Technology

Anything to do with Technology

Jeffrey @Jeffrey - almost 5 years ago

The Big Story: Data Plus Math Plus ACR Plus Regulation

The Big Story: Data Plus Math Plus ACR Plus RegulationWhile most of the interest in TV happens in front of the glass, there’s a great deal of intrigue taking place behind it.This week on The Big Story, we dive into some of the most recent data dealings, with LiveRamp buyi...continued

2 minutes read

Jaydon @Jaydon - almost 5 years ago

Hapag-Lloyd, Ocean Network Express Join Peers in Shipping Blockchain Platform

Hapag-Lloyd, Ocean Network Express Join Peers in Shipping Blockchain PlatformGerman container group Hapag-Lloyd and Singapore-based Ocean Network Express (ONE) are to join peers in a blockchain platform aimed at limiting the industry’s costly paper trail.The two companies...continued

2 minutes read

Marie @Marie - over 3 years ago

Tile Is Reportedly Launching a New Tracker to Make Finding Your Lost Keys Easier

Tile is looking to make its Bluetooth item-finders more powerful with ultra-wide band technology and by adding augmented reality to its mobile phone app, reports TechCrunch.Read more...

3 minutes read

Jimmy @Jimmy - over 3 years ago

Don’t miss the university research showcase at TC Sessions: Space 2020

We are T-minus one week until TC Sessions: Space 2020 lifts off on December 16-17. Join the global space community’s leading experts, brightest visionaries and rising stars for two days dedicated to space technology and exploration — and the opportunities the…

3 minutes read

George @George - 9 months ago

New Orleans' Facial Recognition Systems Led to Exactly Zero Arrests in Nine Months

Police in New Orleans have been using facial recognition for the better part of a year, but the tech hasn’t had much of an impact on the city’s violent crime crisis. NOLA’s recently published quarterly public safety review, compiled by consulting firm Datalyt…

3 minutes read

Abbie @Abbie - about 4 years ago

Noom competitor OurPath rebrands as Second Nature, raises $10M Series A

Back in 2018, OurPath emerged as a startup in the U.K. tackling the problem of diabetes. The company helped customers fight the disease, and raised a $3 million round of funding by combining advice from health experts with tracking technology via a smartphone app to help ...continued

3 minutes read

Alexzander @Alexzander - almost 5 years ago

Early-stage investment firm Defy hires Eventbrite exec Brian Rothenberg as partner – TechCrunch

Shortly after closing its second venture fund on $262 million, Defy Partners has hired Brian Rothenberg from Eventbrite to invest in Series A startups. Defy was launched in 2017 by former Kleiner Perkins general partner Trae Vassallo and Neil Sequeira, a managing direct...continued

3 minutes read

Angus @Angus - about 2 months ago

Google plans to give Watch Unlock a boost with ultra-wideband tech

Updates to the Play Services app hint that Google might improve Watch Unlock using UWB technology, potentially with the Pixel Watch 3.

3 minutes read

Mariano @Mariano - 2 months ago

Tech Still Isn’t Doing Enough to Care for the Environment

Priscilla Chomba-Kinywa, CTO of Greenpeace, says technology firms must shape up—and consumers and business clients should walk away if they don’t.

Health qa tech climate science gettyimages 1610631915

3 minutes read

Priscilla @Priscilla - almost 3 years ago

Black teen barred from skating rink by inaccurate facial recognition

After a Black teen was kicked out of a roller skating rink due to an inaccurate facial recognition scan, civil rights organizations have renewed demands for a ban on the technology.

Acastro 180730 1777 facial recognition 0003

3 minutes read

Felicita @Felicita - about 4 years ago

NASA finds real uses for VR and AR in astronomy and engineering

Years after the advent of decent VR hardware, there are still precious few ways the technology has been employed as anything other than a game or gimmick. One team at NASA, however, has been assembling useful science and engineering applications, with promising and unique...continued

3 minutes read

Jimmy @Jimmy - almost 2 years ago

Activists Sue Chicago for Use of Controversial ShotSpotter Gunshot Detection Tech

A federal lawsuit filed against the city of Chicago is calling into question law enforcement’s use of controversial gunshot detection technology for gathering key pieces of evidence. The suit, filed this week by the MacArthur Justice Center at Northwestern Un…

