Technology

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Liliane @Liliane - about 3 years ago

Aiba axes two officials thanks to groundbreaking lie detector technology

Two officials thrown out of World Amateur Championships‘I think the technology has incredible potential’Two officials have been thrown out of the Aiba World Amateur Boxing Championships in Belgrade after being flagged as suspicious …

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Elody @Elody - almost 3 years ago

Apple is exploring reverse and “true” wireless charging technology

Apple might leave inductive wireless charging pads behind for something better.

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Maida @Maida - over 3 years ago

Government Report Finds No Evidence of U.F.O.s

The strange objects witnessed by Navy pilots remain unexplained, but officials briefed on a new study say they are not secret technology from a classified American program.

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Muriel @Muriel - over 5 years ago

LG developed its own AI chip to make its smart home products even smarter – TechCrunch

As its once-strong mobile division continues to slide, LG is picking up its focus on emerging tech. The company has pushed automotive, and particularly its self-driving capabilities, and today it doubled down on its smart home play with the announcement of its own artific...continued

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Maureen @Maureen - over 5 years ago

Future Family launches a $200 membership for fertility coaching – TechCrunch

Future Family is a startup aiming to make fertility services like IVF and egg freezing more accessible. They work with doctors and clinics to make the pricing of these services more predictable and upfront, then offer monthly payment plans to help customers spread the c...continued

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Torey @Torey - over 5 years ago

New a16z funds, a $200M round, and the latest from WeWork and Slack – TechCrunch

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week brought the ever-excellent Danny Crichton back to the show, along with myself. The two of us opted to do a bit of a news run, so str...continued

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Assunta @Assunta - 12 months ago

Unity cuts 265 jobs as part of a company 'reset'

Unity Software is eliminating 3.8 percent of its global workforce and terminating an agreement with VFX company Weta as part of a "reset," Reuters has reported. The news follows some severe turbulence in the company, after it imposed and then partially walked…

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Bobby @Bobby - 5 months ago

May 'AI' Take Your Order? McDonald's Says Not Yet

McDonald’s is ending a two-year-old partnership with IBM to test AI’s ability to replace drive-thru workers at more than 100 restaurants, according to Restaurant Business. The world’s largest fast-food company is reportedly pulling the technology later in Jul…

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Felicita @Felicita - about 3 years ago

Inside GitLab’s IPO filing

While the technology and business world worked towards the weekend, DevOps firm GitLab filed to go public. So we need to pause, digest the company's S-1 filing, and come to some early conclusions.

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Jaydon @Jaydon - over 5 years ago

Great teams, UBI, data retention policies, and Amazon HQ2 – TechCrunch

3 key secrets to building extraordinary teams David Cancel, the CEO and founder of Drift, wrote a deep dive on how to think about finding and recruiting the kinds of people who build incredible startups. Among the factors he looks at: Scrappiness (Importance: 35%) The fou...continued

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Torey @Torey - over 4 years ago

To Combat Sexual Assault, Women Are Resorting to Electric Shock Underwear

Ekaterina Romanovskaya froze. It was a warm and sunny day in late May 2000, and the 25-year-old interpreter had just dropped her 3-year-old daughter off at kindergarten in their hometown of Volograd, a city in southwestern Russia, when a man she had never seen before appe...continued

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Alexie @Alexie - over 3 years ago

'Twilight' investor sentenced to five years prison in fraud case - Reuters

A technology entrepreneur who invested in the studio behind the "Twilight" films was sentenced to five years in prison on Thursday after being convicted of fraud related to the video technology company Kit Digital Inc.

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Marjory @Marjory - over 5 years ago

Elon Musk’s ‘pedo guy’ defamation case is going to trial – TechCrunch

A defamation case filed last year against Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk after he repeatedly called a British cave diver “pedo guy” will go to trial on October 22, a U.S. district judge determined Friday. Vernon Unsworth, the British cave diver, filed a defamation lawsu...continued

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Joe @Joe - over 4 years ago

CrowdStrike’s new CTO says the coronavirus era is ‘business as usual’

Two months ago, seemingly out of nowhere, CrowdStrike’s co-founder Dmitri Alperovitch decided it was time to depart.Alperovitch, who served as the cybersecurity giant’s chief technology office since its 2011 debut, said he was leaving to launch a non-profit policy acceler...continued

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Delia @Delia - about 2 years ago

Indian shares track Asian peers lower on rate hike worries - Reuters

Indian shares slid on Wednesday, led by losses in technology and financial stocks, while worries that the U.S. central bank will keep raising interest rates dented investor sentiment.

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Elvie @Elvie - over 4 years ago

Germany snubs Apple and Google's contact tracing technology

Germany has opted to base its coronavirus contact tracing app on the centralized PEPP-PT platform, putting it at odds with Apple.As reported by Reuters:Germany has chosen a home-grown technology for smartphone-based tracing of coronavirus infections, putting it at odds wi...continued

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Joe @Joe - over 5 years ago

These 12 Amazing Products Will Revolutionize Your Next Outdoor Adventure

These 12 Amazing Products Will Revolutionize Your Next Outdoor Adventure • Gear PatrolSure, “Faster, Higher, Stronger” may be the Olympic motto, but at Outdoor Retailer Summer 2019, it was all about “Lighter, Smaller, Sleeker.” Booth after booth lured our wandering eyes w...continued

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Elian @Elian - over 5 years ago

Early-stage US VC Joyance to scout for health and wellness startups in Europe – TechCrunch

Good news for European startups with a health or wellness bent. Joyance Partners, a $20M US VC firm that invests in early-stage startups in the health and ‘better living’ space is launching into the European market with a dedicated European partner. The move could be seen...continued

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Webster @Webster - over 2 years ago

Apple outlines health technology strategy in new report - Reuters

Apple Inc (AAPL.O) on Wednesday released a report outlining a two-pronged strategy in digital health markets, courting consumers with health and fitness features on one hand while engaging…

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Geovany @Geovany - over 3 years ago

Amazon’s cashierless tech expands to London with first international store

Amazon has opened its first cashier-less store outside of the US with a new Amazon Fresh location in London. The store uses the company’s Just Walk Out technology. Billing is handled automatically.

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Kristina @Kristina - about 1 year ago

NASA’s Psyche Mission Is Off to Test a Space Laser (for Communications)

The Psyche probe is heading to its namesake metal-rich asteroid. Along the way, it will demonstrate a near-infrared laser system to send high-rate data hundreds of millions of miles home.

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Jimmy @Jimmy - over 5 years ago

Google makes mobile-first indexing the default for all new domains – TechCrunch

At the end of 2018, Google said mobile-first indexing — that is, using a website’s mobile version to index its pages — was being used for over half the web pages in Google search results. Today, Google announced that mobile-first indexing will now be the default for all ...continued

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Cynthia @Cynthia - over 2 years ago

Clever Stabilized Web Browser Makes Reading on iPad Easier for Users Dealing With Hand Tremors

As much as technology has helped improve our lives, it’s not always as accessible as it could be, particularly for those with conditions like Parkinson’s disease which can cause tremors that make it hard to use some devices. But a new app called Staybl takes …

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Grayce @Grayce - over 2 years ago

Crypto firm Fireblocks buys payments tech platform for $100 mln - Reuters

Fireblocks, an infrastructure provider for cryptocurrencies, has acquired First Digital, a stablecoin and digital asset payments technology platform.

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Manley @Manley - over 2 years ago

White House to boost support for quantum technology while boosting cybersecurity - Reuters

The White House on Wednesday will announce a slate of measures to support quantum technology in the United States while laying out steps to boost cybersecurity to defend against the next generation of supercomputers.

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