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Tier IV raises over $100 million to develop open source software for driverless cars
Venture Beat - 5 Jul 2019 19:05
Tier IV, which develops open source software for driverless cars, has raised over $100 million in venture capital, it announced this week.
The RetroBeat: The best retro speedruns from Summer Games Done Quick 2019
Venture Beat - 5 Jul 2019 19:25
These five runs were some of the best from Summer Games Done Quick 2019.
How The Gig Economy Could Impact On-Demand Payments
Forbes - 5 Jul 2019 14:00
The payroll industry at large has subscribed to a system of weekly, semi-monthly, bi-weekly and monthly pay schedules.
Summer Reads From Tech CEOs
Forbes - 5 Jul 2019 18:01
Here's a look at eight books to help improve your business and leadership skills.
Amazon wants smart home device setup to be a 'zero-touch' experience
Venture Beat - 5 Jul 2019 17:30
In an interview with VentureBeat, Amazon's Nathan Smith describes Alexa features that make setting up and using smart home devices easier than before.
Glass fiber keyboards, OLED screens, and Apple chips may redefine MacBooks
Venture Beat - 5 Jul 2019 16:41
Three key changes will likely transform Apple's laptops over the next year and a half, enabling MacBooks to offer improved performance, size, and longevity.
Facebook's 'cryptocurrency' Libra has nothing to do with Bitcoin
Venture Beat - 5 Jul 2019 00:15
Facebook's Libra is not a cryptocurrency and won't offer the kinds of protections that Bitcoin does. It's a way for Facebook to track what you buy.
Super Mario Maker 2 needs friends
Venture Beat - 5 Jul 2019 21:12
Super Mario Maker 2 has a friends problem. The game doesn't have a way to see your friends' levels or to play with your friends in multiplayer.
Telecom Italia unveils 5G data plans, expects 120-city coverage by 2021
Venture Beat - 5 Jul 2019 20:35
Italy's top cellular carrier is now offering commercial 5G data plans in three cities, and expects to cover 22% of the country's population by 2021.
13 Guidelines for Navigating the New Decade Ahead
Forbes - 5 Jul 2019 19:51
Predicting the future will always remain problematic, even with the coming of prediction algorithms. But guidelines in this realm to help us navigate this new and turbulent world of hyper-change are due for improvement. ...
The Conversational AI Summit at Transform: Learn why it's the most important AI tech right now
Venture Beat - 5 Jul 2019 19:10
A 2-day deep dive into the tate of conversational AI, ecommerce, messaging conversion, the customer journey and support, operationalizing voice AI, & more.
How Wimbledon and Watson are using AI to curate video highlights
Venture Beat - 5 Jul 2019 18:15
IBM is using Watson's AI smarts to help Wimbledon capture the best video clips of each tennis match and package them as highlights.
Latent History's 'machine hallucination' AI art will melt your mind
Venture Beat - 5 Jul 2019 17:45
Latent History -- the latest machine hallucination from Refik Anadol Studios -- uses 300,000 images of historic and modern Stockholm.
'Bring It!' How Dianna Williams Is Empowering Young Women Through The Art Of Dance
Forbes - 5 Jul 2019 17:34
Williams shares the importance of mentorship, creating your own lane and how to scale and monetize a rapidly growing business.
AI Weekly: AI developers need to check themselves
Venture Beat - 5 Jul 2019 17:30
AI has the potential to harm or help. Either way, it's crucial that stakeholders research and develop it responsibly and ethically.
IBM's Hypertaste is an artificial tongue that can classify liquids
Venture Beat - 5 Jul 2019 17:25
IBM's Hypertaste project seeks to build an artificial tongue that's capable of analyzing liquids using a combination of electrodes and machine learning.
The DeanBeat: How Jordan Mechner shepherded Prince of Persia across 30 years
Venture Beat - 5 Jul 2019 17:00
Jordan Mechner created Prince of Persia in 1989. Three decades later, he appeared at Gamelab in Barcelona to talk about its legacy.
Udacity's AI generates lecture videos from audio narration
Venture Beat - 5 Jul 2019 16:08
In a new paper, researchers at Udacity propose a machine learning system that generates lecture videos from audio narration alone.
Japanese Skincare Giant's Chief Growth Officer On Startups, Subscription Services And Innovation
Forbes - 5 Jul 2019 15:28
A 147-year old Japanese skincare company stays competitive through innovation, technology, science and startups.
Improbable Herman Narula interview: The boundless enthusiasm of exciting technology
Venture Beat - 5 Jul 2019 15:16
Improbable CEO Herman Narula talks about Improbable, Spatial OS, game streaming, and more with us typical enthusiasm.
Five Often-Overlooked Elements Of Product Design For Faster Success
Forbes - 5 Jul 2019 15:00
To design great products, you must deliver the right features, with the right user experience, to the right people.
Using Biomimicry This Activist Is Turning Impact Investing Upside Down To Erase Racial Wealth Gaps
Forbes - 5 Jul 2019 15:00
Deborah Frieze stepped back from impact investing to take an outsider's perspective and saw a new way to approach it that could have a dramatic influence on the racial wealth gap in her native Boston and beyond.