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Jany @Jany - about 2 years ago
NVIDIA looks set to reveal its next-gen GeForce RTX GPUs on September 20th
NVIDIA's GPU Technology Conference goes down this month and the company has revealed when CEO Jensen Huang's keynote will take place. You'll be able to watch it on NVIDIA's website at 11AM ET on September 20th. The keynote will kick off with a GeForce Beyon…
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Alexzander @Alexzander - almost 3 years ago
Singapore SPAC Vertex Technology set for local listing on Jan 21 - source - Reuters
A Singapore special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) backed by state investor Temasek's Vertex Venture Holdings has started the book building for its initial public offering (IPO) and is set to list in the city-state on Jan. 21, a source with knowledge of t…
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Anderson @Anderson - over 2 years ago
Snapchat's latest lens helps you learn the American Sign Language alphabet
Snap isn't done teaching Snapchat users how to communicate using sign language. The social media service has introduced an ASL Alphabet Lens that, as the name implies, significantly expands the American Sign Language learning experience. You'll still learn ho…
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Ariel @Ariel - over 4 years ago
Light-emitting silicon overcomes a major obstacle to denser, faster chips
The push for ever-smaller chips has been running into more and more obstacles, including the very limits of silicon — while optical connections would allow for denser, speedier processors by eliminating heat and energy issues, silicon is lousy at emitting light. Or rather...continued
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Alan @Alan - over 2 years ago
Meta won't host its F8 developer conference this year
Meta still isn't keen on reviving its F8 conference, but this time it's not due to the pandemic. The Facebook parent firm revealed that it "will not hold" F8 in 2022 as it retools for "building the metaverse." Instead, Meta will lean on Conversations (its fir…
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Abbie @Abbie - about 3 years ago
Submarines and Shifting Allegiances
Why the U.S.-British deal to sell military technology to Australia has unleashed claims of backstabbing and betrayal.
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Clarissa @Clarissa - over 4 years ago
Microsoft hires Apple’s former wireless tech chief for its hardware division
Ruben Caballero, a former Apple executive, has joined Microsoft as corporate vice president for hardware design and technology. According to a new entry on his LinkedIn profile, which was first spotted by Bloomberg, Caballero will be part of Microsoft’s mixed reality and ...continued
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Jany @Jany - over 2 years ago
Should Baseball Teams Use Technology to Stop Sign-Stealing?
Professional baseball has a dirty secret, according to the New York Times. While a catcher may secretly signal for certain pitches using their fingers, "Multiple managers say there are clubs who use a dozen or more staff members to study video and swipe signs…
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Giles @Giles - over 5 years ago
Netflix is testing a pop-out floating video player on desktop – TechCrunch
Netflix is testing out a new feature that could mean you never have to stop watching, not even while you work – it’s a pop-out video player, similar to the one you may be used to from iOS and macOS for any website or app that supports Safari’s native video player. Basica...continued
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Teagan @Teagan - over 5 years ago
Israel Spyware Firm Can Mine Data From Social Media: FT
Israel Spyware Firm Can Mine Data From Social Media: FTAn Israeli spyware firm thought to have hacked WhatsApp in the past has told clients it can scoop user data from the world's top social media, the Financial Times reported Friday.The London paper wrote that NSO Group ...continued
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Giovanni @Giovanni - over 3 years ago
$100 million for mealworms
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numberhttps://twitter.com/cgates123s behind the headlines. This is our Wednesday show, where we niche down and focus on a single topic, or theme. This week we’…
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Giles @Giles - over 5 years ago
Interesting!
Interesting! This is the elephant in the room with electric vehicles. Our residential infrastructure cannot bear the load. So as our genius elected officials promote this nonsense, not only are we being urged to buy these things and replace our reliable, cheap generating...continued
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Marlon @Marlon - over 2 years ago
China's Shenzhen reports 19 new local COVID cases on July 19 vs 8 a day earlier - Reuters.com
China's southern technology hub of Shenzhen reported 19 new locally transmitted COVID-19 infections on Tuesday, up from eight a day earlier, official data showed on Wednesday.
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Angus @Angus - about 4 years ago
Carbon Health raises $100 million with plans to expand pop-up clinics ahead of COVID-19 vaccinati...
Carbon Health has raised a $100 million Series C funding round, led by Dragoneer Investment Group and including participation from prior investors Brookfield Technology Partners, DCVC and Builders VC. This funding will be used to help the SF-based healthcare …
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Bart @Bart - about 4 years ago
Spain’s Savana Medica raises $15 million to bring its AI toolkit turning clinical notes into care...
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Myles @Myles - about 4 years ago
Ford outs 4th-gen self-driving platform with better sensors, cleaning tech, and improved batteries
Ford and Argo AI today released details about its fourth-generation self-driving test vehicle. Built on the 2020 Ford Escape Hybrid, the vehicle has everything needed to standup a self-driving service, the Detroit automaker said. It’s equipped with an improve…
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Zackery @Zackery - almost 4 years ago
Prices increase tonight for our space focused event, TC Sessions: Space
“Space, the final frontier…” You can probably recite the “Star Trek” opening monologue in your sleep. But we’re talking science fact, not fiction, and TC Sessions: Space 2020 provides real opportunity to connect with the people, information and funding you ne…
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Liliane @Liliane - over 2 years ago
U.S., Israel announce new tech partnership in health, climate - Reuters
The United States and Israel announced on Wednesday a new advanced technology partnership ahead of President Joe Biden's trip to the region.
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Ismael @Ismael - about 4 years ago
Voyager Space Holdings to acquire multi-launch site startup The Launch Company
Voyager Space Holdings, one of the companies that has been on a bit of an acquisitive spree recently as it looks to put together a comprehensive and multi-vertical space technology offering, has announced that it intends to acquire The Launch Company, an Anch…
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Arvid @Arvid - about 4 years ago
Leading Edge Equipment has a technology to improve solar manufacturing and $7.6 million to go to ...
Only a few weeks after the successful public offering of Array Technologies proved that there’s a market for technologies aimed at improving efficiencies across the solar manufacturing and installation chain, Leading Edge Equipment has raised capital for its …
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Joe @Joe - about 4 years ago
Nym Health raises $16.5 million for its auditable machine learning tools for automating hospital ...
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Colin @Colin - almost 3 years ago
Germany to transfer hydrogen technology to Africa -govt official - Reuters
The German government is planning to transfer hydrogen production technology to African countries amid its efforts to quit coal and nuclear energy, a German government official said on Wednesday.
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Jessika @Jessika - almost 4 years ago
Watch Rocket Lab launch 30 satellites and attempt to recover a rocket for the first time live
Launch provider Rocket Lab has a mission today – codenamed ‘Return to Sender,’ it’s the company’s 16th launch, and it will carry, among other things, a payload that will demonstrate a technology to help safely deorbit satellites. It has a secondary mission th…
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Muriel @Muriel - over 2 years ago
Mercedes EQB first drive: A great around-town EV SUV
The Mercedes EQB holds a unique place in the automaker’s US lineup: unlike other EQ vehicles, it’s built upon a platform that supports gas, hybrid and electric drivetrains. If you’re familiar with Mercedes vehicles, you’ll see it’s unmistakably the electric-p…
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Rahsaan @Rahsaan - over 4 years ago
Air Canada assesses Spartan Bioscience's COVID-19 testing technology - Reuters
FILE PHOTO: An Air Canada Boeing 737 MAX 8 from San Francisco approaches for landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport over a parked Air Canada Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, March 13, 2019. REUTERS/Chris Helgren(Reuters) - Air Canada (AC.TO...continued
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