Technology
Anything to do with Technology
Jarod
@Jarod -
over 4 years ago
The hype, haplessness and hope of haptics in the COVID-19 era
In March, Brooklynite Jeremy Cohen achieved minor internet fame when he launched an elaborate scheme to court Tori Cignarella, a cute stranger living in a nearby building.After spotting Cignarella across an air shaft, Cohen used drones, Venmo, texting and FaceTime to inte...continued
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Patrick
@Patrick -
over 5 years ago
No technical reason to exclude Huawei as 5G supplier, says UK committee
No technical reason to exclude Huawei as 5G supplier, says UK committee – TechCrunchA UK parliamentary committee has concluded there are no technical grounds for excluding Chinese network kit vendor Huawei from the country’s 5G networks.In a letter from the chair of the S...continued
7 minutes read
Felicita
@Felicita -
over 5 years ago
America's Biggest Police Body-Cam Manufacturer Bans Face Recognition Surveillance—for Now
Axon Bans Facial Recognition in Its Police Body Cameras—for NowAxon, America’s biggest police body camera manufacturer, is currently banning the use of face recognition technology in its products after its independent ethics board said Thursday that the “technology is not...continued
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Ariel
@Ariel -
over 5 years ago
What to expect from tomorrow’s antitrust hearing featuring big tech
What to expect from tomorrow’s antitrust hearing featuring big tech – TechCrunchTomorrow, representatives from Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple will testify before Congress in the second hearing organized as part of the House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust investigatio...continued
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Rex
@Rex -
over 5 years ago
In memoriam – Corby Corbató, MIT computer science pioneer, dies at 93
In memoriam – Corby Corbató, MIT computer science pioneer, dies at 93 – Naked SecurityAlmost everyone’s heard of Linux – it’s the operating system kernel that’s behind a significant proportion of servers on the internet, including most of Google, Facebook, Amazon and many...continued
6 minutes read
Myles
@Myles -
over 5 years ago
Laser eye surgery: Safety in the most successful kind of surgery
Laser eye surgery: Safety in the most successful kind of surgeryThree and a half decades since laser eye surgery was introduced, advance technology has helped push rate of success to nearly 100%.Laser eye surgery: Safety in the most successful surgery in medicineTens of t...continued
7 minutes read
Madalyn
@Madalyn -
over 5 years ago
Jacob Elordi
Jacob Elordi On Starring In HBO's EuphoriaTaken from the Summer 2019 issue of Wonderland. Order your copy of the issue now. It becomes clear my interview with Jacob Elordi is going to be a little different when instead of the usual two publicists, one assistant and 10 min...continued
10 minutes read
Assunta
@Assunta -
over 5 years ago
A Solar-Powered Future Is Finally Upon Us
A Solar-Powered Future Is Finally Upon UsThe world’s solar future continues to brighten, further and faster than seemed possible only a few years ago.As the price of all types of solar technology goes on falling, it is becoming possible for large parts of the world to rep...continued
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Arvid
@Arvid -
almost 5 years ago
Taiwan’s Appier raises $80M for AI-based marketing technology
Taiwan’s Appier raises $80M for AI-based marketing technology – TechCrunchArtificial intelligence continues to be the theme of the moment in enterprise software, and today a company out of Asia that has built a suite of AI-powered marketing and ad tools is announcing a ro...continued
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Assunta
@Assunta -
almost 5 years ago
Leaked Chinese government documents detail how tech is used to escalate the persecution of Uighurs
Leaked Chinese government documents detail how tech is used to escalate the persecution of Uighurs – TechCrunchIn less than two weeks, two major reports have been published that contain leaked Chinese government documents about the persecution of Uighurs and other Muslim ...continued
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Elody
@Elody -
over 3 years ago
What is the digital divide?
