Technology
Anything to do with Technology
Immanuel
@Immanuel -
over 3 years ago
Shift Technology raises $220M at a $1B+ valuation to fight insurance fraud with AI
While insurance providers continue to get disrupted by startups like Lemonade, Alan, Clearcover, Pie and many others applying tech to rethink how to build a business around helping people and companies mitigate against risks with some financial security, one …
4 minutes read
Myles
@Myles -
over 4 years ago
The CIA wants to upgrade its cloud tech without DoD’s JEDI drama
The CIA is ready to update its cloud technology, and multiple reports this week indicated that the agency has begun a multi-billion-dollar procurement process. A CIA spokesperson was tight-lipped when asked to confirm.That could be because an agency used to working in sec...continued
4 minutes read
Madalyn
@Madalyn -
12 months ago
A man was arrested for plotting a 'mass casualty' attack at Elon Musk's Cybertruck launch event, ...
The 28-year-old Floridian appeared to hate modern technology and had sent threats about Tesla in an Instagram group chat, according to police.
2 minutes read
Madalyn
@Madalyn -
almost 5 years ago
Mammoth Biosciences aims to be Illumina for the gene editing generation
In 1998, the startup company Illumina launched a revolution in the life sciences industry by developing technology to slash the costs of identifying and mapping genetic material.Now, a little over 20 years later, Mammoth Biosciences is hoping to do the same thing for gene...continued
4 minutes read
Juliet
@Juliet -
over 3 years ago
If you don’t want robotic dogs patrolling the streets, consider CCOPS legislation
Community control over police surveillance laws promote transparency and protect civil rights and liberties with respect to surveillance technology. To date, just 19 U.S. cities have passed such laws.
4 minutes read
Kraig
@Kraig -
10 months ago
Apple's EU Core Technology Fee Could Bankrupt Freemium App Developers
App developers in the European Union who choose to opt in to Apple's new business terms must pay an €0.50 "Core Technology Fee" or CTF for every app install over one million installs, a model that has the potential to bankrupt free or freemium app developers.…
4 minutes read
Izaiah
@Izaiah -
8 months ago
Amazon's Just Walk Out technology relies on hundreds of workers in India watching you shop
Amazon promoted Just Walk Out as AI-powered cashierless technology. But the tech reportedly relied on workers in India for accuracy.
3 minutes read
Webster
@Webster -
almost 4 years ago
Pinterest launches an AR-powered Try-on experience for eyeshadow
Pinterest is expanding its virtual makeup try-on capabilities with today’s launch of a new augmented reality feature that allows online shoppers to virtually try on new eyeshadow. Initially, Pinterest is allowing try-on with 4,000 shades from brands like Lanc…
4 minutes read
Alvah
@Alvah -
over 5 years ago
SoFi launches gig-focused ETF – TechCrunch
SoFi is one of the leading fintech startups to emerge from San Francisco and breach the financial markets. Originally started as a way to better finance student debt, it has since expanded to include products targeted at personal loans and home loans. Today, the company ...continued
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Raoul
@Raoul -
almost 4 years ago
Granulate nabs $30M for software to optimize workloads and latency
Services like video streaming, gaming, media-intensive advertising and marketing technology are putting more strain on bandwidth and backend latency than ever before due to the surge of online traffic in the last year. But for most organizations in today’s us…
4 minutes read
Alexandro
@Alexandro -
over 5 years ago
Amazon’s Alexa Fund invests in edtech startups, Zoobean and Unruly Studios – TechCrunch
Two edtech companies, Zoobean and Unruly Studios, are the latest to receive investment from Amazon’s Alexa Fund — Amazon’s corporate venture fund focused on fueling innovation in voice technologies, and specifically, integrations with Amazon’s voice assistant Alexa. Zoob...continued
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Assunta
@Assunta -
over 5 years ago
Market, operators not ready for 5G rollout: Report
Market, operators not ready for 5G rollout: ReportMumbai: Greater fiberisation is necessary before 5G becomes a reality and the already stretched telcos will have to invest at least Rs 1 lakh crore in laying fibre networks in the next three years, warns a report. The esti...continued
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Colin
@Colin -
11 months ago
Nearly a third of Gen Z said technology is making them lonelier — and it's making many spend more
Around 29% of Gen Z respondents to a recent survey said technology is making them lonelier — and it's pushing some to spend more to be social.
