Apple has joined the thriving “buy now, pay later” industry, with a customized service called Apple Pay Later. The service was announced earlier this week at the 2022 Worldwide Developers Conference, and will initially be launched in the United States later this year. Pay Later will be built into the Apple Wallet and eligible for use on any purchase made through Apple Pay. Customers will be able to split the... Read more ›
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An uncrewed vessel dubbed “Mayflower” recently completed the first fully autonomous transatlantic journey on the open sea. Powered by IBM’s AI, the ship was designed and built by non-profit maritime research organization Promare. Its purpose is to boldly go where no robot has gone before, and collect oodles of data from our oceans. Up front: IBM isn’t exactly in the autonomous boating business. We’re probably not going to see Big... Read more ›
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I recently attended a panel discussion on profitability featuring representatives from several rideshare providers at Micromobility Europe. Panelists were asked if their companies were profitable. It might surprise you to know that despite whopping masses of funding, only one out of four was generating a profit: Lime was founded in 2017 in the US and received $1.5B in funding. Dott was founded in 2018 in the Netherlands and raised $210.8M... Read more ›
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Back in 2015, Tesla introduced its Powerwall battery energy storage system for homes, having surpassed 200,000 installations last year. Now, Toyota is throwing its hat in the ring with its very own smart system for residential use. Incorporating technology from the automaker’s electrified vehicles, the so-called O-Uchi Kyuden System features a 8.7kWh capacity and a 5.5kWh output. The O-Uchi Kyuden System. Credit: Toyota It’s designed as an emergency electricity source... Read more ›
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There are some debates that will never go away. For example, were Ross and Rachel really on a break – and of course, does pineapple belong on pizza? In 2022, we added another debate to our list. What’s better: working remotely or in-office? The argument has caused quite a stir between those who believe that they work best from the comfort of their own home and those who miss the... Read more ›
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It’s that time of year again: Apple is hosting its Worldwide Developer Conference, AKA WWDC. As usual, day one’s keynote address was jam-packed with announcements; most of them were the expected software updates, but there were some important hardware reveals too. In a pre-recorded stream, the company revealed products including iOS 16, macOS Ventura, the M2 chip, a new MacBook Air, and a whole bunch more. Let’s get started then.... Read more ›
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The React Eurasia (formerly React Europe) conference is finally returning to its in-person roots this November after two years of online-only events. Good news for bigots: If you hate the LGBTQPIA+ community and don’t want to attend STEM events with queer people, golly gee are you in luck! The event is being held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Conference organizers announced the venue earlier today alongside a glowing recommendation... Read more ›
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Recently developed artificial intelligence (AI) models are capable of many impressive feats, including recognizing images and producing human-like language. But just because AI can perform human-like behaviors doesn’t mean it can think or understand like humans. As a researcher studying how humans understand and reason about the world, I think it’s important to emphasize the way AI systems “think” and learn is fundamentally different to how humans do – and... Read more ›
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From medical imaging and language translation to facial recognition and self-driving cars, examples of artificial intelligence (AI) are everywhere. And let’s face it: although not perfect, AI’s capabilities are pretty impressive. Even something as seemingly simple and routine as a Google search represents one of AI’s most successful examples, capable of searching vastly more information at a vastly greater rate than humanly possible and consistently providing results that are (at... Read more ›
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This article is part of our series that explores the business of artificial intelligence. Last week, Hugging Face announced a new product in collaboration with Microsoft called Hugging Face Endpoints on Azure, which allows users to set up and run thousands of machine learning models on Microsoft’s cloud platform. Having started as a chatbot application, Hugging Face made its fame as a hub for transformer models, a type of deep... Read more ›
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He’s the PT Barnum of tech, the clown prince of wannabe edgelords, and the laughingstock of the artificial intelligence community. Elon Musk recently went on the record with what might be his most ridiculous prediction yet: 2029 feels like a pivotal year. I’d be surprised if we don’t have AGI by then. Hopefully, people on Mars too. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 30, 2022 “2029 feels like a pivotal year.... Read more ›
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Yesterday, Cruise received the first-ever Driverless Deployment Permit granted by the California Public Utilities Commission. This allows the company to charge fares for their driverless rides in San Francisco. What does the permit mean? A Cruise robotaxi. Credit: Cruise Officially, Cruise will become the first and only company to operate a commercial, driverless ride-hail service in a major US city. With this permit, Cruise may offer passenger services to the... Read more ›
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Nearly a year ago, the tech giant cut the plug on the Android Auto for phone screens for users of Android 12, redirecting them to Google’s Assistant driving mode. Now, Google is shutting down the app altogether. If users of Android 11 and older versions open the app, they’ll see the following, terse message: “Android Auto for phone screens will stop working soon” Here’s a screenshot of my Xiaomi Redmi... Read more ›
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While the electrification of cars is moving at a fast pace, passenger ferries continue to be almost exclusively powered by fossil fuels. That’s because the current battery capacity isn’t enough to juice these large ships for longer distances. Scientists at the Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden and the SSPA marine research facility have found a way to bypass this problem — using hydrofoils. Hydrofoils aren’t a novel idea, and... Read more ›
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Yesterday, Tiana Watts-Porter, Technical Recruiter at Microsoft, put a rescue call out on LinkedIn inviting Tesla employees to escape from the chains of the desks and factory floor at Tesla. In a now-deleted post that mentioned Tesla employees directly, she declared: “Here at Microsoft and our affiliates LinkedIn and GitHub we are offering ALL THE OPTIONS!!! You can do things your way, and be yourself here at Microsoft! “ And... Read more ›
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A team of researchers in Europe have successfully created a two-state system using time crystals. The correct response to reading that is: eureka! We would have also accepted “wow,” “OMG,” and “hooray,” given the potential implications of this incredible breakthrough. Up front: Time crystals are a recently discovered phase of matter. In their ground state, they oscillate between different configurations without losing or using energy. (Read more about how time... Read more ›
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The current energy crisis has increased gas prices so much that sitting behind your car’s wheel doesn’t come without a high cost (pun intended). And, perhaps, that’s exactly the impetus we need to (partly) ditch our cars once and for all. The rise in gas prices and the subsequent inflation can work as an accelerator for the reduction of car use and the shift to cleaner modes of transport, such... Read more ›
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A digital twin is a virtual representation of a real system – a building, the power grid, a city, even a human being – that mimics the characteristics of the system. A digital twin is more than just a computer model, however. It receives data from sensors in the real system to constantly parallel the system’s state. A digital twin helps people analyze and predict a system’s behavior under different... Read more ›
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Climate tech is an emerging industry that budding entrepreneurs should definitely keep an eye on. And not just because they can solve urgent environmental issues — they can also generate profit. I spoke with Aaron Cohen, co-founder of Therma, which has managed to do exactly that. The US-based company has developed a sensor for commercial refrigerators (in restaurants, schools, convenience stores, etc), which monitors the temperature and humidity levels in... Read more ›
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Many cities are partnering with escooter providers to get cars out of their landscapes. But should we get behind this type of transport when they are massively underutilized by women? Research in Paris, for instance, found that 66% of dockless e-scooter riders were male. This week, Voi released a report on Shared escooters and gender equity. It reveals a significant disparity in the way men and women experience escooters —... Read more ›
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