With Apple shares down more than 20 percent from their all-time highs of only a few weeks ago, writers are piling-on about what’s wrong in Cupertino. But sometimes writers looking for a story don’t fully understand what they are talking about. And that seems to me to be the case with complaints that Apple is […]
It has not been a friendly console cycle for Microsoft and the Xbox One. Microsoft’s troubles began from the second it revealed the Xbox One back in 2013 – not only did the company reveal a console that seemed to put gaming last, but it also took a heavy-handed approach to digital rights management that […]
The future of connectivity depends on a big idea; the launch of vast constellations of inexpensive satellites. Elon Musk’s SpaceX got one step closer to that dream on Nov. 16 when the Federal Communications Commission granted approval for the launch of 7,518 satellites. The implications and the opportunity for investors are big. Musk muses that […]
The $350 Bose QuietComfort 35 Series II Wireless Headphones are pretty widely regarded as the best noise cancelling headphones Bose has ever made. We would agree with that for sure, but we also think that Bose uses unique sound tuning on its headphones that really isn’t for everyone. Thankfully, there are a bunch of other wireless noise […]
The healthcare industry should be using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to a far greater degree than at present, but progress has been painfully slow. The same factors that make the healthcare system so attractive to AI developers – fragmented or non-existent data repositories, outdated computer systems and doctor shortages – are the same things that have […]
Wluper, the London-based tech startup building a conversational AI to power knowledge-based voice assistants, has raised $1.3 million in seed funding. Leading the round is “deep tech” VC IQ Capital, with participation from Seedcamp, Aster, and Magic Pony co-founder Dr Zehan Wang. Founded in 2016 and originally backed by Jaguar Land Rover’s InMotion Ventures, Wluper’s […]
Ahead of the holiday shopping bonanza, the security community is talking to consumers about IoT security. With the holiday shopping season poised to officially kick off this weekend, it’s likely that connected gadgets and toys are high atop many a consumer wish-list. As those of us in the security space know, however, internet of things […]
Since planes were invented, they’ve flown using moving parts to push air around. Sure, there are gliders and dirigibles, which float more than fly, but powered flight is all about propellers (that’s why they call them that). Today that changes, with the first-ever “solid state” aircraft, flying with no moving parts at all by generating […]
Don’t panic! Life imitates art, to be sure, but hopefully the researchers in charge of the Cognitive Architecture for Space Exploration, or CASE, have taken the right lessons from 2001: A Space Odyssey, and their AI won’t kill us all and/or expose us to alien artifacts so we enter a state of cosmic nirvana. (I […]
U.S. chipmaker Nvidia Corp (NVDA.O) has signed separate deals with Chinese electric vehicle startups XPeng Motors, Singulato Motors and SF Motors to develop autonomous driving technology, Chief Executive Jensen Huang said on Wednesday. Huang, speaking at an event in the eastern Chinese city of Suzhou, said XPeng and Singulato will use Nvidia’s artificial intelligence (AI) […]
A group of researchers at Microsoft have made a new app allows users to convert photographs into caricatures. The group included Stanford graduate Kaidi Cao, Microsoft’s Lu Yuan, and Jing Liao from the City University of Hong Kong who came together to develop an AI that could convert photos into caricatures. The trio used over […]
In 2017, over 1 crore students appeared for class 12 exams. These students are expected to grow up to be successful doctors, engineers, lawyers, or chartered accountants. In fact, right from school, they have faced relentless pressure to shine in their exams and secure a seat in ivy league colleges. However, a very small number […]
