Technology

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Jerrold @Jerrold - almost 5 years ago

Uber unveils new Volvo self-driving vehicle in a step toward robotaxi service – TechCrunch

Uber Advanced Technologies Group unveiled Wednesday a new generation of self-driving Volvo XC90 SUVs that are designed and built to be fully driverless, a critical milepost for the company as it inches toward deployment of a robotaxi service. Volvo and Uber have develope...continued

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Abbie @Abbie - over 2 years ago

These Philadelphians Created an App to Prevent Gun Violence

Two neighbors stepped up to use technology to protect their community, and now they're sharing how easy it is for others to do the same.

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Casper @Casper - 8 days ago

A Wave of AI Tools Is Set to Transform Work Meetings

An AI-powered wearable from startup Limitless promises to make meetings more productive. It’s the beginning of a wider transformation of human interactions.

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Elvie @Elvie - almost 5 years ago

HBO’s Chernobyl and the Rendering of History

HBO’s Chernobyl and the Rendering of HistoryWalter G. Moss is a professor emeritus of history at Eastern Michigan University a Contributing Editor of HNN. For a list of his recent books and online publications click here. His most recent book is In the Face of Fear: Laugh...continued

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Mariano @Mariano - almost 5 years ago

Facebook adds new limits to address the spread of hate speech in Sri Lanka and Myanmar – TechCrunch

As Facebook grapples with the spread of hate speech on its platform, it is introducing changes that limit the spread of messages in two countries where it has come under fire in recent years: Sri Lanka and Myanmar. In a blog post on Thursday evening, Facebook said that i...continued

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Hannah @Hannah - over 1 year ago

Airbnb to use ‘anti-party technology’ to crack down on rowdy guests

Company to use factors such as reviews and length of trip to judge bookings, after Australia pilotAirbnb says it will deploy “anti-party technology” in an effort to crack down on guests who trash houses they have booked with massive bashes.The technology, whi…

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Alvah @Alvah - about 2 months ago

Reviewers keep mentioning how heavy the Vision Pro feels. Apple execs say there was no way to mak...

One Apple exec told Vanity Fair that the device had as "as much technology as you could possibly pack into that small of a form factor."

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Rose @Rose - almost 4 years 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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Ismael @Ismael - almost 4 years ago

Microsoft shares rise after the tech giant posts 15% growth

Today Microsoft reported its third-quarter, fiscal 2020 quarter earnings, the period of time corresponding to Q1 2020 on the regular calendar.The technology giant generated $35 billion in revenue, up 15% from the year-ago period. That top line led to $13 billion in operat...continued

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Sandrine @Sandrine - about 3 years ago

Anuvia raises $103 million to commercialize its novel fertilizer

Anuvia Plant Nutrients has raised $103 million to commercialize its novel fertilizer technology. The company, backed by investors like TPG ART, Pontifax Global Food and Agriculture Technology Fund, Generate Capital andPiva Capital, is now ready to roll out it…

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Kristina @Kristina - almost 2 years ago

Amazon shows off Alexa feature that mimics the voices of your dead relatives

Amazon has shown off an experimental feature for its digital assistant Alexa that uses AI to mimic the voices of users’ dead relatives. The company hasn’t said whether the feature will ever be available to customers.

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Marie @Marie - 8 months ago

PlayStation Portal Is Not the Portable Gaming Console of Your Dreams

The much-awaited details of PlayStation’s upcoming portable handheld gaming machine are here. But before you rush to save money for the pre-order (it’s not shipping until late 2023), think about this: As we already knew, the PlayStation Portal is not a spirit…

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Raoul @Raoul - almost 5 years ago

GM Cruise raises $1.15B at a $19B valuation from SoftBank and Honda – TechCrunch

GM Cruise has raised another $1.15 billion in new equity from a group of investors that includes T. Rowe Price Associates, Honda, SoftBank Vision Fund and its parent company GM as the self-driving vehicle company pushes to launch a commercial autonomous ride-hailing serv...continued

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Anderson @Anderson - over 3 years ago

I have not played Cyberpunk 2077 but it’s my favorite game of the year

If you aren’t a gamer yourself, all you see of Cyberpunk are the glitches. And they are amazing. From car crashes that change the weather to several kinds of exciting new pants technology, here are some good ones.

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Dayton @Dayton - almost 5 years ago

Google’s latest app, Rivet, uses speech processing to help kids learn to read – TechCrunch

Rivet, a new app from Google’s in-house incubator, wants to help children struggling to read. The app hails from Area 120 — Google’s workshop for experimental projects — and includes over 2,000 free books for kids as well as an in-app assistant that can help kids when the...continued

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Clarissa @Clarissa - about 4 years ago

Tangle EE project joins Eclipse Foundation to bring distributed ledger apps to enterprise

As the number of IoT devices proliferate, and machines conduct transactions with machines without humans involved, it becomes increasingly necessary to have a permissionless system that facilitates this kind of communication in a secure way.Enter the IOTA Foundation, a Be...continued

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Izaiah @Izaiah - almost 4 years ago

Apple Has A Bright Future

Apple stores in the U.S. remain closed, but Apple is still making billions. Photo : Getty ImagesApple, a technology company you may remember from such hits as the iPhone, iPad, Mac, AirPods, and Apple Watch, has announced that it expects to remain in business through 2020...continued

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Cameron @Cameron - almost 5 years ago

Daily Crunch: Leap Motion waves goodbye – TechCrunch

The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here. 1. Once poised to kill the mouse and keyboard, Leap Motion plays its final hand L...continued

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Roger @Roger - almost 4 years ago

Microsoft pitched its facial recognition tech to the DEA, new emails show

Microsoft tried to sell its facial recognition technology to the Drug Enforcement Administration as far back as 2017, according to newly released emails.The American Civil Liberties Union obtained the emails through a public records lawsuit it filed in October, challengin...continued

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Colin @Colin - over 2 years ago

Smartmatic is now suing Newsmax and OAN for 'disinformation campaign'

Smartmatic, the voting technology company that is suing Fox News, some of its hosts and pro-Trump lawyers Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell for defamation, is now adding Newsmax and One America News Network to the list of defendants.

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Ezequiel @Ezequiel - 6 months ago

Joe Biden’s Sweeping New Executive Order Aims to Drag the US Government into the Age of ChatGPT

President Joe Biden issued a wide-ranging executive order on artificial intelligence with measures to boost US tech talent and prevent AI being used to threaten national security.

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Delia @Delia - over 2 years ago

Blue Bear Capital raises $150M to fund climate, energy and infrastructure tech

Blue Bear Capital has raised a new $150 million fund that will be used to find and invest in startups developing technology aimed at speeding up the adoption and industrialization of renewable energy. This is the venture firm’s second fund, which it says is o…