Canadian Reviewer Weekly Roundup 07/02-07/08

Assassin’s Creed’ to get an animated adaptation

Facebook will change its News Feed algorithm to discourage oversharers of clickbait stories

Remastered 'StarCraft' in all its 4K glory gets August 14th release date

Red Bull Global Rallycross: Welcome to Canada

A live-action version of ‘The Jetsons’ is reportedly in the works

Sony tipped to be going bezel-less for the smartphone it’s launching at IFA 2017

Elon Musk: Tesla to start production of Model 3 this week

Motorola debuts new Moto Mod that comes with a 360-degree camera

Kangaroos are confusing Volvo’s self-driving cars

This might be what the Moto X4 will look like

Samsung’s newest appliances all come with Wi-Fi

Moto Z2 Play is now in Canada

Chinese search giant Baidu wants to build the ‘Android’ of autonomous vehicles

You can catch Pikachu during the anniversary event of ‘Pokèmon Go’

Top tips for marketing with Twitter

Microsoft confirms layoffs as part of reorganization plans

Nintendo set to launch Switch smartphone app on July 21st

Time to say goodbye to Jawbone?

Apple Maps makes it easier for you to get around at the Calgary Stampede

Tesla wins bid to build world’s largest lithium-ion battery in South Australia

Google’s AI lab establishes first international office in Canada

Jay-Z’s ‘4:44’ album makes its way to most streaming services

Chrome OS gets more touch-friendly

Looks like Google is trying to make Chrome OS more Android/mobile-friendly. A new version of Chrome OS in Canary build just surfaced. The Canary build is where they try out the most experimental updates for the browser. This new version shows off a launcher that comes with a search bar. When you swipe up, you get to see more apps. It also lets you do voice search. It comes as no surprise that Google is trying to make Chrome OS more touch-friendly. The company has been pushing Chromebooks with touch support, stylus support, and convertible form factors.

Source: The Next Web

Jay-Z’s ‘4:44’ album makes its way to most streaming services

After a week of Jay-Z’s 4:44 being a Tidal and Sprint exclusive, the new album comes to most major streaming services. We say most as Spotify is missing from the list of services it’s available in. We’re not surprised as the hip-hop mogul pulled his catalog from the service a few months ago. He seems to be in better terms with Apple as 4:44 is available on both iTunes and Apple Music. The album is also available on Google Play Music and Amazon Music. Some of the services even have “The Story of O.J.” animated video.

Source: Engadget

Google’s AI lab establishes first international office in Canada

DeepMind

Even after Google acquired artificial intelligence firm DeepMind three years ago, the British company has kept its offices in London. This time, though, they’re finally making their way to this side of the world and putting up shop right in Edmonton. It’s fitting for DeepMind to put its roots here as the company works closely with the AI research community at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. DeepMind says nearly a dozen of Alberta grads work for them and they sponsored the university’s machine learning lab for a number of years.

DeepMind’s new office will be led by Richard Sutton, a professor of computing science at Alberta who also served as DeepMind’s first outside advisor. He’ll be working with his colleagues Michael Bowling and Patrick Pilarski. There will be seven other researchers who’ll join them. The Verge points out though that while DeepMind calls the Edmonton office its “first international research office,” there are a team of researchers from the company that are based in Google’s Mountain View headquarters to “bridge the gap between Google and [the] team in London.” And these 20 researchers focus on the “applied” side of DeepMind, which looks at the practical applications of AI in real-life situations.