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Cynthia @Cynthia - 8 months ago

Samsung's 2024 OLED TVs Are Out Now, With All Eyes on New Anti-Glare Technology - CNET

Samsung and LG both released new OLED TVs this month. With very similar pricing, seemingly small advancements could make the difference for either TV.

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Cyril @Cyril - almost 5 years ago

Mobileye takes aim at Waymo

Mobileye takes aim at Waymo – TechCrunchMobileye has built a multi-billion-dollar business supplying automakers with computer vision technology that powers advanced driver assistance systems. It’s a business that last year generated nearly $1 billion in sales for the comp...continued

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Mariano @Mariano - about 4 years ago

Point72, the firm investing hedge fund mogul Steven A Cohen’s personal wealth, gets into healthcare

Point72 Ventures, the early stage investment firm that’s now solely investing the personal wealth of the multi-billionaire hedge fund magnate Steven A. Cohen, is getting into healthcare investing.The firm has hired Scott Barclay, a former partner at the life sciences and ...continued

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Arvid @Arvid - over 5 years ago

Amazon Fire TV tops 34 million users, widening its lead over Roku – TechCrunch

Amazon Fire TV’s lead over rival streaming platform Roku is widening. In January at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Amazon said it had “well over” 30 million Fire TV users compared with Roku’s then 27 million active users. In roughly four months’ time, Fire T...continued

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Giles @Giles - about 3 years ago

Facebook's technology head Mike Schroepfer to step down - Reuters

Facebook Inc's (FB.O) Mike Schroepfer said on Wednesday that he was stepping down as the company's chief technology officer.

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Iva @Iva - over 5 years ago

Immigrant founders, smartphone growth, SEO tactics, SoftBank’s financials, and AR tech – TechCrunch

How an immigration crackdown is hurting UK startups Our European correspondent Natasha Lomas spent the past few weeks investigating what’s been happening to immigrant founders and tech talent in the UK, who have been receiving more scrutiny from the Home Office in recent ...continued

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Elody @Elody - over 2 years ago

108 Volunteers Will Test New mRNA Vaccines for HIV

The next generation of potential vaccines for HIV are set to be tested in humans. This week, the U.S. National Institutes of Health launched an early clinical trial that will track the safety of three experimental HIV vaccines, all being developed by Moderna …

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Anderson @Anderson - 6 months ago

Alexa Will Get an Upgrade But It'll Cost You, Report Says

Amazon is reportedly releasing a generative AI version of Alexa later this year and plans to charge a monthly subscription fee separate from Amazon Prime for the technology, according to CNBC on Wednesday. It’s part of Amazon’s effort to compete with OpenAI’s…

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Kristina @Kristina - over 3 years ago

US lawmakers want to restrict police use of 'Stingray' cell tower simulators

Law enforcement agencies in the US currently do not require a warrant to use the technology. The Cell-Site Simulator Act of 2021 seeks to change that.

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Joe @Joe - about 4 years ago

CBP does not make it clear Americans can opt-out of airport face scanning, watchdog says

CBP does not make it clear Americans can opt out of airport face scanning, watchdog saysA government watchdog has criticized U.S. border authorities for failing to properly disclose the agency’s use of facial recognition at airports, which included instructions on how Ame...continued

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Rex @Rex - over 4 years ago

With technology to perfect product pitches in digital marketplaces Pattern raises $52 million

Pattern, a Lehi, Utah-based reseller that offers large and small brands a way to optimize their sales on marketplaces like Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Google Shopping, has raised $52 million in growth funding, the company said.The money, from Ainge Advisory and KSV Global, ...continued

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Ezequiel @Ezequiel - 11 months ago

Sam Altman’s Weird Eyeball Scanning Crypto Tech Comes to Minecraft

Worldcoin, Sam Altman’s cryptocurrency venture, is now integrating its verification services into popular apps such as Reddit, Discord, Shopify, Mercado Libre, Telegram, and Minecraft. The move is part of Altman’s World ID 2.0, which describes itself as “a hu…

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Americo @Americo - about 1 year ago

Joe Biden’s Big AI Plan Sounds Scary—but Lacks Bite

Joe Biden’s new executive order is billed as the biggest governmental AI plan ever. Unless he can convince a dysfunctional US Congress and overseas rivals to play along, its effects will be limited.

