Jun 25, 2020 | Healthcare, Robots
In 2019, the number of da Vinci systems installed in Chinese hospitals that year leapt to 59, up from only 8 installations in 2018. This surge followed a 2018 government push to encourage research on robotics technology and its clinical application, according to...
Jun 25, 2020 | Artificial Intelligence
As the industry grapples with how to reopen for production safely, one movie is proceeding with a lead actress who is immune to COVID-19 — because she’s a robot named Erica. Bondit Capital Media, which financed titles such as To the Bone and the Oscar...
Jun 25, 2020 | Government, Justice
Ontario Attorney General Doug Downey is set to announce sweeping new technological changes to the province’s justice system today, CBC News has learned. The COVID-19 pandemic has essentially ground the wheels of justice to a halt in Ontario, adding to an...
Jun 25, 2020 | Business, Featured, Government
The president, who has battled Twitter and other tech companies over alleged censorship of conservative voices on social media platforms, said in late May he would propose legislation to potentially scrap or weaken the law shielding internet companies, in an...
Jun 25, 2020 | Business, Justice
Hundreds of Seattle-area business and technology leaders formed a coalition this week to push for racial equity at their companies and in city government. The Washington Coalition of Businesses for Racial Justice sent a letter to Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan on Tuesday...
Jun 18, 2020 | Business, Mobility
In an effort to support smart mobility companies struggling to survive and emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, Global Auto Mobility is offering free featured listings in its Marketplace through the end of September. At that time, we will continue the program or convert...
Jun 18, 2020 | Cyber Security
An Oxford University email server and domains belonging to Samsung and others were hijacked, tricking security systems into letting through malicious emails designed to steal targeted network access credentials. Microsoft Office 365 users were compromised by...
Jun 18, 2020 | Cyber Security
Brazilian-owned cosmetics giant Avon is recovering from a mysterious cyber-security incident that took place last week, on June 8, sources have told ZDNet. The company has filed documents with the US Securities Exchange Commission disclosing the incident on June...
Jun 18, 2020 | Smart Cities
“This virus may become just another endemic virus in our communities and this virus may never go away.” – WHO executive director Mike Ryan, May 13. Vaccine or not, we have to come to terms with the reality that COVID-19 requires us to rethink how we live. And that...
Jun 18, 2020 | Artificial Intelligence, Featured
For vessels that journey into the polar seas, keeping control of the spread of sea ice is critical, which means that large resources are spent to collect data and determine future developments to provide reliable sea ice warnings. As of now, large resources are needed...
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