Applying artificial intelligence to medical images can be beneficial to physicians and patients, but developing the tools to do it can be challenging. Google on... Read More
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I was fortunate to get a chance to spend some time with Amazon’s new robotic sidekick, Astro, over the past week. Presumably named Astro because... Read More
Last mile delivery of products ordered online is a nagging problem for merchants and consumers, and it is even more challenging for food retailers. The... Read More
An EV Charger Installation Odyssey
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For the last year, I’ve contemplated installing an electric vehicle (EV) charger in my multi-dwelling condo in San Jose. Mind you; I don’t yet have... Read More
Will this be the deal that breaks Elon Musk? He’s a risk-taker which has proven to be a good thing in many ways. Businesses like... Read More
The conviction of former Uber Chief Security Officer Joseph Sullivan may pose a chilling reassessment of how chief information security officers (CISOs) and the security... Read More
Many operators of semi-automated motor vehicles drive as if their autos are fully automated, despite the crash risks of doing so, according to a study... Read More
Credit: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne EPFL scientists have developed a soft artificial skin that provides haptic feedback and—thanks to a sophisticated self-sensing mechanism—has the... Read More
Research at Missouri S&T shows that people are overconfident about their ability to spot phishing email scams. Credit: Missouri University of Science and Technology People... Read More
San Francisco-based startup DoorDash said it noticed unusual activity and discovered user data was accessed by an unauthorized third party in May On-demand restaurant meal... Read More
Researchers testing method to build temperature, heat-flux sensors for hypersonic vehicles
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UTA’s new arc-jet heated hypersonic wind tunnel. Credit: University of Texas at Arlington Harsh environmental conditions—such as surface temperatures reaching thousands of degrees Fahrenheit—make it... Read More
Apple is reportedly considering seeking to launch some of its film productions in theaters before offering them on the new streaming television service set to... Read More
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Fast 5G wireless networks have barely gotten out of the gate globally, but already about 2 million 5G smartphones have been... Read More
Credit: Shutterstock Traditional banks are haunted by financial technology—fintech—firms. Challengers such as mobile-first banks Chime in the US, Monzo in the UK and Germany’s N26... Read More
Credit: CC0 Public Domain German investigators said Friday they have shut down a data processing center installed in a former NATO bunker that hosted sites... Read More
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Ilan Samish dips a crisp in ketchup, takes a sip of soda and samples a spoonful of yogurt鈥攖he latter three sweetened... Read More
Interns at Sandia National Laboratories built and programmed drones to study autonomy and artificial intelligence for hypersonic flight, similar to the quadcopters seen here. Credit:... Read More