Technology

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George @George - about 1 year ago

You Can Stream Thousands of Free Public Domain Audiobooks

Audiobooks make writing more accessible for many people. Unfortunately, they can also be pretty pricey. While it’s possible to borrow audiobooks from your public library, popular titles often have long waiting lists. Beyond that, it can take hundreds of hours…

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Rowan @Rowan - over 5 years ago

Original Content podcast: Netflix’s ‘Always Be My Maybe’ is a surprisingly sweet romantic comedy...

“Always Be My Maybe” — a new film starring and co-written by Ali Wong and Randall Park — continues Netflix’s streak of solid romantic comedies. That said, anyone expecting it to match Wong’s delightfully dirty stand-up (showcased in the Netflix...continued

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Josiah @Josiah - over 3 years ago

Hyundai IONIQ 5 will be Motional and Lyft’s first robotaxi

Motional will integrate its driverless technology into Hyundai’s new all-electric SUV to create the company’s first robotaxi. At the start of 2023, customers in certain markets will be able to book the fully electric, fully autonomous taxi through the Lyft ap…

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Alvah @Alvah - about 3 years ago

Abdul Qadeer Khan, Father of Pakistan’s Nuclear Program, Dies at 85

Starting from scratch in 1976, he acquired the technology and knowledge that allowed Pakistan to detonate its first nuclear device in 1998.

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Rowan @Rowan - about 3 years ago

Apple Releases Safari Technology Preview 134 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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Jaydon @Jaydon - almost 5 years ago

Generate Capital raises $1 billion for renewable energy infrastructure development

The floodgates are open once again for capital investing in renewable energy projects and technology.Generate Capital, the renewable energy infrastructure investor, has raised more than $1 billion for new projects from a group of investors focused on infrastructure, inclu...continued

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Alan @Alan - 11 months ago

LG just made the fastest OLED gaming display yet

Ahead of CES 2024, LG Display has announced a new 27-inch OLED display panel that offers a resolution of 1440p with a speedy 480Hz refresh rate.

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Minnie @Minnie - about 1 month ago

Nintendo Alarmo: Price, Specs, Availability

Nintendo’s new alarm clock lets you choose from a variety of characters from Mario to Zelda and reacts to your movements, so you can snooze with gestures or end it by jumping out of bed.

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Marlon @Marlon - over 2 years ago

EU will require all new cars to include anti-speeding tech by 2024

Every new car sold in the European Union will soon include anti-speeding technology known as intelligent speed assistance, or ISA. The EU regulation (part of the broader General Vehicle Safety Regulation) goes into effect today, and states that all new models…

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Zackery @Zackery - about 1 year ago

Amazon now supports passkey logins on browsers and iOS devices

Amazon, the biggest e-commerce website in most countries, now supports passkeys. That gives users access to the new login solution that's considered more secure than passwords, allowing them to access their account using the biometrics or PIN they use to unlo…

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Kari @Kari - over 4 years ago

Where these 4 top VCs are investing in manufacturing

Even though it’s a vast sector in the midst of transformation, manufacturing is often overlooked by early-stage investors. We surveyed top VCs in the industry to gather their perspectives on the challenges and opportunities facing manufacturing.Traditionally, manufacturin...continued

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Elliott @Elliott - about 3 years ago

Peloton’s CEO and chief content officer are coming to Disrupt

It’s been a wildly unprecedented year and a half by any metric. The pandemic has utterly transformed many industries and made or broken others. In the world of technology, however, few categories were as well positioned to embrace a changed world than connect…

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Izaiah @Izaiah - 9 months ago

Good Climate Solutions Need Good Policy—and AI Can Help With That

Climate Policy Radar's tools scan global environmental laws to see what works and what doesn't. What its AI is discovering today will help shape the regulations of tomorrow.

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Mariano @Mariano - over 5 years ago

NASA’s OSIRIX-REx probe sets a space record with a close orbit of weird asteroid Bennu – TechCrunch

If you follow space news at all, you may have heard of ‘Bennu’ – the near-Earth asteroid that has a slim (but higher than most) chance of colliding with our planet sometime nearly 200 years from now. The asteroid is notable for many reasons, including the recent discovery...continued

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Ryleigh @Ryleigh - over 2 years ago

Ukraine is reportedly using Clearview AI's facial recognition tech

Ukraine is now using Clearview AI's facial recognition technology for purposes such as identifying Russian soldiers, its CEO claimed. Hoan Ton-That told Reuters the company offered Ukraine's defense ministry free access to its system following the invas…

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Minnie @Minnie - almost 3 years ago

Bridgepoint sells Element Materials Technology to Temasek - Reuters

Singaporean investor Temasek (TEM.UL) has acquired Element Materials Technology Group from Bridgepoint for an undisclosed amount, the private equity firm said on Tuesday.

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Patrick @Patrick - over 1 year ago

Biden signs executive order restricting investment in Chinese tech companies

President Joe Biden signed an executive order that puts new limits on American investment in certain types of Chinese tech firms. The order is meant to address national security concerns posed by companies that deal with “sensitive technologies,” including se…

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Cynthia @Cynthia - 3 months ago

Treble is helping architects simulate a building's acoustics. Check out the pitch deck it used to...

The Icelandic startup has developed technology to generate audio simulations for real-life applications.

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Hulda @Hulda - about 2 years ago

Snap hit with patent lawsuit over video-overlay technology - Reuters

The creator of a video-sharing app sued Snapchat maker Snap Inc in Los Angeles federal court Wednesday, accusing the company of stealing his video-overlay and augmented-reality technology.

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Arvid @Arvid - over 5 years ago

Once Considered Creepy, Location Apps Now Seen As Critical For Safety, Logistics

NPR Choice pageBy choosing “I agree” below, you agree that NPR’s sites use cookies, similar tracking and storage technologies, and information about the device you use to access our sites to enhance your viewing, listening and user experience, personalize content, persona...continued

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Cameron @Cameron - over 4 years ago

VCs see opportunities for gaming infrastructure startups and incumbents

As the infrastructure for developing games becomes more advanced, studios have turned to buying best-in-class technology from others instead of building everything from scratch (often with inferior quality).This shift underpinned Unity’s rise as the most popular game engi...continued

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Oren @Oren - over 2 years ago

Microsoft helps speed up work on AI for autonomous drones and flying taxis

If autonomous drones and flying taxis are going to thrive, they'll need AI that can handle a wide range of conditions — and Microsoft thinks it can help build that AI. The company has unveiled a Project AirSim platform that helps manufacturers create, train a…

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Wilmer @Wilmer - about 3 years ago

How technology powered a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation

Editor’s note: Brendan McCarthy, the Deputy Projects Editor at The Boston Globe, talks about how technology moved forward their Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation “Blind Spot.” The team analyzed thousands of documents using Pinpoint, an AI tool from Google …

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Rose @Rose - over 5 years ago

Bose previews voice-controlled on-ear headphones and a pair of wireless earbuds – TechCrunch

Bose announced a trio of new headphones today. The company used the opportunity to primarily focus on the dryly named Noise Cancelling Headphones 700, which purport to sport “the biggest leap forward in headphones since the iconic QuietComfort.” A big claim, to be sure, e...continued

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Oren @Oren - almost 3 years ago

China's Sinopec completes successful trial of crude to olefin technology - Reuters

China's Sinopec Corp said on Wednesday it completed a successful trial processing crude oil directly into olefin, making the top Asian refiner one of the world's few companies that have applied the technology at an industrial scale.

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