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Arvid @Arvid - almost 3 years ago
Sonos wins Google import ban ruling in U.S. patent fight
The Google name is displayed outside the company's office in London, Britain November 1, 2018. REUTERS/Toby Melville A US commercial court has banned Google from importing products that infringe the smart s…
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Alvah @Alvah - over 3 years ago
Inkbit raises $30M for its self-correcting 3D printing technology
MIT CSAIL spinout Inkbit this week announced that it has raised $30 million. The Series B, led by Phoenix Venture Partners LLC, brings the firm’s total funding up to $45 million. PVP joins existing partners like industrial 3D printing giant Stratasys, DSM Ven…
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Hannah @Hannah - 10 months ago
AI is too expensive to steal some jobs — for now, MIT study finds
A new study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is one of the first to try to estimate which tasks are viable to automate.
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Kari @Kari - over 5 years ago
Original Content podcast: ‘Black Mirror’ returns with one of its strongest seasons – TechCrunch
Less than six months after releasing the disappointing interactive experiment “Bandersnatch,” Netflix’s science fiction anthology series “Black Mirror” is back with three traditionally-structured episodes. On the latest installment of the Origin...continued
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Garnet @Garnet - over 5 years ago
CoinBits launches as a passive investment app for bitcoin – TechCrunch
Erik Finman is a twenty-something bitcoin maximalist as famous for his precocity as he is for his $12 bet on the currency a few years ago. Now, Finman, who built his first company while still in high school, is launching a new startup called CoinBits, which allows users ...continued
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Alexzander @Alexzander - over 3 years ago
Taiwan-based MLOps startup InfuseAI raises $4.3M Series A led by Wistron Corporation
AI models not only take time to build and train, but also to deploy in an organization’s workflow. That’s where MLOps (machine learning operations) companies come in, helping clients scale their AI technology. InfuseAI, a MLOps startup based in Taiwan, announ…
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Kristina @Kristina - 7 months ago
Apple plans to use M2 Ultra chips in the cloud for AI
Apple reportedly wants to offload complex AI queries to high-powered M2 chips in data centers as the company looks to expand its AI plans.
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Gregoria @Gregoria - 10 months ago
Nikon made an AI imaging camera that detects when cows are about to give birth
Nikon has taken its imaging and AI prowess in a unexpected direction with a new system that can warn farmers when a cow is about to give birth, Kyodo News has reported. It's designed to reduce the need to constantly check large numbers of pregnant cows during…
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Ericka @Ericka - 3 months ago
Apheros helps data centers cool down. Check out the pitch deck it used to secure $1.85 million.
Launched by two female founders, this startup has patented a technology which helps data centres cool down.
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Ezequiel @Ezequiel - almost 3 years ago
NVIDIA's RTX 2050 laptop GPU slaps an old name on new technology
NVIDIA is once again reviving an old name in its graphics chip lineup, but this time it's for thoroughly modern technology. As AnandTechreports, the company has introduced an GeForce RTX 2050 laptop GPU that may sound like recycled low-end hardware, but is ba…
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Leda @Leda - over 2 years ago
DuPont sues French aerospace co over flame-barrier technology - Reuters
A unit of chemical giant DuPont de Nemours Inc sued a French manufacturing company for patent infringement in Delaware federal court over fire-prevention materials used in Airbus planes.
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Cameron @Cameron - about 4 years ago
I Was a Screen Time Expert. Then the Coronavirus Happened.
Before the pandemic, I was a parenting expert. It was a cushy gig. In 2019, I boarded 34 flights. I checked into nice hotels, put on makeup and fitted jewel-toned dresses, strode onto stages large and dinky, and tried to project authoritative calm. I told worried parents ...continued
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Jimmy @Jimmy - over 4 years ago
IBM and Microsoft support the Vatican’s guidelines for ethical AI
The pledge, presented to Pope Francis today, calls for AI that safeguards the rights of all humans, especially the underprivileged, and for new regulations in areas like facial recognition. It asks tech leaders to "humanise technology and not 'technologise' humanity," Nov...continued
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Anderson @Anderson - over 2 years ago
Brazil's freight platform Frete.com to spend $55 mln on M&A -CEO - Reuters.com
Brazilian freight platform Frete.com expects to spend 300 million reais ($55.6 million) to acquire technology companies, CEO Federico Vega said in an interview with Reuters.
