Startup News
Lora DiCarlo expands Osé product family with two microrobotic sex toys
Venture Beat - 6 Jan 2020 03:00
Lora DiCarlo, the sex toy startup that started a hubbub last year, will join the show floor at CES 2020 to reveal two new microrobotic sex toys.
GamesBeat Decides 135: Tokyo Mirage Sessions on Switch
Venture Beat - 6 Jan 2020 22:40
2020 is here, and the GamesBeat Decides podcast is ready to tackle it head on ... starting in a month or two. We're gonna catch up on some stuff first.
Moen's new kitchen faucet works with Alexa and Google Assistant
Venture Beat - 6 Jan 2020 03:00
Moen unveiled a slew of smart home devices ahead of the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show, including a voice-activated kitchen faucet.
Toyota plans to build a town in Japan for testing AI, robots, and sustainable energy
Venture Beat - 6 Jan 2020 23:35
Akio Toyoda, CEO of Toyota, said that the automotive company plans to build town of the future on the site of a former car factory in Japan.
DeepMind researchers introduce hybrid solution to robot control problems
Venture Beat - 6 Jan 2020 22:17
Researchers at Alphabet's DeepMInd describe in a new paper a machine learning hybrid approach to difficult robotics problems.
TCL demos foldable tablet concept, previews 5G smartphone
Venture Beat - 6 Jan 2020 22:00
TCL took the wraps off new high-end smartphones and a fully foldable tablet concept at the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show.
Arm and Siemens deploy 'digital twins' to accelerate automotive design
Venture Beat - 6 Jan 2020 22:00
Arm and Siemens are teaming up to deploy a platform that taps digital twins, or models of real-world systems, to accelerate automotive systems design.
Lenovo's foldable PC is the ThinkPad X1 Fold, starts at $2,499
Venture Beat - 6 Jan 2020 21:30
Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 Fold device is "the first fully functional PC with a folding OLED display." The ThinkPad X1 Fold will start at $2,499.
Qualcomm debuts Snapdragon Drive Pilot and Car-to-Cloud platforms
Venture Beat - 6 Jan 2020 21:30
The Snapdragon chip maker now has an end-to-end solution for autonomous vehicles, a car cloud services platform, and a timeline for C-V2X communications.
Royole shows Mirage smart speaker with wraparound OLED screen and Alexa
Venture Beat - 6 Jan 2020 20:56
A new hybrid smart speaker and tablet is on display at CES, thanks to flexible display maker Royole, but it has quite the price tag.
Princess cruise ships add Panasonic 4K projectors to stage shows
Venture Beat - 6 Jan 2020 20:45
Panasonic delivers immersive entertainment on Princess cruise ships with new projectors that will be used in onboard theaters.
Microsoft Researcher proposes face-swapping AI and face forgery detector
Venture Beat - 6 Jan 2020 19:41
In a pair of papers, Microsoft Research and Peking University propose a novel face-swapping technique and a face forgery detector.
Facebook revamps Privacy Checkup with new modules and controls
Venture Beat - 6 Jan 2020 19:00
Facebook announced a revamp of its Privacy Checkup tool, which will begin rolling out globally starting January 2020 during the Consumer Electronics Show.
Seven New Year Resolutions For Small Businesses In 2020
Forbes - 6 Jan 2020 18:51
What should be the priorities for your business over the year ahead? Here's how to plan for success.
Nintendo Joy-Con controllers get wireless-charging grip
Venture Beat - 6 Jan 2020 18:40
Nintendo Switch gets the Powercast Wireless Charging Grip in spring. This can keep your Joy-Con controllers charged without ever plugging them in.
Nvidia launches simulation platform for robots
Venture Beat - 6 Jan 2020 18:31
Nvidia's robotics platform serves as the brains behind a wide variety of robots being shown at CES in Las Vegas this week.
Nvidia pushes game tech forward as LG adopts G-Sync for OLED TVs
Venture Beat - 6 Jan 2020 18:30
Nvidia made a number of announcements to push forward technology for monitors, realistic games, and RTX graphics computers.
Nvidia touts its unified architecture and pretrained libraries for autonomous cars
Venture Beat - 6 Jan 2020 18:30
Nvidia is making pretrained libraries of deep neural network data available to its partners to help make autonomous cars functional and safe.
Abode's Smart Camera uses AI to recognize and respond to known visitors
Venture Beat - 6 Jan 2020 18:00
Residential security cameras are about to become smarter, as Abode introduces an outdoor/indoor solution that can ID visitors for differential treatment.
What To Do When Everything Seems To Be Going Wrong (It's Simpler Than You Think)
Forbes - 6 Jan 2020 18:00
After having my most successful month in business--but ending up in the ER--I learned that I needed to open up to friends, strangers and myself about what was really going on in my life.
3 steps to implement ethics in AI for competitive advantage in 2020
Venture Beat - 6 Jan 2020 17:50
While statements of ethics in AI are public, how ethics in AI is being implemented is still as black box as the algorithms and tools being created.
Premium cigar makers could catch a break from the FDA as White House applies pressure
CNBC - 6 Jan 2020 17:29
Handrolled cigar-makers and importers are facing a May deadline that requires all new tobacco products to obtain regulatory clearance from the FDA. But the mom-and-pop shops that dominate the premium cigar industry say c...