Technology
Anything to do with Technology
Wilmer
@Wilmer -
over 2 years ago
Distance Wireless Charging Made a Minor Comeback at CES 2022
The potential of truly wire-free power is exciting, but tangible products remain elusive.
9 minutes read
Elliott
@Elliott -
over 4 years ago
A Practical Guide for Building Ethical Tech
A Practical Guide for Building Ethical Tech"Techlash," the rising public animosity toward big tech companies and their impacts on society, will continue to define the state of the tech world in 2020. Government leaders, historically the stewards of protecting society from...continued
5 minutes read
Dayton
@Dayton -
almost 5 years ago
WWII bomb self-detonates in German field, leaves crater
WWII bomb self-detonates in German field, leaves craterA loud explosion in a field startled residents in the town of Limburg in western Germany on Sunday. The blast occurred in the middle of the night and was large enough to register a minor tremor of 1.7 on the Richter s...continued
5 minutes read
Abbie
@Abbie -
almost 5 years ago
Red Scare: Democrats Warn FaceApp Could Be a Russian Trojan Horse
Red Scare: Democrats Warn FaceApp Could Be a Russian Trojan HorseFaceApp shot to the top of Apple’s app store this week as the likes of Mindy Kaling, Russell Wilson, and Drake posted photos of themselves, artificially-aged, to social media. But the app has also attracted ...continued
5 minutes read
Ryleigh
@Ryleigh -
over 4 years ago
Timing Technology
Timing Technology: Lessons From The Media LabWhile reading “Funding Breakthrough Research: Promises and Challenges of the ‘ARPA Model’”, Azoulay et al 2018, on DARPA, I noticed an interesting comment:The two Goldstein & Kearney 2018 papers sounded interesting but alas...continued
31 minutes read
Jeffrey
@Jeffrey -
almost 5 years ago
Ford And VW Further Bond On Electric, Autonomous Vehicles
Ford And VW Deepen A Marriage Of Convenience With Electric, Autonomous Car AllianceFor Ford Motor Co. and Volkswagen AG, the investments announced today deepen the global competitors’ financial marriage of convenience as they seek ways to reduce the high costs developing ...continued
4 minutes read
Cyril
@Cyril -
about 3 years ago
Claiming a landmark in fusion energy, TAE Technologies sees commercialization by 2030
In a small industrial park located nearly halfway between Los Angeles and San Diego, one company is claiming to have hit a milestone in the development of a new technology for generating power from nuclear fusion. The twenty year old fusion energy technology …
8 minutes read
Jarod
@Jarod -
over 4 years ago
Ron Johnson’s e-commerce startup Enjoy raises $150M, expands in U.K.
Ron Johnson’s e-commerce startup Enjoy raises $150M, expands in UK – TechCrunchEnjoy, the e-commerce startup led by former Apple VP of retail operations, Ron Johnson, has raised an additional $150 million in Series C funding from L Catterton’s new consumer technology plat...continued
5 minutes read
Pablo
@Pablo -
over 2 years ago
McCarthy Threatens Technology Firms That Comply With Riot Inquiry
The top House Republican said his party would retaliate against any company that cooperated with an order to preserve the phone and social media records of G.O.P. lawmakers.
8 minutes read
Bobby
@Bobby -
almost 5 years ago
Bagnall: Martello stocks soar after former Canopy CEO Bruce Linton muses about his role with them
Bagnall: Martello stocks soar after former Canopy CEO Bruce Linton muses about his role with themThe capital region’s tech scene has rarely seen anything like this. Shortly after Bruce Linton was sacked July 2 as CEO of Canopy Growth, the country’s biggest cannabis produc...continued
5 minutes read
Leda
@Leda -
almost 5 years ago
I Love You, Now Die questions everything we thought we knew about the case against Michelle Carter
Michelle Carter gets new hearingAs technology continues to permeate the most intimate spaces of our personal lives, it’s becoming ever more common for humanity’s darkest impulses to leak out of our brains and onto our smartphone screens, leaving the law scrambling to catc...continued
5 minutes read
Mariano
@Mariano -
over 4 years ago
Dutch startup Meatable is developing lab-grown pork and has $10 million in new financing to do it
Dutch startup Meatable is developing lab-grown pork and has $10 million in new financing to do it – TechCrunchMeatable, the Dutch startup developing cruelty-free technologies for manufacturing cultured meat, is pivoting to pork production as a swine flu epidemic ravages o...continued
4 minutes read
Cameron
@Cameron -
about 5 years ago
Security lapse exposed a Chinese smart city surveillance system – TechCrunch
Smart cities are designed to make life easier for their residents: better traffic management by clearing routes, making sure the public transport is running on time and having cameras keeping a watchful eye from above. But what happens when that data leaks? One such datab...continued
7 minutes read
Oren
@Oren -
over 4 years ago
Rossum raises $4.5M to make OCR-like data entry many times more accurate
Rossum raises $4.5M to make OCR-like data entry many times more accurate – TechCrunchEvery day, people slog over inputting date from invoices and other forms. So instead of using traditional Optical Character Recognition (OCR) extraction software, you could apply a new fo...continued
4 minutes read
Dayton
@Dayton -
almost 5 years ago
The Opportunity Cost Of Not Investing In Walmart Early
The Opportunity Cost Of Not Investing In Walmart Early - Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT)We wrote recently that one of our holdings - Walmart Inc. (WMT) would eventually ramp up the growth rates of its dividend. We stated this because of the encouraging numbers we saw in the compa...continued
6 minutes read
George
@George -
almost 2 years ago
Widely Available AI Could Have Deadly Consequences
US researchers' “Dr. Evil project” proves drug discovery AI could be used to create biochemical weapons.