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Juliet @Juliet - almost 3 years ago
Amazon brings Just Walk Out convenience to the suburbs
Amazon is bringing its cashierless Just Walk Out technology to a new format of stores aimed at suburbs. The new stores will use the Amazon Go branding that the company already uses for its city-based locations.
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Ismael @Ismael - over 4 years ago
Quibi accused of patent infringement for its 'Turnstyle' video feature
The tech in question allows Quibi to play different videos depending on whether the viewer is holding their phone horizontally or vertically, and it's central to Quibi's offering. Eko's lawyers sent Quibi a letter demanding that it stop using the technology or license it....continued
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Alvah @Alvah - almost 3 years ago
BUZZ Spotify extends losses after bleak Q1 forecast, PT cuts - Reuters
** Shares of Swedish music streaming platform Spotify Technology (SPOT.N) down 16.8% at $159.67 and on track for record one-day pct loss with brisk trading volume after weaker-than-expecte…
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Myles @Myles - over 3 years ago
SpaceTech startup ConstellR, that can monitor land surface temperatures, raises €1M pre-seed round
ConstellR, a SpaceTech startup with a technology that can monitors land surface temperatures from space, has raised a €1m pre-seed round led by FTTF, with the participation of strategic investor OHB Venture Capital, Baden-Württemberg’s state bank L-Bank and a…
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Ariel @Ariel - over 5 years ago
Acorn Growth buys Black Sage
Acorn Growth buys Black SageAcorn Growth Companies has acquired Boise, Idaho-based Black Sage Technologies, a provider of counter-unmanned aircraft systems solutions. No financial terms were disclosed.July 12, 2019– OKLAHOMA CITY – Acorn Growth Companies, a private equity...continued
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Pablo @Pablo - about 1 year ago
"Now and Then," The Beatles’ Last Song, Is Here Thanks to Peter Jackson’s AI
The track was made possible thanks to technology the director used on the documentary series "Get Back." Listen here.
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Allene @Allene - 5 months ago
Elon Musk drops lawsuit against OpenAI
Elon Musk was suing ChatGPT maker OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, for a breach of contract, but now the lawsuit has been dropped.
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Cameron @Cameron - over 2 years ago
CubeSat, co-created by Cal Poly, to be inducted into Space Technology Hall of Fame - KSBY News
CubeSat, a miniature satellite technology co-founded at Cal Poly, will be inducted into the Space Technology Hall of Fame.
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Manley @Manley - over 2 years ago
Russia claims it's using new laser weapons against Ukraine
Russia is supposedly using its invasion of Ukraine to try new technology on the battlefield. As Reutersreports, the Russian government says it's using a new wave of laser weapons to counter the Western technology aiding Ukraine's self-defense. Deputy prime mi…
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Nestor @Nestor - over 5 years ago
The Trade Desk hires Jonathan Carson as its first CRO – TechCrunch
Adtech company The Trade Desk is announcing that it’s hired its very first chief revenue officer, Jonathan Carson. Carson’s past roles include serving as president of Mic, chief revenue officer at Vevo and CEO of digital for Nielsen. He told me he was excited to join The ...continued
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Jimmy @Jimmy - almost 3 years ago
Epson's latest laser projector uses new pixel shift tech to output 4K at 120Hz
Epson has unveiled a new long-throw laser projector that delivers a claimed "zero compromise" 4K picture thanks to a 3-LCD chip system with new pixel shifting technology. The Pro Cinema 4K PRO-UHD LS12000 also comes with an HDMI 2.1 port, promising 4K gaming …
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