Connectivity has always been at the core of Internet of Things (IoT) solutions. Whether tapping a local ethernet connection for Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) monitoring or deploying gateways and backhauling data over a cellular network, connectivity starts the IoT solution journey.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is humanity’s new frontier. Often viewed as the next wave of human evolution, AI has now officially taken center stage after enduring years of policy, technological, and investment setbacks that led to multiple AI winters. However, with the increasing inclusion of AI in our daily lives, humanity is concerned with major ethical issues brought by this development, as demonstrated by the dispute over the use of facial recognition technologies in public security in China,
The COVID-19 pandemic has produced a chain of events unlike anything we have seen in our lifetimes. Our daily routines have been flooded with uncertainty, both at home and at work. This has resulted in questions about the future state of our global economy.
TechCrunch | Sept. 18, 2021, 5:16 p.m.
TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 approaches in just three days. Here’s your how-to guide for everything you can expect at Disrupt. Although the main show kicks off on Tuesday the 21st, there’ll be some sneak peeks and extras going down on Monday. Make sure to log in to Hopin by noon on Monday to catch it all, […]
Read Full ArticleTechCrunch | Sept. 18, 2021, 3:05 p.m.
BetterUp, a reskilling and coaching platform for employees before and beyond the C-suite, is getting in touch with its emotions. This week, the richly funded unicorn startup announced a pair of acquisitions in the emotional artificial intelligence and people management space: Motive and Impraise. The terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.
Read Full ArticleCNBC | Sept. 18, 2021, 9:25 a.m.
Recent rules from the FCC will slow robocall scammers down, but experts say they won't disappear.
Read Full ArticleWall Street Journal | Sept. 18, 2021, 1:01 a.m.
Some technologies improve much faster than others, and they do so at a more or less steady pace, regardless of individual breakthroughs and inventors. This should change how investors, policy makers and anyone choosing a career decides where to invest time and money.
Read Full ArticleTechCrunch | Sept. 17, 2021, 6:40 p.m.
Blumberg Capital, founded in 1991 by investor David Blumberg, has just closed its fifth early-stage venture fund with $225 million, a vehicle that Blumberg says was oversubscribed — he planned to raise $200 million — and that has already been used to invest in 16 startups around the world (the firm has small offices in […]
Read Full ArticleCNET | Sept. 17, 2021, 1:07 p.m.
Hyundai will have Spot help with safety operations at one of its plants in South Korea.
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The United Nations’ (UN) head of human rights has called for all member states to put a moratorium on the sale and use of artificial intelligence systems. UN high commissioner for human rights Michelle Bachelet acknowledged that AI can be a “force for good” but that it could also have “negative, even catastrophic, effects” if... Read more »The post UN calls for ‘urgent’ action over AI’s risk to human rights appeared first on AI News.
Read Full ArticleBusiness Wire | Sept. 17, 2021, 10 a.m.
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #Helbiz--Helbiz Inc. (NASDAQ: HLBZ), a global leader in micro-mobility and the first in its industry to be publicly listed on Nasdaq, today announced an agreement between Helbiz Media, the Company’s new streaming entertainment service and exclusive distributor of the Serie BKT media rights worldwide, and FOX Networks Group to broadcast the Italian Serie B championship across the USA and the Caribbean. This revolutionary partnership marks Helbiz Media’s arrival in North America
Read Full ArticleVentureBeat | Sept. 16, 2021, 3:40 p.m.
Nobody was certain how long the pandemic and related work-from-home requirements would last. Even now, we're living in an uncertain times.
Read Full ArticleLight Reading | Sept. 16, 2021, noon
AT&T and the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) said they will test 5G and edge computing-powered sea applications 'that connect crewed and non-crewed vessels and sensors.'
Read Full ArticleTechCrunch | Sept. 16, 2021, 10:12 a.m.
To fight ransomware attacks, appreciate the economics — the markets that enable ransomware — and change the market dynamics.
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When Salesforce announced it was buying German RPA vendor Servicetrace last month, it seemed that it might match up well with Mulesoft, the company the CRM giant bought in 2018 for $6.5 billion. Mulesoft, among other things, helps customers build APIs to legacy systems, while Servicetrace provides a way to add automation to legacy systems. […]
Read Full ArticleLight Reading | Sept. 16, 2021, 9:15 a.m.
Staff to bear the consequences of Vodafone's latest 'digital transformation' as it targets huge cost savings.
Read Full ArticleCNET | Sept. 16, 2021, 9 a.m.
Is it time to upgrade? We run through the last five years of iPhone generations to let you know if you'll see improvements by trading up to the iPhone 13.
Read Full ArticleTechHQ | Sept. 16, 2021, 6:50 a.m.
Augmented auto underwriting (AAU) showcases AI’s promise in the insurance field AAU is both a journey and destination that progressive insurance organizations need to consider for future operations AAU can significantly increase straight-through processing (STP) rates, reduce the need for separate medicals, lengthy decision-making processes, and more The insurance industry is the very definition of... Read more »The post Automation is changing the rules for insurance underwriting appeared first on TechHQ.
Read Full ArticleCNET | Sept. 16, 2021, 6 a.m.
"Made in the America" is rare, even though polls show Americans want it.
Read Full ArticleNew York Times | Sept. 16, 2021, 4 a.m.
The story of Ginkgo Bioworks shows the challenges and progress in the emerging field of synthetic biology.
Read Full ArticleNew York Times | Sept. 16, 2021, 4 a.m.
The story of Ginkgo Bioworks shows the challenges and progress in the emerging field of synthetic biology.
Read Full ArticleTotal Telecom | Sept. 15, 2021, 9 p.m.
The software company leading a £9m government-backed project designed to show the potential of 5G technology to revolutionise UK manufacturing is calling on universities to get involved. Zeetta Networks is the lead partner on the 5G-ENCODE project, through which a 5G-powered smart factory is being built at Bristol’s National Composites Centre (NCC). The project is part-funded by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and is one of the UK government’…read more on TotalTele.com »
Read Full ArticleThe Information | Sept. 15, 2021, 8:22 p.m.
The explosion of interest in the creator sector has shown up in job listings data. In the past three years, job opportunities with the word creator in the title or description have soared 4,645 times, to 92,900 positions, according to data firm Thinknum. Sean Atkins, the prior president of MTV, is the latest to jump to a creator-economy startup. On Wednesday, Atkins was named president of Jellysmack, a startup that helps creators grow their audiences through artificial intelligence technology and repackaging videos for multiple social networks. In May, the New York-based company raised an undisclosed amount of funding from SoftBank, valuing it at more than $1 billion. (See our chart of SoftBank’s other investments in the space).
Read Full ArticleVentureBeat | Sept. 15, 2021, 5:40 p.m.
Jensen Huang, CEO of AI and graphics chipmaker Nvidia, was named one of Time magazine's top 100 most influential people.
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