Technology

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Izaiah @Izaiah - almost 4 years ago

HealthJoy launches its revamped employee benefits assistance platform

HealthJoy, a platform that helps employees get the most use out of their benefits, launched its revamped user interface and technology stack today. The startup told TechCrunch that usage has doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic. While the new platform, called HealthJoy 2....continued

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Zetta @Zetta - over 2 years ago

Rain impairs performance of driver-assistance technology - AAA study - Reuters

The performance of advanced driver-assistance technology used to help vehicles automatically brake and stay in lanes is significantly reduced by moderate and heavy rain, a study by the American Automobile Association showed on Thursday.

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Rose @Rose - about 2 years ago

CANADA STOCKS-Toronto market pares decline as technology rallies - Reuters.com

Canada's main stock index on Monday fell to a five-week low as fears of a Russian attack on Ukraine and aggressive policy tightening by the Federal Reserve weighed on investor sentiment, but the index clawed back much of its earlier decline.

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Gregoria @Gregoria - over 3 years ago

China tops 110 million 5G users in less than a year

More than 110 million users in China have signed up for 5G plans, announced president of the China Academy for Information and Communications Technology (CAICT), a think tank under the telecoms watchdog Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, at an industry event...continued

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Raoul @Raoul - almost 5 years ago

Why identity startup Auth0’s founder still codes: It makes him a better boss – TechCrunch

If you ask Eugenio Pace to describe himself, “engineer” would be fairly high on the list. “Being a CEO is pretty busy,” he told TechCrunch in a call last week. “But I’m an engineer in my heart — I am a problem solver,” he said. Pace, an Argentinan immigrant to the U.S., f...continued

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Gregoria @Gregoria - over 3 years ago

Apple Suspends iPhone Maker Pegatron Over Labor Abuses in China

The technology giant said it had suspended future business with the iPhone assembler Pegatron pending corrective actions. The Taiwanese manufacturer broke rules limiting student employee work hours.

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Bobby @Bobby - almost 4 years ago

Kong donates its Kuma control plane to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation

API management platform Kong today announced that it is donating its open-source Kuma control plane technology to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). Since Kong built Kuma on top of the Envoy service mesh — and Envoy is part of the CNCF’s stable of open-source p...continued

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Josiah @Josiah - about 3 years ago

China to ban apps from collecting excessive user data starting May

Starting May 1, apps in China can no longer force users into providing excessive personal data, according to a document jointly released by a group of the country’s top regulators, the Cyberspace Administration, the Ministry of Industry and Information Techno…

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Monserrat @Monserrat - almost 5 years ago

NASA asks private companies to share how they might supply the Lunar Gateway – TechCrunch

NASA’s stated goal of sending the first woman ever, and the first man since the Apollo program, to the Moon involves setting up a new space station that will orbit the Moon, which is supposed to begin being built by the end of 2022, per current timelines. Today, the U.S....continued

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Maureen @Maureen - about 2 months ago

Gen Z faces more pressure at work than previous generations because technology has eliminated wor...

Older generations didn't face the same technology-induced pressures at the start of their career, a prominent psychology professor said.

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Muriel @Muriel - 6 months ago

After Starfield’s shaky launch, it’s going to beta test the next patch soon

Starfield PC players can enter a Steam beta program to try out the update with support for Nvidia’s DLSS 3 upscaling technology next week, while support for AMD FSR3 tech will have to wait for a future update.

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Rahsaan @Rahsaan - almost 5 years ago

Jeffrey Katzenberg’s streaming service Quibi books $100M in ad sales ahead of launch – TechCrunch

Quibi, the short-form video platform founded by Jeffrey Katzenberg, hasn’t even launched but has already booked $100 million in advertising sales, according to a report from The WSJ this morning. The company, which aims to cater to younger viewers with premium content ch...continued

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Ariel @Ariel - over 2 years ago

Technology stocks drag Australian shares lower, RBA holds rates - Reuters

Technology stocks drag Australian shares lower, RBA holds rates Reuters

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Elody @Elody - 10 months ago

Former Samsung executive accused of trying to copy an entire chip plant in China

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol recently declared the chip manufacturing industry to be in an "all-out war," and the latest developments certainly support that statement. Prosecutors in the Suwon District have indicted a former Samsung executive for alle…

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Priscilla @Priscilla - over 3 years ago

Moderna loses challenge to Arbutus patent on vaccine technology - Reuters

(Reuters) - Shares of Moderna Inc fell nearly 10% after it lost a bid to invalidate a U.S. patent owned by Arbutus Biopharma that poses a potential obstacle to Moderna’s efforts to develop next-generation vaccines, including a coronavirus vaccine.FILE PHOTO: A sign marks ...continued

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Ismael @Ismael - about 2 years ago

Ex-Google CEO funneled money into the White House science office

Eric Schmidt’s contributions within the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy raised ethical concerns because of his financial interests in AI. His foundation paid employee salaries.

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Jaydon @Jaydon - almost 4 years ago

CMU demonstrates nanoscale technology that causes plants to absorb nutrients with nearly 100% eff...

Spraying plants with fertilizers and pesticides is typically a highly lossy affair — as little as 1% of the substances currently used in industrial and food production farming is actually taken up by the plant, while the rest leaches off into the soil. A new technology de...continued

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Devin @Devin - over 3 years ago

Impossible Foods gobbles up another $200 million

Impossible Foods has raised $200 million more for its meat replacements.The new round values the company at a Whopper-sized $4 billion valuation, according to the data tracker PrimeUnicorn Index.The new round was led by Coatue, a technology-focused hedge fund; another New...continued

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Immanuel @Immanuel - about 4 years ago

Blue Origin officially opens its new HQ and R&D center

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Elody @Elody - almost 2 years ago

Japan passes economic security bill to guard sensitive technology - Reuters.com

Japan's parliament on Wednesday passed an economic security bill aimed at guarding technology and reinforcing critical supply chains, while also imposing tighter oversight of Japanese firms working in sensitive sectors or in critical infrastructure.

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Bobby @Bobby - almost 5 years ago

HTC introduces a cheaper blockchain phone, opens Zion Vault SDK – TechCrunch

Happy Blockchain Week to you and yours. HTC helped kick off this important national holiday by announcing the upcoming release of the HTC Exodus 1s. The latest version of the company’s intriguing blockchain phone shaves some of price off the Exodus 1 — which eventually ...continued

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Ericka @Ericka - over 4 years ago

Could That Be a $3 Million Vase in Your Attic?

Could That Be a $3 Million Vase in Your Attic?For years, there was a maxim that the auction market was fueled by the three D’s: death, divorce and debt.Natural upheavals powered the supply side of the business, the thinking went. But these days, auction houses are working...continued

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Maida @Maida - almost 5 years ago

Skype publicly launches screen sharing on iOS and Android – TechCrunch

Skype is taking one of its most popular desktop features to mobile devices: screen sharing. The company announced on Tuesday that its mobile screen sharing feature is now out of beta testing, allowing both iOS and Android users to share their phone’s screen while on a cal...continued

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Meggie @Meggie - over 3 years ago

Massachusetts Lawmakers Voted To Ban Police From Using Facial Recognition Tech

Massachusetts lawmakers voted on Monday to pass a police reform bill that would outlaw the use of facial recognition technology by police departments and other public agencies in the state. Read more...

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Oren @Oren - about 4 years ago

This brain-training wearable promises better sleep

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