Here’s how you know diversity is not something most businesses take seriously: They spend more time talking about the issue — crafting diversity mission statements, conducting bias trainings — than actually doing anything about it. The message is, even though there aren’t many women or people of color at the top of our company, we […]
Computers can be taught to understand many things about the world, but when it comes to predicting what will happen when two objects collide, there’s just nothing like real-world experience. read more >>> Source : PCAdvisor.Co.Uk
(Reuters) – Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp’s research and development company, Toyota Research Institute (TRI), said it hired a team of scientists and engineers to help drive research into artificial intelligence and robots. read more >>> Source : Reuters
The annual Consumer Electronics Show is almost here, and soon we’ll see the newest products from virtually every major player in the tech industry. Last year, connected cars stole the show. And we saw a plethora of Internet of Things devices, 3-D printers, wearable health trackers, 4K and 8K ultra-high-definition televisions, drones and smart home […]
Every New Year, food-related goals make their way to my top five New Year resolutions; however, after interacting with four young founders of two food-based startups in New York City, I’ve learned to keep a more wholesome mindset as goals around food and dietary consumption create a ripple effect around food waste, healthy living, and […]
Ford’s boss tells the BBC that his company is one of the leaders in self-driving car technologies. read more >>> Source : BBC
Asian electronic component makers are expecting Apple to cut procurement orders by about 30 percent in the coming quarter due to weaker than expected sales of the new iPhone 6S and 6S Plus, according to a Japanese media report. read more >>> Source : PCAdvisor.Co.Uk
(Reuters) – Twitter Inc is building a new feature that will allow users to post tweets as long as 10,000 characters, Re/code reported on Tuesday. read more >>> Source : Reuters
Lumosity claimed its brain games could improve mental performance and stave off age-related cognitive decline. read more >>> Source : CNBC.Com
Exploit acquisition firm Zerodium is offering up to $100,000 for exploits that bypass Flash Player’s latest heap isolation protection. read more >>> Source : PCAdvisor.Co.Uk
Britain’s biggest bank, HSBC, says its online banking services are steadily returning, after failing for a second day running. read more >>> Source : BBC
In a memorandum titled “Promoting Smart Gun Technology,” President Barack Obama pledged on Monday to promote further research into measures that would help prevent injury and death by firearms that are “stolen, misused, or discharged accidentally.” “Developing and promoting technology that would help prevent these tragedies is an urgent priority,” Obama wrote. So-called “smart guns” […]
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Automakers, not technology companies, are in the driver’s seat in developing self-driving, “autonomous” cars, and Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp is best positioned to lead the way, according to a new report on patents for the fast-evolving technology. read more >>> Source : Reuters
The holidays have come and gone; the ball has dropped in Times Square; the New Year has begun. It’s a time when many of us have made resolutions to live lives that are healthier, better, fuller, closer to our values – resolutions that are often aided, and sometimes obstructed, by new gadgets and technology. We […]
Google’s parent company Alphabet paid $380 million worth of stock to purchase VMware co-founder Diane Greene’s startup company named Bebop, which led to Greene assuming a role heading up Google’s cloud efforts. read more >>> Source : PCAdvisor.Co.Uk
(Reuters) – Harman International Industries Inc , best known for its JBL and Harman Kardon audio systems, said it agreed to buy automotive cybersecurity company TowerSec, as part of efforts to boost security of its offerings designed for connected vehicles. read more >>> Source : Reuters
T-Mobile may be breaking net neutrality rules with its Binge On video streaming service, a report says. read more >>> Source : BBC
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland does not expect European Union regulators to issue a decision on the country’s tax deal with Apple until after upcoming parliamentary elections, finance minister Michael Noonan said on Tuesday. read more >>> Source : Reuters
Taiwanese tech firm HTC reveals improvements to its forthcoming Vive virtual reality headset. read more >>> Source : BBC
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean university is testing a sedan that can pick up and transport passengers without a human driver, giving a glimpse into the future of autonomous public transport. Seo Seung-Woo, director of the Intelligent Vehicle IT Research Center at Seoul National University, said the university has been testing the […]
AMD promises its new Polaris GPUs will deliver huge power efficiencies and expects them to begin shipping in mid-2016. read more >>> Source : ZDNet.Com
