Robots vs humans: Brothers in arms only till the coronavirus crisis lasts
While robots keep operations running, workers can see them as a risk to their jobs.
Singapore cuts seven applicants in digital bank licensing bid
Monetary Authority of Singapore have shortlisted 14 out of 21 applicants vying for a digital bank licence in the country, but does not reveal which bidders have been dropped from the list.
Baidu Breaks Off an AI Alliance Amid Strained US-China Ties
The search giant was the only Chinese member of the Partnership on Artificial Intelligence, a US-led effort to foster collaboration on ethical issues.
Singapore, Shenzhen push smart city partnership with SMB hub
Singapore and the Chinese city ink multiple MOU to ease cross-border access to market opportunities, including "mutual recognition" of both cities' digital identity regimes and plans to launch an SMB platform -- operational next month -- to connect buyers and sellers between Asean and China.
Twitter introduces voice tweets for iOS
It will soon start screaming at you with iOS users to be the first to tweet using their voice.
eStore Logistics sinks AU$40 million to roll out robotic-powered fulfilment centres
Staff will be on-site to pack products for shipment.
NEC to create hybrid quantum systems alongside D-Wave
Companies to look into developing services that combine Leap quantum annealing cloud with NEC supercomputers.
Geek+ raises $50 million more to bring autonomous warehouse robots to the U.S.
Warehouse robot logistics and distribution startup Geek+ announced a $50 million extension to its series C funding round.
Uber and Lyft pricing algorithms charge more in non-white areas
The algorithms that ride-hailing companies such as Uber use to determine fare prices appear to set higher prices for non-white neighbourhoods
MIT and Toyota release innovative dataset to accelerate autonomous driving research
DriveSeg contains precise, pixel-level representations of many common road objects, but through the lens of a continuous video driving scene.
MIT-Takeda program launches
Research projects will harness the power of artificial intelligence to positively impact human health.
Bringing the predictive power of artificial intelligence to health care
The startup ClosedLoop has created a platform of predictive models to help organizations improve patient care.
Unique material design for brain-like computations
Over the past few decades, computers have seen dramatic progress in processing power; however, even the most advanced computers are relatively rudimentary in comparison with the complexities and capabilities of the human brain.
Crowdsourcing drug discovery for pandemics
Affordability of dietary patterns varies across countries, thereby affecting the levels of animal- and plant-based foods required to satisfy nutritional demands. Using an optimization model, Chungchunlam et al. reveal the components of the least-cost nutritious diet in the United States.
Clinical and immunological assessment of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections
A cohort of asymptomatic patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 had significantly lower levels of virus-specific IgG antibodies compared to a cohort of age- and sex-matched symptomatic infected patients.
Why gender-swap photo filters are still problematic
Welcome to TNW Pride 2020! All throughout June we’ll highlight articles that focus on representation for LGBTQPIA+ people in the STEM communities. Can we have a grown-up conversation about those “gender swap” filters you can find in photo apps? I bri
How AI is Bridging the
A new study conducted by the University of Cambridge and the University of Dundee shows us how we can use context clues with AI to give speech to those with motor disabilities.
OpenAI teaches its language model to classify and generate images
Researchers at OpenAI managed to train large AI language models to generate images with "reasonable" coherence and accuracy.