3 minutes read
Hulda
@Hulda -
over 4 years ago
Nearly half of Americans say they’ll never get in a self-driving taxi
Robotaxis have a real public image problem, according to new survey data collected by an industry group. Partners for Automated Vehicle Education surveyed 1,200 Americans earlier this year and found that 48 percent of Americans say they would "never get in a taxi or ride-...continued
4 minutes read
George
@George -
over 5 years ago
Unmortgage, the ‘part own, part rental’ housing startup, loses founder and CEO – TechCrunch
Unmortgage founder and CEO Rayhan Rafiq-Omar (centre) has departed the company Unmortgage, the London-based startup that wants to let people buy as little as 5% of a home and rent the rest, has lost its founder and CEO, TechCrunch has learned. According to a regulatory fi...continued
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Emmie
@Emmie -
over 5 years ago
Cambridge Audio introduces Melomania 1 True Wireless Headphones
Cambridge Audio introduces Melomania 1 True Wireless HeadphonesTrue wireless seems to be the lifestyle catchphrase for 2019 with Brit hifi legend Cambridge Audio even coining it for their new IPX5-certified (sweat and water protection for the sport inclined or weather cha...continued
2 minutes read
Raoul
@Raoul -
over 2 years ago
Credit unions should anticipate attrition without better technology
Credit unions have retained higher customer satisfaction ratings than other financial institutions, but that may not be the case for much longer.
3 minutes read
Arvid
@Arvid -
5 months ago
AI Turns Classic Memes Into Hideously Animated Garbage
Have you ever wondered what your favorite memes might look like if they were animated? Well, wonder no longer. Thanks to advancements in artificial intelligence technology, you can now see those static images come to life. And they look like absolute dogshit.…
4 minutes read
Webster
@Webster -
12 months ago
TSMC Demos Next-Gen Chip Technology to Apple Ahead of 2025 Debut
TSMC has already demonstrated prototype 2nm chips to Apple ahead of their expected introduction in 2025, the Financial Times reports. Apple is said to be closely aligned with TSMC in the race to develop and implement 2nm chip technology, which will surpa…
4 minutes read
Elian
@Elian -
almost 3 years ago
Satellite technology creates virtual grazing areas in Epping forest
Satnav keeps cows safe without the need for fences and lets woodland thriveEpping Forest has swaths of designated land that is home to adders, grass snakes and common lizards, as well as white admiral and purple hairstreak butterflies, and mammals such as shr…
4 minutes read
Eleanora
@Eleanora -
over 1 year ago
Apple Releases Safari Technology Preview 177 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. …
4 minutes read
Hank
@Hank -
4 months ago
Beflo’s Tenon Smart Adjustable Desk Rises to the Occasion
Freed from banality, Beflo's Tenon Smart Adjustable Desk reconciles functionality and technology with nuanced, Scandi-like aesthetics.
4 minutes read
Liliane
@Liliane -
about 4 years ago
Gaming companies are reportedly the next targets in the US government’s Tencent purge
Some of the biggest names in online gaming in the United States have received letters from the U.S. government requesting information about their relationship with the multibillion-dollar Chinese technology company, Tencent, according to reports.Even as the U.S. Departmen...continued
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Alexie
@Alexie -
almost 3 years ago
Column: Global energy, emissions and technology diffusion: Kemp - Reuters
Evolution of global energy markets and greenhouse emissions in the next few decades will largely be determined by the diffusion of new technologies across the fast-growing but only modestly prosperous countries of Asia.
4 minutes read
Manley
@Manley -
over 5 years ago
Oppo’s MeshTalk lets you call and chat without Wi-Fi or cellular networks
Oppo’s MeshTalk lets you call and chat without Wi-Fi or cellular networksOppo has announced a new proprietary communications technology designed to let people call or chat across medium distances without using cellular networks, Wi-Fi, or Bluetooth. The protocol is called...continued
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