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Marie @Marie - over 2 years ago

Reddit's collectible, blockchain-based avatars definitely aren't NFTs

Reddit is dipping its toe into the digital collectible craze. The site is launching a new take on NFTs with collectible avatars, one of its first forays into blockchain-based tech.The avatars are designed by artists (many of whom are, naturally, also Redditor…

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Jeffrey @Jeffrey - about 3 years ago

Myelin launches second venture fund to target North America, Europe, Latin America

Venture capital firm Myelin on Wednesday launched its second fund, Myelin II, that will invest in some 40 early-stage technology companies.

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Erik @Erik - over 4 years ago

Zoom founder and CEO Eric Yuan will speak at Disrupt 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has bruised and battered many technology startups, but it has also boosted a small few. One such company is Zoom, which has shouldered the task of keeping us connected to one another in the midst of remote work and social distancing.So, of course,...continued

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Pablo @Pablo - over 4 years ago

The Morning After: Sony reschedules its PS5 showcase for Thursday

What’s the future of facial recognition technology? Its use has become increasingly controversial due to privacy concerns and issues of bias. Now, IBM CEO Arvind Krishna said in a letter to Congress that his company “no longer offers general purpose IBM facial recognition...continued

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Ezequiel @Ezequiel - over 5 years ago

Apple No Longer Sells the 12-inch MacBook and Previous MacBook Air

Apple No Longer Sells the 12-inch MacBook and Previous MacBook AirAfter refreshing the MacBook Air with Retina display this morning with True Tone technology and a slight price drop (and updating the 13-inch MacBook Pro too), Apple has also quietly removed the previous ge...continued

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Pablo @Pablo - over 4 years ago

BlueOcean uses automation to deliver affordable brand audits in seven days

BlueOcean is a new startup offering companies a relatively fast and affordable way to see how their brands are performing and what they can do to improve.CEO Grant McDougall and COO/President Liza Nebel (the pair founded BlueOcean with Chief Data Scientist Matthew Gross) ...continued

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Jimmy @Jimmy - over 5 years ago

48 hours left to apply for Startup Battlefield at Disrupt SF and win $100,000 – TechCrunch

What’s on your to-do list in the next 48 hours? Move “launch my awesome early-stage startup to the world” to the top of the list and apply to compete in the Startup Battlefield at Disrupt San Francisco 2019 on October 2-4 in front of 10,000 live attendees and tens of thou...continued

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Alan @Alan - about 4 years ago

Google claims net zero carbon footprint over its entire lifetime, aims to only use carbon-free en...

Google was at the leading edge of large technology companies seeking to go completely carbon neutral, having declared that status in 2007, and subsequently matching all of its global electricity consumption with renewable energy. Now, the company says that it is breaking ...continued

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Giles @Giles - 10 months ago

Trend of the Week: Tech Gets Horny at CES

This week in trends, the biggest tech event of the year took place in Las Vegas. The Consumer Electronics Show features the latest devices such as a transparent TV, another TV that folds, and this adorable ball-shaped robot from Samsung. But even though they’…

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Kari @Kari - over 4 years ago

BMW, Mercedes Benz end ‘long term’ automated driving alliance, for now

BMW Group and Mercedes-Benz AG have punted on what was meant to be a long term collaboration to develop next-generation automated driving technology together, less than a year after announcing the agreement.The German automakers called the break up “mutual and amicable” a...continued

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Alexie @Alexie - about 3 years ago

Amazon’s cashierless tech makes first appearance in a rival store outside the US

Amazon’s cashierless technology is becoming more widespread, with a first retailer outside the US adopting the system of tracking cameras. The UK’s second largest supermarket chain Sainsbury’s will reportedly use the tech in a shop in Holborn, London.

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Alvah @Alvah - about 4 years ago

Virtual healthcare provider Medefer raises £10M to digitise the outpatient journey

Medefer, the U.K.-based virtual healthcare provider that, in its own words, is “reimagining” the outpatient system, is disclosing £10 million in new funding.The round was led by private investment firm Nickleby Capital, and will be used to grow the team and invest in tech...continued

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