Technology
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Mariano
@Mariano -
11 days ago
In-space additive manufacturing startup Made In Space acquired by Redwire
One of the new space companies that has done the most for popularizing the idea of in-space manufacturing, including use of additive technologies like 3D printing on the International Space Station, has been acquired by Redwire, a newly formed entity created by a private ...continued
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Alvah
@Alvah -
5 days ago
Medtech assessor Elektra Labs is offering free evaluations of COVID-19 biosensors to doctors
As COVID-19 cases in the US continue to spike and doctors and researchers try to marshal any and all technological resources to help patients, understand the disease, and fight off the spread of the epidemic, one startup that monitors and evaluates medical device technolo...continued
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Bobby
@Bobby -
4 days ago
Kong donates its Kuma control plane to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation
API management platform Kong today announced that it is donating its open-source Kuma control plane technology to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). Since Kong built Kuma on top of the Envoy service mesh — and Envoy is part of the CNCF’s stable of open-source p...continued
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Maida
@Maida -
16 days ago
Freedom launches Pilot to simplify teleoperation on third-party robots
We knew remotely operated robotics were going to have their moment soon enough — but few predicted how much the category would be forced to accelerate in 2020. It’s true that many of the pieces were already in place, including the technology and the desire to innovate, bu...continued
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Wilmer
@Wilmer -
20 days ago
Why conspiracy theorists think 5G is bad for your health and why experts say not to worry
New York (CNN Business) For all its promise, the rollout of 5G has also been fraught with rumors and conspiracy theories — most recently, a narrative spread on social media that the wireless network technology fueled the coronavirus pandemic.It did not.While baseless, the...continued
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Assunta
@Assunta -
14 days ago
BMW and Mercedes call it quits on their self-driving car partnership
After less than a year, BMW and Mercedes are ending what was supposed to be an ongoing partnership to develop automated driving technology. The two automakers described the split as "mutual and amicable." They were also quick to note they may renew the partnership in the ...continued
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Myles
@Myles -
4 days ago
U.S. suspends export of sensitive tech to Hong Kong as China passes new national security law
The United States government began measures today to end its special status with Hong Kong, one month after Secretary of State Michael Pompeo told Congress that Hong Kong should no longer be considered autonomous from China. The new actions include suspending export licen...continued
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Teagan
@Teagan -
14 days ago
Hulu will stream IMAX’s gorgeous documentaries, but not in 4K
Hulu is partnering with IMAX to exclusively carry 16 of the technology company’s documentaries in the United States, including A Beautiful Planet, Destiny in Space, and Into the Deep — but none of the titles will be available in 4K.A spokesperson for IMAX tells The Verge ...continued
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Torey
@Torey -
10 days ago
Mercedes-Benz, Nvidia partner to bring ‘software defined’ vehicles to market in 2024
Dig into the guts of a 2020 Mercedes-Benz — or just about any modern luxury vehicle — and dozens of electronic control units (ECU) will appear. Traditional automakers have historically added ECUs as they have added more technology, a practice that has introduced complexit...continued
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Manley
@Manley -
4 days ago
Detroit Police Chief Admits Face Recognition Doesn't Work '95-97% of the Time'
The Chief of Detroit Police James Craig speaks with the press about the protests taking place in Detroit, Michigan, June 3,2020 Photo : Seth Herald ( Getty Images )During a public meeting on Monday, Detroit Police Chief James Craig estimated the facial recognition technol...continued
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Cameron
@Cameron -
8 days ago
Amazon launches ‘Smart Stores’ in India to win mom and pop
For Amazon, it’s never too late to try something in India. The e-commerce giant is exploring ways to further spread its tentacles in the largely offline, technology-free neighborhood stores in one of its key overseas markets.The American firm’s latest attempt is called “S...continued
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Kari
@Kari -
14 days ago
BMW, Mercedes Benz end ‘long term’ automated driving alliance, for now
BMW Group and Mercedes-Benz AG have punted on what was meant to be a long term collaboration to develop next-generation automated driving technology together, less than a year after announcing the agreement.The German automakers called the break up “mutual and amicable” a...continued
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Rex
@Rex -
9 days ago
Google to offer loans to merchants in India
Google said on Thursday it plans to offer credit to millions of merchants in India through its Google Pay app starting later this year as the American technology group looks to help small businesses in the country steer through the pandemic and also find a business model ...continued
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Elian
@Elian -
30 days ago
Sony’s unannounced 1000XM4 headphones leak in full with minor, but welcome, changes
Sony’s unannounced WH-1000XM4 noise-canceling headphones have leaked in full thanks to a new listing on Walmart’s website that reveals basically everything else there is to know about the refreshed headphones. This includes new AI features to enhance compressed music, the...continued
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Rose
@Rose -
12 days ago
Cities are wrestling with a potential new exodus in the COVID-19 era, but Urban-X still believes ...