Google has fixed a new batch of vulnerabilities in Android that could allow hackers to take over devices remotely or through malicious applications. read more >>> Source : PCAdvisor.Co.Uk
Automotive giant wants in-car systems and smart home devices to play nicely together. read more >>> Source : ZDNet.Com
Customers complain that VTech toys did not work fully on Christmas Day because the company’s systems were still down after it was hacked in November. read more >>> Source : BBC
(Reuters) – Nissan Motor Co said its Leaf and Infiniti models in Europe will sport Microsoft Corp’s telematics system, which allows drivers to remotely access their cars. read more >>> Source : Reuters
With an ‘enterprise edition’ of Google on the way and likely to be focused on healthcare, medics are already showing wearables have a future for teaching and more. read more >>> Source : ZDNet.Com
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Netflix Inc’s global expansion is set to reach movie-mad India, industry executives said, where high-speed Internet connectivity is rapidly spreading among a vast population used to paying pennies for their latest Bollywood fix. read more >>> Source : Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) – HSBC said on Tuesday that customers affected by a blackout on its personal banking online services will not “lose out”, as technical problems suffered by Europe’s biggest bank run into a second day. read more >>> Source : Reuters
Zoe Kleinman shares her experience of robot bartenders, smart jewellery and follicle-stimulating helmets at CES Unveiled read more >>> Source : BBC
In Acer’s Liquid Jade Primo, Microsoft has gained a much-needed Windows 10 alternative to its own Lumia 950 and Lumia 950XL. But will others device makers now follow suit? read more >>> Source : ZDNet.Com
HP will ship a Spectre X360 hybrid with an OLED display in the U.S. spring season. read more >>> Source : PCAdvisor.Co.Uk
Toyota has chosen a technology developed by Ford to allow consumers to access smartphone apps and features via their dashboard. read more >>> Source : CNBC.Com
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The automotive future according to a new electric car maker looks an awful lot like a Corvette crossed with the Batmobile. California-based Faraday Future debuted its sleek electric concept racecar Monday night during the annual CES show that focuses on consumer gadgets and has increasingly become a way for carmakers to […]
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s industry and commerce regulator has asked Microsoft Corp to explain “major issues” that it says have come to light from digital data obtained as part of an anti-trust investigation. read more >>> Source : Reuters
Millions of HSBC customers are experiencing further problems with online banking, following several hours of disruption on Monday. read more >>> Source : BBC
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – General Motors Inc said on Monday it will invest $500 million in Lyft Inc and laid out plans to develop an on-demand network of self-driving cars with the ride-sharing service. read more >>> Source : Reuters
Facebook-owned Oculus will release its virtual reality (VR) Rift headset to consumers for pre-order on Wednesday. read more >>> Source : CNBC.Com
The electric car start-up Faraday Future reveals an ambitious concept car as it reveals its intentions to the world. read more >>> Source : BBC
Separating the Hip from the Hype… 2-0-1-6 – what do those numbers even mean? When you think about it, it’s funny how we delineate our passage on this earth by a rolling count of digits, like the mileage odometer on an automobile that marks out the wear and tear. Each click another year closer to…tick tick tick. […]
The China-backed electric car company Faraday Future shows off a concept electric car that provides augmented reality views. read more >>> Source : BBC
Post-company split, Hewlett Packard Enterprise is even more focused on the storage market, in particular flash as adoption grows. read more >>> Source : ZDNet.Com
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co said Tuesday it plans to triple to 30 the size of its fleet of self-driving test cars as part of an effort to accelerate autonomous vehicle development. read more >>> Source : Reuters
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Nvidia Corp. unveiled a new, lunchbox-size super-computer for self-driving cars and said Volvo Car Group will be the new device’s first customer. read more >>> Source : Reuters
The tech company has reportedly shuttered its dedicated on-demand streaming service, opting instead to spread its content across multiple internal platforms. read more >>> Source : ZDNet.Com
An Indianapolis restaurant manager is earning praise on social media for telling off an irate customer who wrote a scathing review about her New Year’s Eve dinner. Diner Holly Jones was angry because someone at the restaurant suffered a heart attack, which she said “ruined” her celebratory meal at Kilroy’s Bar & Grill. “I guess […]