Technology

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Alvah @Alvah - almost 3 years ago

Technology stocks pull Australian shares lower after hawkish Fed minutes - Reuters

Australian shares dropped on Thursday, as technology stocks tracked overnight losses on the Nasdaq index (.IXIC) after minutes from the Federal Reserve's meeting signalled that the U.S. central…

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Angus @Angus - about 3 years ago

Boston Dynamics owner Hyundai deploys Spot for factory safety monitoring

Back in June, Hyundai completed a deal for controlling interest in Boston Dynamics. The Korean automotive giant no doubt has some grand plans for integrating the Massachusetts-based firm’s technology into a lot of their forward-looking concept mobility vehicl…

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Josiah @Josiah - over 4 years ago

AR is the answer to plummeting retail sales during lockdown

As countries around the world face prolonged lockdown to prevent the further spread of COVID-19, retailers are among the hardest hit. Many have closed all their brick-and-mortar stores, resulting in furloughing of many employees.The U.S. Census Bureau reported that retail...continued

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Zackery @Zackery - over 5 years ago

A16z ushers in new fund strategy with $2.75B – TechCrunch

Andreessen Horowitz, the storied venture capital firm with investments in Airbnb, BuzzFeed and Coinbase, has closed on $2.75 billion for two new funds, the firm confirmed in a blog post this morning. The firm has raised $2 billion for its debut late-stage fund led by ...continued

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Devin @Devin - almost 5 years ago

Disrupting Space: A new event from TechCrunch

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Ryleigh @Ryleigh - almost 5 years ago

After closing its $2.2 billion latest tech fund, KKR adds top Cisco exec to its leadership team

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Kari @Kari - over 4 years ago

How to Build a Functional Mandalorian Tracking Fob to Find Your Smartphone Instead of Baby Yodas

Gif : VimeoThe tracking fobs used by bounty hunters in The Mandalorian to find their targets make the dangerous profession seem kind of easy. So the engineers at design studio MVRK wondered if the mythical technology could be recreated using Earth technology to make findi...continued

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Adelia @Adelia - almost 4 years ago

Minneapolis bans its police department from using facial recognition software

Minneapolis voted Friday to ban the use of facial recognition software for its police department, growing the list of major cities that have implemented local restrictions on the controversial technology. After an ordinance on the ban was approved earlier thi…

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Rahsaan @Rahsaan - 4 months ago

A school used facial recognition tech for cafeteria payments. An internet law expert says it's ra...

A UK school broke the law by using facial recognition technology in its cafeteria without assessing the risks to the children's data.

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Rahsaan @Rahsaan - over 4 years ago

Amazon sells its self-checkout technology to other stores

Amazon wants to push retail into the future, but it could leave some customers behind.The e-commerce giant confirmed on Monday morning that it would start selling its cashier-less self-checkout technology to retail partners. The tech, which Amazon has dubbed "Just Walk Ou...continued

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Ericka @Ericka - over 4 years ago

Twitter Cracks Down on 5G Coronavirus Conspiracy Theories That Have Inspired Dozens of Cell Tower...

Photo : GettyTwitter is expanding its crackdown on misinformation that may influence people to “engage in harmful activity” to include a conspiracy theory that 5G technology is somehow behind the spread of the novel coronavirus causing the current covid-19 pandemic.Advert...continued

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Maureen @Maureen - over 5 years ago

Following US Huawei ban, China threatens own blacklist for foreign firms – TechCrunch

Odds of the U.S. and China cooling off their trade war further diminished on Friday after the world’s most populous nation said it would create a list of “unreliable” foreign firms of its own. Gao Feng, a spokesman of China’s commerce ministry, said today that the nation ...continued

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Teagan @Teagan - over 1 year ago

Apple Releases Safari Technology Preview 172 With Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements

Apple today released a new update for Safari Technology Preview, the experimental browser Apple first introduced in March 2016. Apple designed the ‌Safari Technology Preview‌ to test features that may be introduced into future release versions of Safari. …

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Liliane @Liliane - almost 5 years ago

In Los Angeles, the Women’s March embraces technology to organize and inspire

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Angus @Angus - about 3 years ago

Samsung's larger, stretchier OLED display technology is creepy and cool

Samsung goes for more immersion with bigger, stretchier displays. What you need to know Samsung showed off its flexible OLED display tech at Global Tech Korea 2021 this week. The demo shows a 13-inch OLED display that stretches based on what's being shown.…

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Clarissa @Clarissa - over 5 years ago

CMU researchers use computer vision to see around corners – TechCrunch

Future autonomous vehicle and other machine intelligence systems might not need line-of-sight to gather incredibly detailed image data: New research from Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Toronto and University College London has devised a technique for “seein...continued

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Izaiah @Izaiah - over 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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Garnet @Garnet - 4 months ago

America’s Cyber Security Agency Picks Its First Head of AI

The pick comes at a time when CISA’s head has compared the new technology to nuclear weapons.

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Zetta @Zetta - about 3 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 - almost 3 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 - about 4 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 - over 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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Teagan @Teagan - 7 months ago

AI security bill aims to prevent safety breaches of AI models

The Secure Artificial Intelligence Act, filed in the Senate, requires NIST to create a database of AI security breaches and track safety issues.

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Gregoria @Gregoria - about 4 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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Casper @Casper - 7 months ago

Kylie Robison Joins The Verge as Senior AI Reporter

She’ll lead the technology publication’s coverage of artificial intelligence, working closely with The Verge’s policy and tech teams.

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