Google's annual I/O developer conference is coming up on May 20--and all signs point to it being a big one. It's where we typically learn everything new coming to Android, Google's Gemini artificial intelligence assistant, and all of the company's other platforms, from Wear OS to Android Auto. But this week, Google announced a virtual event called The Android Show: I/O Edition, which takes place a week earlier, on May 13 at 10 am Pacific (1 pm ET). A teaser video showed Google's Sameer Samat, president of the Android ecosystem, getting ready on camera and announcing the show. The Android Show will likely explore all the new features coming to Android 16, the next version of Google's mobile operating system.

The stand-up comic told Fox News Digital he thinks live entertainment will always exist, but he has used the new technology in his personal life. "I don't know how it's going to affect stand-up comedy," Maniscalco said of AI. "I guess we haven't really seen that yet. I haven't been so on the pulse of AI going, 'Oh, wow.' I mean, I know my wife has used it to redesign our kitchen, what our kitchen might look like if we remodeled it, which is really cool to see." He said he thinks "live entertainment will always be around, but who knows … 20 years from now, I might be talking to you, and you might be going, 'Wow, you never saw AI coming.' I'd be like, 'Yeah, now I'm unemployed.'"

We've already written about the convenience of Yale's smart locks. But now after five years on the market, Yale is updating its flagship product with a brand new design, a wider range of connectivity options and even more styles to suit your home. Priced between $160 to $260, the new Assure Lock 2 will be available in four main variations: two touchscreen models (both with and without a key cylinder) and two keypad models (one keyed and one key-free). By default all models with include Bluetooth connectivity, though you can also upgrade to a version with built-in WiFi. But perhaps most importantly, because users will be able to buy and install add-on modules that enable additional wireless connectivity, it's easy to upgrade your lock post-purchase.

Every month, Engadget features what our editors are currently into, whether it be video games, podcasts or gadgets. These are not official reviews; they're simply our first-hand experiences. This week, Senior Editor Devindra Hardawar dives into Yale's Assure smart lock. What if you could go through life without worrying about carrying your keys and potentially being locked out of the house? That's something I've always dreamed of, but it wasn't possible when I was renting in Brooklyn.

The arguments / discussions between the Bayesian vs frequentist approaches in statistics are long running. I am interested in how these approaches impact machine learning. Often, books on machine learning combine the two approaches, or in some cases, take only one approach. This does not help from a learning standpoint. So, in this two-part blog we first discuss the differences between the Frequentist and Bayesian approaches.

Soft robotics is a rapidly growing field with applications ranging from prosthetics to space exploration. Now a research team out of Yale University has taken the technology one step further with the invention of smart, robotic fabric that can change its shape and stiffness on the fly. The key to the material's capabilities lies within the fibers themselves. The team, led by Dr. Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio, spun epoxy into fibers that can vary their stiffness thanks to the particles of Field's metal embedded within them. Field's metal is novel in that it liquefies at very low temperatures.

The images are everywhere: People crowded face-to-face in swimming pools, shoulder-to-shoulder in indoor bars, cheering without masks at a rally held by President Trump, who often downplays the global pandemic. Now, as many public health experts predicted, waves of new COVID-19 infections and deaths are rolling across the South and West. Many, still practicing social distancing, look at their fellow Americans and ask, "What are they thinking?" We turned to Steven Pinker for help with an answer. The professor of psychology at Harvard, author of widely discussed books, including How the Mind Works and most recently, Enlightenment Now, sees the deep-seated mindset, tribalism, at work in people's defiance of health recommendations.

We have actual people being affected by these algorithms. We see things in the news such as algorithms that predict recidivism -- whether someone will re-commit a particular crime -- and set a bail amount or pass that information on to a judge who decides whether or not to set bail. The algorithms used to make these predictions end up relying on correlations with socioeconomic status, or race, or gender. So someone who might have a very similar background to you but differs across race or gender might have a very different outcome because of what the algorithm predicts. Do you think people are generally aware of the degree to which these algorithms are already part of everyday life?

The three-year project, called Investigations at the Interface of Data Science and Neuroscience, will be funded by the National Science Foundation's Transdisciplinary Research in Principles of Data Science X program. Yale's initiative is one of 19 partnerships supported by TRIPODS X, which will provide a total of $8.5 million. At Yale, researchers plan to develop data science models to better understand computation in the brain, which can then be used to improve artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Amazon's Alexa has been useful for locking Yale's smart deadbolts, but what about unlocking them when there's a guest at the door? Yale has introduced Alexa support for unlocking its Assure Locks with voice commands. You'll need to set and remember a four-digit code, but that still makes it easy to let someone in without moving from the couch. You can always launch the app if you're not within range of a smart speaker. The addition comes right on the heels of Schlage's support and hints at smart locks are becoming much more practical.