Oct 17, 2019 | Blockchain, Government
Big Four auditing firm Ernst & Young (EY) has launched a blockchain platform for public funds meant to enhance transparency. Technology news outlet Verdict reported on the launch on Oct. 16. The OpsChain Public Finance Manager (PFM) system enables...
Oct 17, 2019 | Artificial Intelligence, Featured, Robots & Drones
For a factory where robots toil around the clock to build a rocket with almost no human labor, the sound of grunts echoing across the parking lot make for a jarring contrast. “That’s Keanu Reeves’ stunt gym,” says Tim Ellis, the chief executive and cofounder of...
Oct 17, 2019 | Autonomous Vehicles, Business, Electric Vehicles
Hyundai does not intend to be left behind in the high-stakes race to build mass-market electric and self-driving cars. South Korea’s largest car company said Tuesday that it plans to invest 41 trillion won ($35 billion) into “future mobility...
Oct 17, 2019 | Cyber Security, Featured, Government
Presidential candidates Andrew Yang and Joe Biden aren’t prepared in terms of online safety, a website security company’s analysis shows. The company, SiteLock, looked at the online practices of a dozen Democratic and Republican candidates in the 2020...
Oct 17, 2019 | Featured, Machine Learning
Current machine learning models aren’t yet up to the task of distinguishing false news reports, two new papers by MIT researchers show. The big picture: After different researchers showed that computers can convincingly generate made-up news...
Oct 10, 2019 | Business, Mobility
Berlin-based Tier Mobility has raised $60 million in venture capital to expand its electric scooter sharing service, a sign of how bullish investors remain even as cities struggle to regulate the new transportation mode. Proponents hail electric scooters,...
Oct 10, 2019 | Smart Cities
Maybe it was Midwestern modesty. Or perhaps it was a deer-in-the-headlights realization that transportation leaders from across the country would now be watching them. But when Columbus, Ohio, beat 77 cities from across the United States to win the federal...
Oct 10, 2019 | Artificial Intelligence, Government
FOR TWO years reports of mass incarceration have seeped out of the remote Chinese province of Xinjiang. Over 1m people, mainly Uighurs and other Muslim minorities, have been locked up in camps. Millions more live under a police state. American officials, fearful of...
Oct 10, 2019 | Autonomous Vehicles, Business
We’re still very much in the collaboration phase of autonomous driving, since it’s looking still quite a ways off from being anything consumers can use on the regular. That means there’s plenty of opportunity for things like the new “Autonomous Vehicle Computing...
Oct 10, 2019 | Internet of Things
Chief among these technologies is the Internet of Things (IoT). By connecting devices and allowing them to communicate with one another, IoT is helping manufacturers optimize supply chains, lower maintenance costs and streamline workflows. In fact, by the end of 2019,...
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