Cities are wrestling with a potential new exodus in the COVID-19 era, but Urban-X still believes in their futureEmbodying the tensions that cities across the world face as they wrestle with controlling a pandemic in dense, urban environments, Urban-X, the accelerator for ...continued
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Kari
@Kari -
11 days ago
Lyft is using data from its ride-share drivers to develop self-driving cars
Lyft is using data from its ride-share drivers to develop self-driving carsLyft is using data collected from drivers on its ride-hailing app to accelerate the development of self-driving cars.Lyft’s Level 5 self-driving car program is using the data to build 3D maps, unde...continued
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Ryleigh
@Ryleigh -
1 day ago
Google brings its AI-powered SmartReply feature to YouTube
Google’s SmartReply, the four-year-old, A.I.-based technology that helps suggest responses to messages in Gmail, Android’s Messages, Play Developer Console and elsewhere, is now being made available to YouTube Creators. Google announced today the launch of an updated vers...continued
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Myles
@Myles -
16 days ago
Despite pandemic setbacks, the clean energy future is underway
The economic lockdown resulting from the coronavirus pandemic has had an immediate negative impact on renewable energy projects and electric vehicles sales, but the sustainable trends are still in place and may even be strengthened over the longer term.For the first time ...continued
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Cynthia
@Cynthia -
9 days ago
Police Wrongly Arrested a Black Man Using Racist Facial Recognition Technology
Image : Bill Pugliano ( Getty )In a spectacularly rare admission of likely very common fuckery, police copped to using face recognition to make a wrongful arrest, according to the ACLU, confirming a long-suspected but nearly-impossible-to-prove practice. On Wednesday, the...continued
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Adelia
@Adelia -
19 days ago
VESoft raises $8M to meet China’s growing need for graph databases
Sherman Ye founded VESoft in 2018 when he saw a growing demand for graph databases in China. Its predecessors, like Neo4j and TigerGraph, had already been growing aggressively in the West for a few years, while China was just getting to know the technology that leverages ...continued
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Mariano
@Mariano -
about 18 hours ago
Uber adds another independent director to its board: Flex CEO Revathi Advaithi
Uber has a new, independent board member, shows a new SEC filing: CEO Revathi Advaithi of 51-year-old Flex, which is among the world’s largest electronic manufacturers and competes against Taiwan’s Foxconn Technology.Advaithi, a mechanical engineer who grew up in India wi...continued
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Patrick
@Patrick -
12 days ago
Telegram pledges to make anti-censorship tools for Iran and China
The encrypted instant messenger Telegram said on Monday it’s ramping up efforts to develop anti-censorship technologies serving users in countries where it is banned or partially blocked, including China and Iran.“Over the course of the last two years, we had to regularly...continued
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Torey
@Torey -
5 days ago
Disney's Developed Movie-Quality Face-Swapping Technology That Promises to Change Filmmaking
Gif : Disney Research Studios ( YouTubeIn a few short years, neural-network- powered automated face swaps have gone from being mildly convincing to eerily believable. But through new research from Disney, neural face- swapping is poised to become a legitimate and high- qu...continued
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Nestor
@Nestor -
7 days ago
Who really benefits from reskilling?
Nearly 40 million Americans are unemployed, and a recent study that examined more than 66,000 tech job layoffs found that sales and customer success roles are most vulnerable amid COVID-19. In response, some quarters of Silicon Valley are abuzz about a long-standing techn...continued
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Madalyn
@Madalyn -
9 days ago
Hopin raises $40M Series A as its virtual events business accelerates
This morning Hopin, a London-based startup building virtual events technology, announced that it has raised a $40 million Series A led by IVP. According to the company, Salesforce’s corporate venture arm Salesforce Ventures also took part in the round, as did a number of ...continued
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