Technology
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Alexie
@Alexie -
over 5 years ago
Early-bird pricing ends tonight for TC Sessions: Mobility 2019 – TechCrunch
The robotaxi’s blowin’ its horn and zooming autonomously down the home stretch. At 11:59 p.m. (PT) on June 21 — that’s tonight, people — we hit the brakes on early-bird pricing for TC Sessions: Mobility 2019. Don’t miss your chance to join us in San Jose, Calif. on July 1...continued
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Alexzander
@Alexzander -
almost 3 years ago
China's ZPC studies crude to petrochemical technology to cut carbon - Reuters
Privately-controlled Zhejiang Petrochemical Corp (ZPC), China's single-largest refiner and petrochemical producer, is exploring new technologies such as direct processing of crude into olefins to cut carbon emissions, a company executive said on Wednesday.
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Oren
@Oren -
over 5 years ago
Jewish dating app JCrush exposed user data and private messages – TechCrunch
A security lapse at JCrush, a dating app designed for the Jewish community, left a databases open without a password, exposing sensitive user records and private messages to anyone who knew where to look. The site’s backend database had around around 200,000 user records,...continued
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Rowan
@Rowan -
about 3 years ago
Amazon escapes patent claims in Delaware over Alexa technology - Reuters
Amazon defeated claims that its Alexa voice-assistant technology infringes two patents related to speech-based digital-assistant software on Thursday in Delaware federal court./cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/3NNQGNM2TJOIREHDZMTULDGGKE.jpg)
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Liliane
@Liliane -
almost 4 years ago
Massachusetts governor won’t sign police reform bill with facial recognition ban
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker has returned a police reform bill back to the state legislature, asking lawmakers to strike out several provisions — including one for a statewide ban on police and public authorities using facial recognition technology, t…
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Grayce
@Grayce -
over 5 years ago
Uber’s first employee Ryan Graves resigns from board – TechCrunch
Ryan Graves, a longtime Uber employee and former chief executive officer, has resigned from the company’s board of directors, effective Monday. The newly-public company announced the departure on Friday afternoon. Ron Sugar, the company’s independent chairperson of the b...continued
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Americo
@Americo -
over 5 years ago
Sonic the Hedgehog director says character is getting makeover after backlash – TechCrunch
In 2006, New Line Cinema added five days of reshoots for Snakes on a Plane, six months after principal filming had wrapped. The new shoots helped change the film’s rating from PG-13 to R, courtesy of, among other things, the addition of the line “I have had it with these ...continued
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Elian
@Elian -
about 4 years ago
Austin’s Fox Robotics raises a $9M Series A for its robotic forklifts
The COVID-19 pandemic is, understandably, proving to be a major driver for robotics and automation adoption. The already hot categories are proving to be even more appealing as companies look to technology amid the spread of a deadly and highly contagious virus.Warehouses...continued
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Kristina
@Kristina -
almost 4 years ago
Parler partially reappears with support from Russian technology firm - Reuters
Parler, a social media website and app popular with the American far right, has partially returned online with the help of a Russian-owned technology company.
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Alexie
@Alexie -
over 4 years ago
If You Won't Wear a Mask to Stop Coronavirus, How About Surveillance?
Photo : Drazen ZigicFacial recognition technology raises ethical dilemmas and privacy concerns. Is it okay that our phones, computers, and social media apps not only recognize us, but also collect and store data about our faces? These concerns grow as the tech becomes mor...continued
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Priscilla
@Priscilla -
over 5 years ago
GitHub gets a package registry – TechCrunch
GitHub today announced the launch of a limited beta of the GitHub Package Registry, its new package management service that lets developers publish public and private packages next to their source code. To be clear, GitHub isn’t launching a competitor to tools like npm o...continued
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Moises
@Moises -
over 4 years ago
Samsung’s Galaxy S20 lineup is first to get USB certification for new fast charging tech
Samsung’s Galaxy S20 device lineup has become the first to receive USB certification for their support of the Programmable Power Supply (PPS) and USB Power Delivery (USB PD) 3.0 standards, the USB Implementers Forum announced today. It means that the phones should have no...continued
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Marjory
@Marjory -
7 months ago
Ukraine appears to strike a powerful electronic warfare system previously dubbed the 'backbone' o...
