Apr 22, 2021 | Autonomous Vehicles, Retail, Robots
High-tech supermarket and logistics group Ocado is pushing toward a future where, from warehouse to doorstep, groceries will be handled by robots. The British group, a grocery delivery rival to online retail giant Amazon in the U.K. and joined with grocer Kroger in...
Apr 22, 2021 | Artificial Intelligence, Featured
Risky uses of artificial intelligence that threaten people’s safety or rights such as live facial scanning should be banned or tightly controlled, European Union officials said Wednesday as they outlined an ambitious package of proposed regulations to rein in the...
Apr 15, 2021 | Cyber Security, Featured, Government
President Biden yesterday announced his nominees for two top cybersecurity posts: Chris Inglis as the first-ever Senate-confirmed White House cyber director; and Jen Easterly as director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. The pair of...
Apr 15, 2021 | Artificial Intelligence, Business
There’s nothing subtle about Microsoft’s $19.7 billion, all-cash acquisition of Burlington-based Nuance Communications. It’s a bold statement that Microsoft intends to be the dominant provider of speech-based artificial intelligence systems to the world’s biggest...
Apr 15, 2021 | Artificial Intelligence
“Star Wars: A New Hope”, the 1977 classic directed by George Lucas , was, for many of us, the first story that brought us closer and amazed by showing us a hologram . ” Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi, you are my only hope, ” said...
Apr 15, 2021 | Defense, Drones
Drones allow for strategic attacks against the enemy without the risk of losing human lives. Their use in military applications is vast, especially for surveillance work. There is no sure-fire way of getting rid of a swarm of drones at once. One could detonate an...
Apr 15, 2021 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured
Walmart is investing in Cruise, General Motors’ majority-owned self-driving vehicle subsidiary, as part of a new $2.75 billion funding round for the company. The decision to invest comes about five months after the companies started developing a pilot...
Apr 15, 2021 | Retail, Robots
Domino’s Pizza will start delivering pizzas via Nuro driverless cars in Houston this week as part of a pilot program, the company announced Monday. The company says “select customers” in Houston who make a prepaid delivery order from its store in the Woodland Heights...
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