Technology
Anything to do with Technology
Josiah
@Josiah -
over 5 years ago
China says apps should get user consent before tracking – TechCrunch
Chinese regulators might follow the European Union’s lead to make life harder for internet companies such as TikTok that closely track behavior of their users in a move that could significantly hurt their revenue. Last week, Beijing proposed a new set of measures to enfor...continued
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Clarissa
@Clarissa -
over 4 years ago
Infrared Cameras Can Spot a Fever, but May Not Slow Covid-19
Anyone entering Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital in Los Angeles must pass before the electronic eye of the infrared camera installed last month. The worker monitoring its display sees color-coded boxes around each face in view: green if your skin temperature is l...continued
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Allene
@Allene -
about 4 years ago
The Amazonification of Climate Change Is Here
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos testifies via video conference during the House Judiciary Committee. Photo : Graeme Jennings-Pool ( Getty Images )This has been the year Amazon has gone hard on climate. As part of that effort, t he company announced new climate commitments, a fund t...continued
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Dayton
@Dayton -
over 1 year ago
GitHub and others call for more open-source support in EU AI law
Open-source AI developers suggested some tweaks to the proposed rules as EU lawmakers move toward finalizing the AI Act. Their goal is to make it easier for open-sourced artificial intelligence technology to flourish./cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/11742011/acastro_1800724_1777_EU_0002.jpg)
4 minutes read
Grayce
@Grayce -
about 3 years ago
Berlin Brands Group, now valued at $1B+, raises $700M to buy and scale merchants that sell on mar...
Berlin Brands Group — one of the new wave of e-commerce startups hoping to build lucrative economies of scale around buying up smaller brands that sell on marketplaces like Amazon and using technology to run and scale them more efficiently — has picked up a b…
4 minutes read
Zetta
@Zetta -
over 2 years ago
How Technology is Fighting Agriculture's Unsettling Age Problem
As more farmers near retirement age, technology is challenging long-held views on what it means to be a farmer ... and that's a good thing.
4 minutes read
Adelia
@Adelia -
over 4 years ago
VESoft raises $8M to meet China’s growing need for graph databases
Sherman Ye founded VESoft in 2018 when he saw a growing demand for graph databases in China. Its predecessors, like Neo4j and TigerGraph, had already been growing aggressively in the West for a few years, while China was just getting to know the technology that leverages ...continued
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Cameron
@Cameron -
over 3 years ago
Mainspring Energy launches its flexible fuel generator with a $150 million NextEra Energy contract
Mainspring Energy, the developer of a new generator technology that use fuels like biogas and hydrogen, has unveiled its Mainspring Linear Generator, with a $150 million contract with NextEra Energy Resources. The company’s technology represents a significant…
4 minutes read
Alexzander
@Alexzander -
over 4 years ago
Eager for Manufacturing Independence, Feds Eye Bringing Chip Production Stateside: Report
Photo : Nicolas Fouri ( Getty Images )The coronavirus pandemic has kicked the Trump administration’s concerns regarding America’s dependence on Asian factories for supplying critical technology into overdrive. According to a new Wall Street Journal report, officials are i...continued
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Colin
@Colin -
7 months ago
Musk makes his second trip to China in less than a year to hurry along self-driving tech rollout,...
Musk plans to fast-track Tesla's autonomous driving technology in China amid declining shares and rising competition, reports say.
3 minutes read
Colin
@Colin -
almost 4 years ago
Aurora strikes deal with Toyota, Denso to develop, test self-driving Sienna minivans
Aurora has reached a deal with Toyota and auto-parts supplier Denso to develop and test vehicles equipped with the self-driving startup’s technology, beginning with a fleet of Toyota Sienna minivans. Engineering teams from Aurora and Toyota will work together…
4 minutes read
Maida
@Maida -
over 5 years ago
Madrona Venture Labs raises $11M to build companies from the ground up – TechCrunch
In regions where would-be entrepreneurs need a little more support and encouragement before they’ll quit their day job, the startup studio model is taking off. In Seattle, one of its oldest and most-celebrated venture capital firms, Madrona Venture Group, has raised $11.3...continued
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Alvah
@Alvah -
over 2 years ago
Audi is bringing 5G connectivity to its vehicles in 2024
Audi is teaming up with Verizon to bring 5G connectivity to the automaker’s vehicle lineup starting in 2024. The new connectivity will enable faster software uploads and better in-vehicle performance and could enable future safety technologies.
