Amazon and Techstars announce inaugural Alexa Next Stage cohort
Amazon and Techstars announced the inaugural cohort of companies in the Alexa Fund's virtual pilot program -- Alexa Next Stage.
Tech firms are winning the AI race because they understand data – other sectors need to catch up
Artificial intelligence is already powering much of the technology helping to drive the modern economy. AI is now an essential part of how we use the internet but can also be found in stock exchanges, advanced factories and automated warehouses. It is starting to drive our cars and even vacuum our floors.
A million miles: Early detection system for catastrophic solar storms
Commercial spacecraft could bring a solar observatory to the gravitational midpoint between earth and sun.
Online learning deal: Expand your professional development with lectures from Elon Musk and more
Big Think Edge’s lessons will teach you lessons in leadership, creativity, and innovation.
Qualcomm’s Robotics RB5 Platform combines AI acceleration with 5G
Qualcomm's new robotics development platform -- RB5 -- accelerates AI workloads while providing support for 5G connectivity.
Another scooter-share company? Yep, and here's why
Big money backs a scooter company full of MIT brainiacs who think they have a better way to do mobility.
Robots will take 50 million jobs in the next decade. These are the skills you'll need to stay employed
A new report finds that automation will take over a significant part of work activities in Europe by 2030.
Pagaya raises $102 million to manage assets with AI
Pagaya, a startup that taps AI to manage asset-backed securities, has raised over $100 million in venture capital financing.
'DeepFaceDrawing' AI can turn simple sketches into detailed photo portraits
An AI can generate photos of people's faces using simple line drawings.
Slamcore wants to give mobile robots better spatial intelligence
Slamcore is setting out to develop and commercialize AI-powered SLAM algorithms that give robots better positional awareness in any environment.
Qualcomm's 5G RB5 robotics platform will help drones navigate tight spaces
Qualcomm is working on AI computing much like rival chip makers Intel and NVIDIA, but it’s sticking to what it does best: smaller devices and connectivity. It just unveiled the RB5 AI-enabled 5G robotics platform, a follow-up to the RB3 chipset, designed to be used in a wide array of robotic and drone products.
New method makes more data available for training self-driving cars
For safety's sake, a self-driving car must accurately track the movement of pedestrians, bicycles and other vehicles around it. Training those tracking systems may now be more effective thanks to a new method developed at Carnegie Mellon University.
Facebook removes hundreds more accounts over hate speech
Facebook has removed more accounts associated with hate groups.
Outreach raises $50 million to launch new AI sales engagement solutions
Outreach, a startup developing a semiautomated engagement platform, raised $50 million in venture capital at a $1.33 billion valuation.
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 690 promises mainstream 5G phones with 192MP cameras
The march to 5G ubiquity continues with Qualcomm's first 6-series 5G chipset, which is expected to make the latest standard affordable to 2 billion users.
La Trobe University uses AI to bring mental health care to cancer patients
In a bid to provide personalised support to patients undergoing cancer treatment.
'SlothBot in the Garden' demonstrates hyper-efficient conservation robot
For the next several months, visitors to the Atlanta Botanical Garden will be able to observe the testing of a new high-tech tool in the battle to save some of the world's most endangered species. SlothBot, a slow-moving and energy-efficient robot that can linger in the trees to monitor animals, plants, and the environment below, will be tested near the Garden's popular Canopy Walk.