Shortly after walking through the door at Face++, a Chinese startup valued at roughly a billion dollars,…
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Cisco, Dell, and the Race to Make a Better World
To say we live in troubled times would be an understatement. It often feels like the…
New Study Group to Focus on Impact of Robo Vehicles
some logistics and mobility industry heavyweights have formed a group committed to improving the lives and…
The Best Defense Against Fake News in Social Media
By now most of you know that the last presidential election had more to do with…
What is Babylonian Lottery? or algorithms?
“Like all men in Babylon, I have been procounsel; like all, a slave” — Jorge Luis Borges, Lottery…
Uber to let customers use Venmo to share costs with friends
“Uber customers in the United States ordering rides and food will soon be able to pay…
No Vision, No Problem for This ‘Blind’ Cheetah Robot
Engineers and roboticists at MIT are clearly doing everything in their power to ease our transition…
What If AI Psychopath ‘Norman’ and Amazon’s Alexa Got Together
If, like Rip Van Winkle, you’ve been asleep for the last decade and have just woken…
Here’s What Sophia, the First Robot Citizen,
In a video that’s as unsettling as it is awe-inspiring, Sophia — the world’s first robot citizen —…