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Google’s internal startup incubator, Area 120, unveiled last year, has to date led to the creation of a number of projects, including a personal stylist app Tailor, a voice messenger Supersonic, and most recently, an app for watching YouTube videos together called Uptime. We’ve now spotted another app in development over there called Appointments, a salon booking tool. Appointments has not yet been publicly released to the app stores […]

A new study found a link between climate change and physical activity, suggesting that rising temperatures may inspire people to get off the couch. The research explores how human activity evolves in an increasingly warmer environment and sheds new light into how climate change impacts human health. Study lead author Nick Obradovich, a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center, first got the idea to investigate how […]

Microsoft began rolling out the Windows 10 Mobile version of its Creators Update release at the end of the day Pacific Time on April 25. The RTM (“release to mainstream,” if you’re not a fan of “release to manufacturing”) version of the OS for Windows Phones is 15063.251. (The RTM for Windows 10 Creators Update for PCs also was 15063.) As Microsoft acknowledged recently, only about a […]

Deep Neural Networks are systems that are able to simulate human perception by ‘memorizing’ complex patterns on a mathematical level. One application for this is in the arts, where these systems are used for their creative potential. As DNN’s become more popular, there is the danger of an unchecked proliferation of copyright protections, which risks stifling creativity. In order to prevent this, we should focus on the […]

ERBIL, Iraq Islamic State militants have developed an improvised explosive device (IED) that can be launched from rifles or dropped from an aerial drone, an arms monitoring group said on Wednesday. Conflict Armament Research (CAR) said the Sunni militant group was “promoting the development of ‘own-brand’ weapons” to provide its insurgents with otherwise unavailable armaments. “The (IED) can be thrown, launched from an improvised rifle attachment, or […]

Dr Eyad Arabi, Research Associate in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Credit: University of Bristol Wireless communications is a technology that is used every day. Across society, there is a move away from using the internet on desktop computers and towards smartphones, tablets and laptops. Engineers at the University of Bristol have developed a novel radio frequency (RF) design tool that will speed up the […]

‘Dubai Expert’ announced a first-of-its-kind destination travel trade training programme that will be rolled out to travel agents from around the world 26 April 2017 Dubai, UAE – Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism), has announced the launch of “Dubai Expert”, an innovative online educational game that has been created exclusively for travel agents. The announcement was made to travel professionals attending this year’s […]

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Over the years, we’ve seen technologies push the envelope on reality. When the Iranians shot off a bunch of missiles in 2008, for example, it was quickly discovered that they fired only one missile and just Photoshopped the rest in. More recently, on social media, it can be difficult to know fact from fiction. Now we have Lyrebird, a Montreal-based startup that says it can […]

No president likes being judged on his first hundred days in office, not least Donald Trump. It is, he tweeted last week, a “ridiculous standard” by which to be measured, even though he also claimed to have accomplished “a lot”. With his 100th day in the White House falling on Saturday, investors have more nuanced ideas. For much of 2017 financial markets have doubted the global “Trump […]

There are several rumors about the OnePlus 5 making the rounds. Some say it will be called the OnePlus 5 because of a Chinese fear of the number 4. Others say it will sport dual cameras. A Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 chip is apparently a shoo-in too as rumors suggest. While these give an idea of what the phone will be, that’s all they give — an idea. So far, […]

A new interface allows users to simply point and click on an item, then choose a grasp, to control a robot remotely. (via WSJ)

This piece originally appeared in Local Edition, our newsletter following the digital transformation of local news. Want to be part of the conversation? You can sign up here. What do you need to unlearn to stay in journalism? This week, two journalists named almost exactly the same thing. That’s not rare, but it struck me as interesting because they’re at such different points in their career. Here’s what they […]

Tencent’s cloud computing unit has launched a data centre in Silicon Valley and will open another four outside its domestic market, as it looks to expand its portfolio to include cloud and artificial intelligence. The Chinese internet giant said the following four facilities in Mumbai, Seoul, Frankfurt, and Moscow would be operational this year, adding to its global network of data centres that currently include Singapore, Toronto, […]

