Sep 30, 2021 | Artificial Intelligence, Climate, Featured
A new artificial intelligence system could assess tipping points in the world’s ecosystems, and act as an early warning system to help stop “runaway climate change”, researchers have said. Climate tipping points are a particular threat to life on Earth, as when they...
Sep 30, 2021 | Business, Climate
In recent years we’ve seen several tech billionaires back environmentally friendly innovations in a bid to tackle climate change, but will these famous innovators really be the ones to bring about change? Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and other leading...
Sep 23, 2021 | Mobility, Rideshare
In June, Bird expanded its micromobility services by adding to its escooters a fleet of shared ebikes. The company launched its first dedicated Bird Bike along with the “Smart Bikeshare Program” that allows local shared ebike and emoped providers to...
Sep 23, 2021 | Defense, Drones, Featured
Chicago-based aerospace giant Boeing has announced plans to build a new type of drone military aircraft in Australia. Boeing said Wednesday it has selected Toowoomba city in Queensland state as the final assembly point for its unmanned Loyal Wingman planes. The first...
Sep 23, 2021 | Retail, Robots
The department stores will mainly sell clothes, including Amazon’s own-label T-shirts, jeans, and other items, as well as clothes from outside brands that sell on the company’s website, people familiar with the matter told The Journal. “As a matter...
Sep 23, 2021 | 5G, Cyber Security, Featured
It’s hard to keep up with the latest cybersecurity news. Just weeks ago, Microsoft Exchange was hacked by Chinese cybercriminals. In May, an assault on Colonial Pipeline by a Russian-linked group choked off the fuel supply to 50 million Americans for days. A few weeks...
Sep 23, 2021 | Autonomous Vehicles, Detroit
General Motors has announced a $300 million investment in China-based autonomous driving startup, Momenta. Momenta was established in 2016 and specialises in high definition (HD) automated mapping systems used in autonomous vehicles. It has said it plans to test...
Sep 23, 2021 | Autonomous Vehicles, Connected Cars
To be clear, no vehicles are available for sale today that are fully autonomous. But level-2 autonomy is offered in vehicles with advanced-driver assistance systems offering features such as automatic emergency braking and lane-keeping assistance. These features...
Sep 23, 2021 | Healthcare, Robots, Telepresence
Intelligent sensing and tele-presence robotic technology, enabling health practitioners to remotely assess a person’s physical and cognitive health from anywhere in the world, is being pioneered in research co-led at the University of Strathclyde. The technology...
Sep 23, 2021 | Artificial Intelligence, Business
Brick-and-mortar real estate may seem like the only tangible thing left in an increasingly virtual world, but it too is being taken over by artificial intelligence. Some of the biggest names in the business, such as Compass, Zillow and LoanSnap, are now employing AI...
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