3 minutes read

George @George - almost 4 years ago

Uber lays off another 3,000 employees

Uber is laying off another 3,000 employees, the Wall Street Journal first reported. Uber is also closing 45 offices, and rethinking its approach in areas like freight and autonomous vehicle technology.“I knew that I had to make a hard decision, not because we are a public...continued

3 minutes read

Giles @Giles - over 1 year ago

The Verge Partners with Chicago Humanities Festival for a Series of Conversations about Social Media

3 minutes read

Ariel @Ariel - almost 5 years ago

Silicon Valley’s founder fetish infantilizes public companies – TechCrunch

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week was a lot of fun. We had Kate and Alex in the studio with Chris running the show and reminding half the recording team about English...continued

2 minutes read

Felicita @Felicita - about 3 years ago

Earn $2,400 for Doing a 24-Hour Digital Detox

Even those who had a relatively healthy relationship with technology prior to the pandemic may now find themselves in a different position—one where they’re interacting with some type of screen during nearly all of their waking hours. Between the Zoom meeting…

3 minutes read

Jarod @Jarod - about 4 years ago

Daily Crunch: Alphabet’s Verily launches COVID-19 screening site

Alphabet launches a site for COVID-19 test screening, the stock market continues to fall and Microsoft Teams goes down. Here’s your Daily Crunch for March 16, 2020.1. Alphabet’s Verily launches its California COVID-19 test screening site in a limited pilotAlphabet-owned h...continued

3 minutes read

Colin @Colin - almost 4 years ago

IBM ends all facial recognition work as CEO calls out bias and inequality

IBM CEO Arvind Krishna announced today that the company would no longer sell facial recognition services, calling for a “national dialogue” on whether it should be used at all. He also voiced support for a new bill aiming to reduce police violence and increase accountabil...continued

3 minutes read

Zackery @Zackery - about 3 years ago

Kia’s electric vehicle plans take shape with EV6 teaser, new naming strategy

Kia started the year by dropping “motor company” from its corporate name and revealing a new logo and slogan as part of Plan S, a strategy to shift its business away from internal combustion engines and towards EVs, mobility services and autonomous vehicle te…

3 minutes read

Ericka @Ericka - about 3 years ago

Apple supplier Foxconn reaches tentative agreement to build Fisker’s next electric car

Apple supplier Foxconn Technology Group has reached a tentative agreement with electric vehicle startup-turned-SPAC Fisker to develop and eventually manufacture an EV that will be sold in North America, Europe, China and India. Fisker and Foxconn said Wednesd…

3 minutes read

Grayce @Grayce - over 3 years ago

Apple Patents MacBook Technology It Completely Abandoned on Its Smartphones and Smartwatches

Apple has reportedly filed a patent application to bring Force Touch to the MacBook’s Touch Bar after ditching the pressure-sensing technology on its smartphones and smartwatches. And honestly, given the string of increasingly niche reboots in recent years, I…

3 minutes read

Alexie @Alexie - almost 5 years ago

US digital advertising exceeded $100B in 2018 (IAB report)

Digital ad spending in the United States exceeding $100 billion for the first time last year, according to the latest internet advertising report from the Interactive Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers.Specifically, total domestic spending reached $107.5 billio...continued

2 minutes read

Casper @Casper - almost 5 years ago

RIAT: How Typhoon updates put Centurion on guard for UK

How Typhoon updates put Centurion on guard for UKThe past 12 months have seen a momentous shift in the UK’s combat aircraft balance, with Royal Air Force (RAF) Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4s having received new ground-attack weapons, its last Panavia Tornado GR4s retiring and...continued

9 minutes read

Bobby @Bobby - 8 months ago

An AI Moderator Is Coming With ‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3’

When Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 comes out on Nov. 10, all players’ voice chats will be silently monitored by artificial intelligence. The AI-powered moderation technology, Toxmod, is designed to identify toxic speech in real time in multiplayer games to c…

3 minutes read

Jerrold @Jerrold - over 2 years ago

Bite Ninja scoops up pre-seed funding to reimagine restaurant working environments

The company's remote hiring technology enable restaurants to fill last-minute drive-thru or cashier shifts.

3 minutes read