Technology
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Sandrine @Sandrine - over 3 years ago
OrCam Technologies co-founder Amnon Shashua to speak at Sight Tech Global
If the measure of progress in technology is that devices should become ever smaller and more capable, then OrCam Technologies is on a roll. The Israeli firm’s OrCam MyEye, which fits on the arm of a pair of glasses, is far more powerful and much smaller than its predecess...continued
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Giles @Giles - almost 5 years ago
COA questions PCOO misuse of 2017 Asean summit funds
COA questions PCOO misuse of 2017 Asean summit fundsMANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Audit (COA) has chided the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) for its failure to account for P38.8 million allocated for the country’s hosting of the Association ...continued
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Priscilla @Priscilla - over 3 years ago
Greylock and MLT are trying to diversify tech’s wealth cycle
Greylock Partners has teamed up with Management Leadership for Tomorrow to address issues of diversity and inclusion in the technology industry.“Our view is this has to be a comprehensive approach,” MLT Founder and CEO John Rice told TechCrunch. “This is not just a coding...continued
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Wilmer @Wilmer - over 2 years ago
Harness the Power of New Public Relations Technology
Technology is here to help. Embrace it and watch your client list grow.
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Giovanni @Giovanni - over 4 years ago
The State of the Art in Toilet Technology Is Lube
The Latest Advancement in Toilet Technology Is LubeResearchers have developed a new method of lowering toilet water waste and preventing poo buildup—a special coating that purportedly makes feces slide down a toilet bowl like a child on a greased-up Slip ‘N Slide.In a pap...continued
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Rowan @Rowan - almost 5 years ago
Registration for IIT Kharagpur Young innovators programme begins
Registration for IIT Kharagpur Young innovators programme beginsRegistration for the third edition of the Young Innovators Programme of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, began on July 18. The programme aims at bringing out the innovative capabilities of...continued
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Maida @Maida - almost 3 years ago
Maine’s facial recognition law shows bipartisan support for protecting privacy
The ACLU urges all Americans to ask their members of Congress to join the movement to halt facial recognition technology and support federal legislation limiting it.
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Jarod @Jarod - almost 5 years ago
Capital.com powers Currency.com’s ‘world first’ in tokenising government bonds – TechCrunch
With the SEC recently releasing its long-awaited guidance on Crypto token issuers, it’s becoming clear that the crypto world is edging closer to the traditional financial world. New players are joining the sector who hail from traditional finance and trading backgrounds. ...continued
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Cynthia @Cynthia - almost 5 years ago
No, I’m not selling TechCrunch stories for $20 on Fiverr – TechCrunch
You weren’t going to try to buy a place on TechCrunch for $20. You, dear reader, are smarter than that. But that doesn’t make it any less concerning when a reader emails you in the middle of the night to let you know that someone’s posing as you on Fiverr, name, biography...continued
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Grayce @Grayce - almost 5 years ago
Cybersecurity Hygiene: 8 Steps Your Business Should be Taking
Cybersecurity Hygiene: 8 Steps Your Business Should be TakingWhether you’re managing your enterprise’s cybersecurity or you’ve outsourced it to a service provider, you’re ultimately the one that will be held accountable for a data breach. If your vendor loses your data, y...continued
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Clarissa @Clarissa - 3 months ago
CMOs are facing an existential crisis — but there is still time to secure the future of marketing
Technology has changed marketing. CMOs can still demonstrate their impact on innovation and growth.
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Izaiah @Izaiah - 19 days ago
Amazon's Just Walk Out technology relies on hundreds of workers in India watching you shop
Amazon promoted Just Walk Out as AI-powered cashierless technology. But the tech reportedly relied on workers in India for accuracy.
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Marjory @Marjory - over 2 years ago
Don’t be fooled — Amazon’s Astro isn’t a home robot, it’s a camera on wheels
Amazon wants to sell you a home robot, Astro, a $999 device that is basically a camera on wheels. Some people will welcome this sort of surveillance, but I don’t trust Amazon to develop this technology honestly or openly.
