prevent them from being posted in the first place. Now that would be useful!