Technology

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Mariano @Mariano - over 2 years ago

The Trevor Project has a new AI persona for LGBTQ crisis counseling

Since the start of 2021, The Trevor Project , the largest suicide prevention organization for LGBTQ young people, has used an AI technology called the Crisis Contact Simulator to train its counselors on how to talk to in-crisis youth. The tool essentially si…

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Cameron @Cameron - over 3 years ago

Here’s Why Car Thefts Are Soaring (Hint: Check Your Cup Holder)

The technology that once made cars nearly impossible to steal has ushered in a new era of joyriding in some cities, thanks to carelessness with key fobs.

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Gregoria @Gregoria - over 2 years ago

Are Investors Undervaluing ASE Technology Hldg (ASX) Right Now?

Here at Zacks, our focus is on the proven Zacks Rank system, which emphasizes earnings estimates and estimate revisions to find great stocks. Neverthe...

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Jerrold @Jerrold - over 4 years ago

Childbirth: Cardiff hospital trials virtual reality during labour

The Cardiff hospital testing virtual reality with labourVirtual reality is being tested by mothers-to-be at University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff.Head of midwifery at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, Suzanne Hardacre, said the technology can offer an alternativ...continued

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Meggie @Meggie - almost 3 years ago

Google hires former SiriusXM CPO/CTO to lead its Maps team

Almost exactly a year ago, Google announced a couple of leadership changes that saw Prabhakar Raghavan, who joined the company back in 2012, take over the lead of Search, Assistant and Maps. Now, sources familiar with the hiring tell us, the company has hired…

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Zetta @Zetta - over 2 years ago

White House reportedly discouraged Intel from boosting chip production in China

President Biden's security and domestic production efforts may have a pronounced effect on Intel's plans. Bloombergsources claim the White House "strongly discouraged" Intel from ramping up chip production in China to help address chip shortages. The improved…

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Patrick @Patrick - 6 months ago

The iPhone 15 series will work with the upcoming Qi2 wireless charging standard

When the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) unveiled its Qi2 charging standard earlier this year, we noted that it was built using Apple’s MagSafe technology. So it only makes sense that the iPhone 15 line will be among the first smartphones to adopt the new w…

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Meggie @Meggie - about 4 years ago

Cruise hires PG&E board chairman Jeff Bleich as chief legal officer

Cruise, the subsidiary of GM that also has backing from SoftBank Vision Fund, automaker Honda and T. Rowe Price & Associates, is turning to a heavy hitter to head up its legal team.The autonomous vehicle technology company has hired Jeff Bleich, board chairman of util...continued

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Allene @Allene - 23 days ago

Disneyland's Autopia Decides to It Call Quits on Gas Cars

It’s been a nice 69 years for Disneyland’s car attraction Autopia, but it’s finally getting an upgrade worthy of its neighbors. Situated in the futuristic area called Tomorrowland, nestled next to Space Mountain and Star Tours, the ride has used gas-powered c…

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Elian @Elian - almost 4 years 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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Alexzander @Alexzander - about 3 years ago

No one is talking about remote work from space

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. First and foremost, Equity was nominated a Webby for “Best Technology Podcast”!!! Drop everything and go Vote for Equity! We’d ap…

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Marlon @Marlon - over 3 years ago

Xiaomi teases over-the-air wireless charging, but it’s not coming to its devices this year

Xiaomi, the world’s third largest smartphone maker, today unveiled “Mi Air Charge Technology” that it says can deliver 5W power to multiple devices “within a radius of several metres” as the Chinese giant invited customers to a “true wireless charging era.” T…

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Grayce @Grayce - almost 5 years ago

30 cool products that just launched on Amazon exclusively for Prime members

30 cool Amazon Prime Day Launch products only Prime members can shopFrom celebrity collaborations to teases of early Prime Day deals, Amazon is pulling out the stops to promote its annual sales event, Prime Day. This year, it's truly an event — it'll last an entire 48 hou...continued

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Elody @Elody - about 2 years ago

New York Had an ‘Epidemic of Loneliness.’ Covid Made It Worse.

Changes in technology, work and the pace of life are damaging not just our emotional health, but also our physical health and life expectancy.

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Nestor @Nestor - almost 4 years 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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Immanuel @Immanuel - about 2 years ago

Three problems of healthcare

Technology/science Resources Information For a long time, we had no clue. We didn’t know about germs or viruses. We thought that ulcers were caused by pastrami sandwiches. We went to the barber for bloodletting and didn’t understand genes or evolution. Techno…

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Ezequiel @Ezequiel - 10 months ago

Apple Releases Safari Technology Preview 173 With Safari 17 Features

Apple today released a new update for Safari Technology Preview, the experimental browser Apple first introduced in March 2016. Apple designed the ‌Safari Technology Preview‌ to test features that may be introduced into future release versions of Safari. …

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Elliott @Elliott - about 2 years ago

Impossible Foods sues startup Motif Foodworks over meatless burger patent - Reuters.com

Meatless burger maker Impossible Foods sued competitor Motif Foodworks on Wednesday, accusing the startup of copying its technology for imitating the taste of real meat.

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Moises @Moises - about 2 years ago

NASA enlists SpaceX and Amazon to help develop next-gen space communications

NASA has pickedSpaceX, Amazon and four other American companies to develop the next generation of near-Earth space communication services meant to support its future missions. The agency started looking for partners under the Communication Services Project (C…

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Alvah @Alvah - almost 5 years ago

FedEx ends express delivery contract with Amazon – TechCrunch

FedEx will not renew a contract with Amazon to provide express delivery for the e-commerce giant’s packages in the United States. FedEx, which made the announcement Friday, said in a statement the change would not affect other existing contracts with Amazon or internati...continued

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Nestor @Nestor - almost 5 years ago

HPE is buying Cray for $1.3 billion – TechCrunch

HPE announced it was buying Cray for $1.3 billion, giving it access to the company’s high-performance computing portfolio, and perhaps a foothold into quantum computing in the future. The purchase price was $35 a share, a $5.19 premium over yesterday’s close of $29.81 a s...continued

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Elliott @Elliott - about 2 years ago

MLB to allow use of pitch-calling technology this season - Reuters.com

Pitchers and catchers this season will be able to use a new wearable technology that allows them to communicate what pitch to throw next in an effort to minimize sign stealing and speed the pace of play, Major League Baseball said on Tuesday.

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Angus @Angus - about 4 years ago

Loon and SoftBank’s HAPSMobile team with Airbus, China Telecom and more on stratospheric cell net...

A new industry alliance led by Alphabet’s Loon high-altitude balloon technology company and SoftBank’s HAPSMobile stratospheric glider subsidiary aims to work together on standards and tech related to deploying network connectivity using high-altitude delivery mechanisms....continued

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Ezequiel @Ezequiel - almost 5 years ago

Walmart’s JetBlack personal shopping service customers are spending $1,500 per month – TechCrunch

A year after Walmart’s personal shopping service JetBlack launched in New York, the retailer reports two-thirds of customers engage with the service on a weekly basis, and spend an average of $1,500 per month on JetBlack purchases. To be clear, that doesn’t mean the cust...continued

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Maida @Maida - over 3 years ago

Atlanta-based Sanguina wants to make fingernail selfies a digital biomarker for iron deficiency

Sanguina, an Atlanta-based health technology developer, is launching its a mobile app in the Google Play Store that uses pictures of fingernails to determine whether or not someone is getting enough iron. The app measures hemoglobin levels, which are a key in…

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