Working from "home" in a parking lot. Job interviews on laggy Zoom calls. Students trying to log onto class from a cell phone. For all of the already devastating and bitterly unequal impacts of the pandemic, a gap in internet and technology access, also known…
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Monserrat
@Monserrat -
over 3 years ago
Europe’s rush for a COVID-19 ‘digital pass’ stirs concerns
More details have emerged today about the European Commission’s legislative proposal for a pan-EU ‘digital green pass’ to show verified COVID-19 status. The plan is controversial from a human rights and civil liberties perspective, given the clear risk of dis…
14 minutes read
Oren
@Oren -
over 5 years ago
Protect Yourself With Malwarebytes, The Most Advanced Anti-Malware Software
Protect Yourself With Malwarebytes, The Most Advanced Anti-Malware SoftwareBack in the day it was pretty easy to protect yourself against malware. As long as you didn’t visit suspicious websites or open those forwarded emails from your aunt, you were probably okay. And ev...continued
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Hulda
@Hulda -
over 5 years ago
Virtual reality faces—animating precise, lifelike avatars for VR in real-time
Virtual reality faces—animating precise, lifelike avatars for VR in real-timeComputer scientists are focused on adding enhanced functionality to make the "reality" in virtual reality (VR) environments highly believable. A key aspect of VR is to enable remote social intera...continued
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Rex
@Rex -
over 5 years ago
Senate Has Spoken: Smart Crowdsourced Security Testing Puts American Security First
Senate Has Spoken: Smart Crowdsourced Security Testing Puts American Security FirstREDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Synack, the most trusted Crowdsourced Security Platform, commends the work of the United States Senate which put the security of American citizens fir...continued
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Oren
@Oren -
over 5 years ago
Targeted ads offer little extra value for online publishers, study suggests – TechCrunch
How much value do online publishers derive from behaviorally targeted advertising that uses privacy-hostile tracking technologies to determine which advert to show a website user? A new piece of research suggests publishers make just 4% more vs if they were to serve a non...continued
13 minutes read
Rose
@Rose -
over 5 years ago
Orlando police once again ditch Amazon’s facial recognition software
Orlando police ditch Amazon’s facial recognition platform a second timeAmazon’s controversial Rekognition platform, its artificial intelligence-powered facial recognition software, is no longer being used by Orlando law enforcement, ending the second attempt to use the te...continued
7 minutes read
Rahsaan
@Rahsaan -
over 5 years ago
Why hospitals underreport the number of patients they infect
Why Hospitals Underreport the Number of Patients They InfectIt’s an important question for patients, certainly, but also for insurers, regulators, and policymakers interested in containing medical costs.Mohsen Bayati of Stanford Graduate School of Business has examined a ...continued
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Alexandro
@Alexandro -
over 5 years ago
Xi Jinping wants Trump to lift ban on Huawei before making a trade deal
G20: Xi Jinping wants Trump to lift Huawei ban before trade dealChinese President Xi Jinping is about to make a risky gamble to try to end the years-long trade spat between his country and the United States: asking President Donald Trump to end US pressure on Chinese comm...continued
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Geovany
@Geovany -
about 1 year ago
Is AI the answer to sustainable farming?
Farmers are no strangers to advanced technology. But artificial intelligence and machine learning have emerged in recent years to help the agriculture industry better prepare for climate change and rising food demands./cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25065810/236801_Farming_AI_Nico_Brausch.jpg)
13 minutes read
Allene
@Allene -
about 5 years ago
Pitch, a presentation startup from Wunderlist’s founders, raises $30M more to take on PowerPoint
Pitch, a presentation startup from Wunderlist’s founders, raises $30M more to take on PowerPoint – TechCrunchThe software industry is no spring chicken, and that fact has now brought us to an interesting moment in technology. Some of the biggest legacy apps — ubiquitous a...continued
8 minutes read
Arvid
@Arvid -
over 5 years ago
First Orion Reports Scam Callers Now Leveraging Data Breaches in New "Enterprise Spoofing" Strategy
First Orion Reports Scam Callers Now Leveraging Data Breaches in New "Enterprise Spoofing" StrategyLITTLE ROCK, Ark., July 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Major companies have been victimized in recent years by massive data breaches that exposed billions of customers' personal id...continued
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Assunta
@Assunta -
over 5 years ago
These 15 Wild Scams People Fell For Will Deeply Unsettle You
These 15 Wild Scams People Fell For Will Deeply Unsettle YouThis person thought her brother was getting arrested. "I was on vacation so I kept my phone off. My sister was house-sitting for me when scammers called my home and told her I was going to be arrested or served f...continued
10 minutes read
Marjory
@Marjory -
over 5 years ago
Tech Moves: Outreach adds ex-Microsoft talent; Leafly hires a chief product officer; and more
Tech Moves: Outreach adds ex-Microsoft talent; Leafly hires a chief product officer; and more – GeekWire— What do you do with a billion-dollar valuation? Seattle’s newest Unicorn, sales automation startup Outreach, is celebrating by staffing up its executive ranks with fo...continued
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Roger
@Roger -
over 5 years ago
Mitsubishi Motors North America To Relocate U.S. Headquarters To Franklin, Tennessee
Mitsubishi Motors North America To Relocate U.S. Headquarters To Franklin, TennesseeSince 1988, MMNA has been rooted in California — now Cypress, and Fountain Valley prior to that. This move will begin in August, and be completed by the end of 2019. MMNA's move highligh...continued
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