A Boston Dynamics Spot robot—speakers at the TED conference believe in the future intelligent machines will help humans look after the elderly Intelligent machines of the future will help restore memory, mind your children, fetch your coffee and even care for aging parents. It will all be part of a brave new world of the not-so-distant future, in which innovative smart machines, rather than being the undoing […]

SEOUL A South Korean court on Wednesday ruled that the ride-hailing group Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] illegally used private vehicles for commercial purposes, in the latest legal setback for the U.S. firm in Asia’s fourth biggest economy. Uber’s operations in South Korea were not expected to be impacted by the ruling, since it suspended its UberX service after prosecutors filed charges against the local unit in 2014 […]

A new family tree of dogs that represents 161 breeds helps shed more light on the evolutionary history of man’s best friend. Analysis also traces what could be the living descendants of an ancient canine that was domesticated in the New World before Christopher Columbus’s arrival. In a new study, scientists looked at the DNA of 1,346 dogs to produce one of the most diverse maps that […]

Authored by Gaius Publius via Down With Tyranny blog, “We don’t want a unified Korean peninsula … We [also] don’t want the North Koreans to cause more trouble than the system can absorb.” —Hillary Clinton, 2013, speech to Goldman Sachs Our policy toward North Korea is not what most people think it is. We don’t want the North Koreans to go away. In fact, we like them […]

Wednesday 03:00 BST Overview Momentum from a buoyant Wall Street carried over into Asia trading as equities rallied while bonds and oil prices continued to slide. Hot topic Stock markets across the region took their cues from Wall Street, where on Tuesday the S&P 500 neared a record closing high and the tech-focused Nasdaq closed above 6,000 for the first time. In Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 was […]

Robo Wunderkind founding team: Yuri Levin, Anna Larotska, and Rustem Akishbekov. Image: Zoe Opratko As robots increasingly replace humans in the workplace, those who possess the skills to build and program robots will have a distinct advantage, according to Vienna-based startup Robo Wunderkind. As the “robotic revolution” beckons, Robo Wunderkind wants to take a proactive approach by equipping children as young as five years old with some […]

Ever heard of Google Blogsearch, Blogrunner or TechFuga? No? You’re probably not alone. Each service tried and failed to dethrone Techmeme as the place where Silicon Valley die-hards get their up-to-the-minute dose of headlines about the tech industry. Techmeme has hung around for more than a decade in various incarnations and still boasts an influential readership that includes Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Google CEO Sundar Pichai. […]

Uber is planning to demonstrate a network of flying cars in Dallas-Fort Worth and Dubai by 2020, as announced by the ride-hailing company at the Uber Elevate summit. Similar to how Uber dispatches drivers and their cars, the company will not be manufacturing the flying cars, which will be vertical take-off and landing, or VTOL, vehicles. Rather, it will lead the formation of the network that will […]

Government incentive programs — such as the investment tax credit (ITC) and California Solar Initiative (CSI — increased the number of commercial solar PV adoptions. Credit: Wang, Yu and Johnson One key goal for renewable energy in the United States is to promote the continued adoption of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and create a clean energy workforce. Federal and state governments are […]

3rd Internet of the Things Expo (ioTx) to highlight concerns in securing smart and connected cities Hyperloop Transportation Technologies to give visitors a sneak preview of high-speed, tube-based transportation system 25 April 20173rd Internet of the Things Expo (ioTx) to highlight concerns in securing smart and connected cities Hyperloop Transportation Technologies to give visitors a sneak preview of high-speed, tube-based transportation system Dubai, UAE – As […]

Ontario capital Toronto. The province is hosting the first major universal basic income test in North America in 30 years.Image: carlo allegri/getty images By Patrick Kulp2017-04-26 01:15:48 UTC Thousands of randomly chosen Canadians may soon receive free checks in the mail. The province of Ontario just announced that a major trial run of a universal basic income program could begin as early as this summer. Universal basic […]

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