Technology

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Muriel @Muriel - over 5 years ago

SOUTHCOM CO: Chinas Influence Growing in Western Hemisphere

Chinas Influence Growing in Western HemisphereAdm. Craig Faller, the commander of U.S. Southern Command, arrives to Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras on June 20, 2019. US Marine Corps PhotoChinas soft power moves in the Western Hemisphere from building ports to sharing inf...continued

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Monserrat @Monserrat - almost 3 years ago

China's BYD, Momenta enter venture for autonomous driving technology - Reuters

China's BYD (002594.SZ) and autonomous driving startup Momenta have established a 100 million yuan ($15.7 million) joint venture to deploy autonomous driving capabilities across certain…

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Dayton @Dayton - over 3 years ago

Waymo to open offices in Pittsburgh, an AV tech hub

Waymo, Google’s former self-driving car project that’s now an independent business unit under Alphabet, is expanding its presence in the eastern U.S. The company said Thursday it would be opening offices in Pittsburgh, joining a growing suite of companies dev…

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Madalyn @Madalyn - over 2 years ago

FCC rejects Starlink’s bid for rural internet subsidies due to its $600 satellite dish

The FCC rejected the SpaceX-owned Starlink’s bid for $885 million in subsidies to fund broadband internet service in rural areas.

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Alexander @Alexander - about 1 month ago

Threshold’s Wi-Fi sensing plugs offer caregiver monitoring without cameras

The Motion Wi-Fi Sensing Plugs use interference to detect motion, allowing remote caregivers to monitor household activity without installing an invasive camera.

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Elaina @Elaina - over 2 years ago

Prosus to sell Russian online marketplace Avito, formerly worth $6 bln - Reuters

Prosus, the Dutch-based technology investor, said on Friday it would seek a buyer for its Russian online marketplace Avito.

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Giles @Giles - over 2 years ago

Amusan reignites shoe technology debate after record-breaking display - Reuters.com

Tobi Amusan's record-breaking performance in the 100 metres hurdles event at the World Championships on Sunday dragged the spotlight back on shoe technology but the Nigerian said her display had little to do with her footwear.

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Zackery @Zackery - almost 3 years ago

In Luge and Skeleton the Goal Is to Go Fast. Just Not Too Fast.

Technology and safety are colliding in sliding sports, where sleds made for speed are finding tracks built to slow them down.

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Meggie @Meggie - almost 3 years ago

CANADA STOCKS-Toronto index slides as technology stocks weigh - Reuters.com

Canada's main stock index fell on Tuesday, hurt by a sell-off in technology stock triggered by higher U.S. Treasury yields following the biggest jump in oil prices in seven years.

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Cameron @Cameron - over 1 year ago

James Webb telescope marks first anniversary with an image of a nearby stellar nursery

It’s hard to believe, but the James Webb Space Telescope started sending out stunning images of the universe one full year ago. To commemorate the milestone, NASA's letting the telescope do what it does best, showing us obscenely cool space shots. The lates…

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Adelia @Adelia - over 3 years ago

Intel's Mobileye will power driverless 'last-mile' deliveries starting in 2023

Intel's self-driving technology company Mobileye has just announced a partnership with Udelv to build a fleet of autonomous delivery vehicles.

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Colin @Colin - over 2 years ago

Chipmaker MaxLinear to buy Silicon Motion Technology in $3.8 bln deal - Reuters.com

Chipmaker MaxLinear Inc said on Thursday it will buy Taiwan-based Silicon Motion Technology for $3.8 billion in a cash-and-stock deal.

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Josiah @Josiah - over 2 years ago

Disney's new streaming CTO was behind key video tech for YouTube

Disney has hired Jeremy Doig, Google's vice president of engineering, as chief technology officer of its streaming group.

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Elvie @Elvie - over 3 years ago

Protect your home with a private security camera powered by blockchain technology

Ucam is a completely private security camera you can operate from your phone. With two-way audio, motion detection and 360-degree views, you can monitor your home from anywhere.

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Jimmy @Jimmy - over 3 years ago

UniCredit to boost board's diversity, technology skills - Reuters

Italy's No. 2 bank UniCredit plans to appoint more women to its board, including Dame Jayne-Anne Gadhia, the former head of Virgin Money and founder of open banking fintech Snoop.

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Cynthia @Cynthia - over 4 years ago

FDA authorizes a ventilator developed by NASA’s JPL for emergency use in COVID-19 treatment

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized for emergency use as outlined in the agency’s COVID-19 guidelines a new ventilator designed by engineers working at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory . The ventilator, which has an acronym because this is NASA we’r...continued

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Maida @Maida - about 3 years ago

Boston Fed's first look at digital U.S. dollar nearly done, official says - Reuters

The first phase of a multi-year research project the Boston Federal Reserve is doing with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on the technology that could be used for a digital dollar is nearly done and could be released over the next month or so, a Bos…

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Kraig @Kraig - over 2 years ago

Engadget is looking for contributing writers in the US

If you love technology as much as we do and have writing chops to boot, we want to hear from you. Engadget is looking for freelance news writers in the US! Interested applicants should send a cover letter, resume and links to three writing samples to jobs at …

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Webster @Webster - almost 3 years ago

Toronto market rises for third day as technology rallies - Reuters

Canada's main stock index rose on Thursday in lighter than usual trading as heavily weighted financial and technology stocks contributed to broad-based gains.

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Elody @Elody - 9 days ago

Choose Boring Technology and LLMs

I really like boring technology. Software that has been tested for decades, does what it is supposed to robustly and fast, and is known by every person and machine on the planet. Technology like relational databases and SQL, HTTP, HTML, a well-known programmi…

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Juliet @Juliet - over 3 years ago

Novartis weighs entry into mRNA technology, chairman tells paper - Reuters

Swiss drugmaker Novartis (NOVN.S) could get into the field of messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) technology, which has come to the fore in vaccine development during the coronavirus pandemi…

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Jarod @Jarod - 9 months ago

China Intensifies Push To 'Delete America' From Its Technology

A directive known as Document 79 ramps up Beijing's effort to replace U.S. tech with homegrown alternatives. From a report: For American tech companies in China, the writing is on the wall. It's also on paper, in Document 79. The 2022 Chinese government direc…

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Alexander @Alexander - over 5 years ago

Terry Gou resigns as Foxconn’s chairman to run for president of Taiwan – TechCrunch

Terry Gou said at Foxconn’s annual general meeting today that he is leaving the electronics manufacturing giant as he prepares to run for president of Taiwan. Gou, who founded Foxconn (also known as Hon Hai Precision Industry Co.) 45 years ago and is also its biggest sha...continued

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Monserrat @Monserrat - over 3 years ago

Satellite operator Planet to go public in $2.8B SPAC merger

Planet, which operates a network of around 200 satellites that provides Earth imaging, as well as analytics of the data derived from that observation, is going public in a merger with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) dMY Technology Group IV. The dea…

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Mariano @Mariano - about 2 years ago

Desktop Metal to unveil 3D-printed sheet metal technology for cars, planes - Reuters

U.S.-based 3D printer maker Desktop Metal Inc (DM.N) plans to unveil as early as on Wednesday a new technology that will dramatically simplify the industrial sheet metal production process, …

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