Ukraine's special operations forces (SSO) said that it had targeted a Russian Borisoglebsk-2 electronic warfare (EW) system.
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Ryleigh
@Ryleigh -
over 4 years ago
Google brings its AI-powered SmartReply feature to YouTube
Google’s SmartReply, the four-year-old, A.I.-based technology that helps suggest responses to messages in Gmail, Android’s Messages, Play Developer Console and elsewhere, is now being made available to YouTube Creators. Google announced today the launch of an updated vers...continued
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Manley
@Manley -
almost 5 years ago
Nest Hubs will use ultrasonic sensing to display reminders and appointments
Nest Hubs will use ultrasonic sensing to display reminders and appointmentsLast month Google updated the Nest Hub and Nest Hub Max so that they could use ultrasonic sensing to tell when a person is nearby. While the Hub Max includes a camera that it could already use to s...continued
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Iva
@Iva -
over 4 years ago
Boston Dynamics unveils OTTO Motors collaboration to bring our robot overlords to the warehouse
Boston Dynamics, the undisputed heavyweight of technical robotics wizardry, unveiled a new collaboration with the warehouse autonomous material handling and transportation technology developer, OTTO Motors.Over the past year Boston Dynamics has moved from building the stu...continued
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Jaydon
@Jaydon -
over 3 years ago
Micromobility startup Voi raises $45 million to end sidewalk riding, improve safety
Micromobility startup Voi has raised $45 million, funds it says will be used to research and develop technology that will improve safety, keep users from riding on sidewalks and ensure scooters are properly parked. The funding comes a month after Voi launched…
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Elvie
@Elvie -
over 3 years ago
Orbion, manufacturer of in-space plasma propulsion systems, raises $20M Series B
Electric propulsion developer Orbion Space Technology has raised $20 million in a Series B funding round, which it says it will use to scale production capacity of its Aurora propulsion system. The Michigan-based startup manufactures Hall effect plasma thrust…
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Marlon
@Marlon -
over 5 years ago
Fantasia 2019 Curtain Raiser: A Guide Through 3 Weeks of Genre Frenzy in Montreal
A Guide Through 3 Weeks of Genre Frenzy in MontrealTheFantasia International Film Festival runs from July 11 to August 1 this year in the lovely, and often sweltering, province of Quebec, Canada. Three weeks across multiple venues running all day and night --- a supreme g...continued
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Joe
@Joe -
almost 4 years ago
Amazon’s newest product lets companies build their own Alexa assistant
Amazon is selling access to the underlying technology stack of Alexa to let companies — starting with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles — build their own intelligent assistants with unique voices, skills and wake words. The new Alexa Custom Assistant product, which w…
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Manley
@Manley -
about 4 years ago
PayPal and Venmo will offer and accept cryptocurrency for all online payments
PayPal on Wednesday announced it would begin supporting cryptocurrencies for the first time, allowing any PayPal account holder to store, buy, and sell popular virtual currencies starting later this year. The announcement makes PayPal arguably the most significant company...continued
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Hulda
@Hulda -
over 4 years ago
U.S. stock markets drop again as Goldman Sachs projects zero growth from coronavirus
U.S. stock markets are down again in early trading as coronavirus fears continue to hit economists forecasts for growth, and a number of technology companies began to note the impact of the outbreak in their trailing earnings and future results.The Dow Jones Industrial Av...continued
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Marjory
@Marjory -
almost 4 years ago
Sennheiser partners with Formlabs for customized headphones
3D printing has come a long way over the course of the last decade, but questions about mainstream adoption still linger around the technology. Medical devices have been a pretty compelling use case — they’re not really mass produced and require a high level …
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Jerrold
@Jerrold -
over 4 years ago
Uber may use its selfie tech to verify drivers are wearing masks
When Uber rolled out its selfie system for drivers in 2016, the ride-hailing company was focused on preventing fraud. In the future, it could be used to ensure drivers are wearing a mask.Update: Uber said May 13 it will use its selfie tech to verify drivers are wearing ma...continued
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Rowan
@Rowan -
over 5 years ago
Alexa in-skill purchasing, which lets developers make money from voice apps, launches...
A year after Amazon opened up in-skill purchasing to all Alexa developers in the U.S., the company is launching the service internationally. Initially, the capability will roll out to developers in the U.K., Germany and Japan, and then developers elsewhere in the world. W...continued
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