8 minutes read
Elvie
@Elvie -
almost 5 years ago
Amazon Prime Day 2019: Best laptop and Chromebook deals, save $541 on Dell XPS 13 - CNET
Amazon Prime Day 2019: Best laptop and Chromebook deals; save $541 on Dell XPS 13Amazon Prime Day is in full swing right now -- and we've already found some massive laptop savings. Most of the stand-out discounts are on gaming laptops and Chromebooks. But we've also foun...continued
4 minutes read
Elian
@Elian -
about 3 years ago
Tackling deep-seated bias in tech with Haben Girma, Mutale Nkonde, and Safiya Noble
Advances in technology provide all kinds of benefits, but also introduce risks — especially to already marginalized populations. AI for the People’s Mutale Nkonde, disability rights lawyer Haben Girma, and author of Algorithms of Oppression Safiya Umoja Noble…
8 minutes read
Manley
@Manley -
over 4 years ago
Luminance and Omnius are bringing AI to legacy industries
Luminance and Omnius are bringing AI to legacy industries – TechCrunchArtificial intelligence is a powerful tool, but it’s not a magic wand. Applying the technology requires thought and dedication, especially with legacy industries like law and insurance, which are being ...continued
6 minutes read
Rose
@Rose -
almost 5 years ago
Eton Advisors Broadens Executive Leadership and Names Max Bonjean as Managing Partner
Eton Advisors Broadens Executive Leadership and Names Max Bonjean as Managing PartnerCHARLOTTE, N.C., July 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Eton Advisors Group, an independent wealth advisory firm serving ultra-affluent families, has recently named Max E. Bonjean as the firm's ne...continued
4 minutes read
Oren
@Oren -
almost 2 years ago
6 Cringey Times Politicians Didn't Know Tech
Congresspeople—okay, let’s just call them the more “seasoned” codgers of congress—have routinely shown they have very little conception of technology. And while it may be cute to watch your parents call your new Steam Deck a “Nintendo,” it’s much less funny w…
9 minutes read
Ismael
@Ismael -
almost 5 years ago
Peloton’s new automated vehicle system gives one driver control of two trucks
Peloton’s new automated vehicle system gives one driver control of two trucks – TechCrunchThe trucking world has been inundated in recent years by startups and large companies alike pitching an array of automated driving technology and business strategies, all aiming to s...continued
4 minutes read
Maida
@Maida -
8 months ago
Using Technology to Improve Supply-Chain Resilience
The Covid-19 pandemic brought many global supply chains to a halt. And as we emerged from the pandemic, many companies overcorrected by adopting “just-in-case inventory management.” What’s more, when consumer confidence varies widely from month-to-month and d…
8 minutes read
Cynthia
@Cynthia -
almost 5 years ago
How lessons from the field work in the office
How lessons from the field work in the officeThe Men in Blue may have fallen in the semis at the recently concluded World Cup but that hasn’t dented the passion for cricket in the country or at Ithaka, a chat-based travel planning marketplace and social network startup. C...continued
5 minutes read
Alexander
@Alexander -
almost 5 years ago
Box Office: 'The Lion King' Rules With $185 Million Debut
Box Office: 'The Lion King' Rules With $185 Million DebutLOS ANGELES, (Variety.com) - Simba and Mufasa reigned supreme this weekend as Disney’s “The Lion King” dominated box office charts. Director Jon Favreau’s remake of the animated classic collected a massive $185 mill...continued
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