4 minutes read
Alan
@Alan -
almost 3 years ago
Virtual Christmas: how to use technology to still have fun
From video calls to group movies and multiplayer games, here are some ideas to make a remote Christmas more funWith Omicron spreading in the UK the potential for disruptions to Christmas plans are high, whether you’re limiting your contacts or have been force…
4 minutes read
Bobby
@Bobby -
about 5 years ago
Ford and Holoride bring in-car virtual reality to the masses - Roadshow
Ford and Holoride bring in-car virtual reality to the massesHoloride began its pursuit of redefining in-car entertainment with Audi earlier this year. A new partnership with Porsche blossomed just last month. This week, Ford is the latest to work with Holoride, but in a p...continued
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Rowan
@Rowan -
over 4 years ago
Graphcore unveils new G200 chip and the expandable M2000 IPU Machine that runs on them
There is a lot riding on the use of artificial intelligence technology to help us take giant leaps ahead in solving complex challenges — whether it’s medical breakthroughs, building better cybersecurity or creating better navigation systems for cars and other moving objec...continued
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Rahsaan
@Rahsaan -
over 1 year ago
How Passkeys Will Usher In a Safer, Passwordless Future - CNET
Passwords can still be stolen and phished, even when using password managers. A new technology looks to solve the problem.
4 minutes read
Iva
@Iva -
over 5 years ago
ThinkGeek.com to close, replaced as a section of GameStop – TechCrunch
Sad news for anyone who loves geeky goods and top-notch April Fools’ jokes: ThinkGeek.com, the 20-year-old online retailer known for selling more geek-centric gadgets and peripherals than you could fit in a TARDIS, is going away. According to an FAQ sitting at the top of ...continued
3 minutes read
Jimmy
@Jimmy -
over 3 years ago
Autonomous vehicle startup Aurora in final talks to merge with Reid Hoffman’s newest SPAC
Autonomous vehicle startup Aurora is close to finalizing a deal to merge with Reinvent Technology Partners Y, the newest special purpose acquisition company launched by LinkedIn co-founder and investor Reid Hoffman, Zynga founder Mark Pincus and managing part…
4 minutes read
Cyril
@Cyril -
7 months ago
AI Can Tell Your Political Affiliation Just by Looking at Your Face, Researchers Find
A study recently published in the peer-reviewed American Psychologist journal claims that a combination of facial recognition and artificial intelligence technology can accurately assess a person’s political orientation by simply looking at that person’s blan…
3 minutes read
Americo
@Americo -
over 2 years ago
How People From 1955 Imagined Technology of the Future
In 1955, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce put together a slide show film titled “People, Products and Progress: 1975" to show off what American industry had in store for the technologies of the future.Read more...
4 minutes read
Cameron
@Cameron -
over 4 years ago
Amazon launches ‘Smart Stores’ in India to win mom and pop
For Amazon, it’s never too late to try something in India. The e-commerce giant is exploring ways to further spread its tentacles in the largely offline, technology-free neighborhood stores in one of its key overseas markets.The American firm’s latest attempt is called “S...continued
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Rex
@Rex -
over 5 years ago
VIDEO: Engineering Explains gives a Deep Dive on the Toyota Supra
Engineering Explains gives a Deep Dive on the Toyota SupraBy now it’s no secret that the new BMW Z4 and Toyota Supra were developed alongside one another. Though there’s a bit of confusion as to how much each brand contributed to the project, as the Supra is mostly Bavari...continued
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Jessika
@Jessika -
25 days ago
Lost Maya City, Including Pyramids, Discovered in Mexico’s Jungle
Lidar technology has revealed extensive Maya infrastructure across Campeche, located in Mexico's Yucatán.
4 minutes read
Adelia
@Adelia -
9 months ago
The AI Culture Wars Are Just Getting Started
Google apologized after its Gemini model caused offense by being too “woke.” Expect political fights over AI’s values to worsen as the technology becomes more capable.
4 minutes read