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Manley @Manley - over 4 years ago
Waymo expands self-driving services to include B2B car parts delivery trial
Waymo expands self-driving services to include B2B car parts delivery trial – TechCrunchSelf-driving vehicle technology company Waymo has expanded its business relationship with automotive retail company AutoNation, the companies announced today. The new extension builds ...continued
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Jerrold @Jerrold - over 2 years ago
Ageny chief says Tesla fan attacks on government's new safety advisor are 'calculated'
Jennifer Homendy, chair of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), said Tuesday that the recent backlash from Tesla's fanbase towards a newly-appointed federal safety advisor is a deliberate attempt to shift away from safety questions about the autom…
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Erik @Erik - over 2 years ago
AgBiome lands $166M for safer crop protection technology
The company captures diverse microbes for agricultural applications, like crop protection, and screens strains for the best assays that would work for insect, disease and nematode control.
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Marie @Marie - 6 months ago
The Case for Buying ‘Dumb’ Appliances
Technology is supposedly getting smarter all the time. The sudden rush of AI services and products like ChatGPT has reinvigorated the conversation around the capabilities of sophisticated, connected algorithms that can automate our lives, but it’s just the la…
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Juliet @Juliet - almost 3 years ago
BMW i Ventures announces new $300 million fund to invest in sustainable technology
BMW i Ventures, the venture capital arm of BMW Group, has announced a new $300 million fund to further its investment in technologies that make transportation, manufacturing and supply chains more sustainable. The firm doesn’t operate as a traditional corpor…
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Marie @Marie - almost 2 years ago
He dropped out of school to learn robotics. Now he's teaching STEM across Ghana
Jonathan Kennedy Sowah says wherever he goes, he's always looking for a problem to solve. His latest mission is to help transform Ghana's approach to STEM -- science, technology, engineering and mathematics -- and he believes he's found a solution.
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Moises @Moises - almost 5 years ago
Video: BMW Vision M NEXT Design Explained
BMW Vision M NEXT Design ExplainedBMW showed us how they envision the future of performance cars with electric motors. The BMW Vision M NEXT is supposed to be a plug-in hybrid with around 600 HP that will serve as a halo car most likely, or as a successor to the popular i...continued
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Kraig @Kraig - over 4 years ago
Senate demands answers from Amazon over Ring surveillance
Senate demands answers from Amazon over Ring surveillanceAmazon acquired Ring last year for $1 billion in an attempt to counter Google's purchase of Nest. The company launched its Neighbors app shortly afterwards, explaining that it would allow users to reports suspicious...continued
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Alexandro @Alexandro - 9 months ago
More Battlefield AI Will Make the Fog of War More Deadly
The Pentagon’s embrace of military AI raises questions about what limits should be placed on the technology—and how to keep humans in control.
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Izaiah @Izaiah - almost 5 years ago
Wireless Logitech Peripherals Vulnerable to Cyber Attacks
Wireless Logitech Peripherals Vulnerable to Cyber AttacksBad news for those using a Logitech wireless mouse and keyboard. According to security expert Marcus Mengs (via Heise.de), these devices are highly vulnerable to “extensive” cyber attacks.Furthermore, Mengs adds tha...continued
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Cynthia @Cynthia - almost 5 years ago
Colombian point-of-sale lender ADDI nabs $12.5 million from Andreessen Horowitz – TechCrunch
Andreessen Horowitz <3 Latin American startups. Latin America is the only region outside of the U.S. where the venture firm is routinely investing capital, and it just made another commitment, doubling down on its early-stage support for the point-of-sale lending start...continued
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Grayce @Grayce - over 2 years ago
Why Humans, Not Machines, Make the Tough Calls on Comments
Technology helps The Times field thousands of comments a day. But only human judgment can apply Times standards to reject a submission. One editor gave a tour of the decisions that make up her job.
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