Month: December 2020

Flexiv, a Chinese startup that makes general-purpose adaptive robots powered by computer vision and AI, raises $100M+ Series B from investors including Meituan (Rita Liao/TechCrunch)

Rita Liao / TechCrunch: Flexiv, a Chinese startup that makes general-purpose adaptive robots powered by computer vision and AI, raises $100M+ Series B from investors including Meituan  —  As businesses around the world look to automate production lines and supply chains, companies making the robots are attracting great investor interest. Flexiv, a Chinese startup that

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NYSE says it will delist three Chinese companies, China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom, on January 7 to comply with a US EO imposing restrictions (Max Zimmerman/Bloomberg)

Max Zimmerman / Bloomberg: NYSE says it will delist three Chinese companies, China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom, on January 7 to comply with a US EO imposing restrictions  —  The New York Stock Exchange said it will delist three Chinese companies to comply with a U.S. executive order that imposed restrictions … NYSE

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7 most valuable US tech companies added a combined $3.4T in market cap in 2020: Apple gained ~$1T, Amazon $710B, Microsoft $480B, Alphabet $268B, Facebook $193B (Ari Levy/CNBC)

Ari Levy / CNBC: 7 most valuable US tech companies added a combined $3.4T in market cap in 2020: Apple gained ~$1T, Amazon $710B, Microsoft $480B, Alphabet $268B, Facebook $193B  —  – Apple’s market cap jumped by almost $1 trillion this year, followed by Amazon, which increased by over $700 billion. 7 most valuable US

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How a tiny mutant worm is helping find a cure for a rare form of cancer

When the Williamson family from Dundee lost their mother Sue to a rare cancer named phaeochromocytoma in 2003, they didn’t realize that further devastation was to follow. Of her four children, twins Jennie and James discovered that they also have the faulty gene that cut short their mother’s life. Both twins are affected with inoperable

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Ambience Lamp Ripples Like Water

After the year humanity has endured, we could all use a little more relaxation in our lives. This atmosphere lamp is just the thing to set a relaxing ambience for work, studying, or hanging out. Just touch the surface and the light ripples to life, resembling the concentric circles that form on the surface of

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Alphabet's Wing says new FAA drone rules mandating radio-frequency broadcasts for remote identification will erode privacy, suggests internet-based tracking (David Shepardson/Reuters)

David Shepardson / Reuters: Alphabet’s Wing says new FAA drone rules mandating radio-frequency broadcasts for remote identification will erode privacy, suggests internet-based tracking  —  Alphabet Inc’s drone delivery unit Wing criticized Trump administration rules issued this week mandating broadcast-based remote identification … Alphabet’s Wing says new FAA drone rules mandating radio-frequency broadcasts for remote identification

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Gebru's firing reveals tech's ability to co-opt and minimize criticism of its AI systems, highlighting the need for tech unions, research protection, regulation (Wired)

Wired: Gebru’s firing reveals tech’s ability to co-opt and minimize criticism of its AI systems, highlighting the need for tech unions, research protection, regulation  —  The situation has made clear that the field needs to change.  Here’s where to start, according to a current and a former Googler. Gebru’s firing reveals tech’s ability to co-opt

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A journalist had a seizure while playing ‘Cyberpunk 2077.’ Then she helped change the game.

“Cyberpunk 2077” publisher CD Projekt Red, worked with Game Informer’s Liana Ruppert to alter certain sequences of the game following the reviewer’s seizure. A journalist had a seizure while playing ‘Cyberpunk 2077.’ Then she helped change the game. Source: Washington Post Tech

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A YouTube channel run from Germany by exiled Turkish journalists was shut down due to copyright claims from Turkey; one expert blames YouTube's Turkey office (Cevheri Güven/Turkish Minute)

Cevheri Güven / Turkish Minute: A YouTube channel run from Germany by exiled Turkish journalists was shut down due to copyright claims from Turkey; one expert blames YouTube’s Turkey office  —  Bold Medya, a YouTube channel run by the German-based International Journalists Association eV (IJA), was shut down due … A YouTube channel run from

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A psychologist’s guide to changing the minds of anti-maskers

While the world is eagerly waiting for COVID-19 vaccines to bring an end to the pandemic, wearing a mask to help prevent viral transmission has become more or less mandatory globally. Though many people embrace mask wearing and adhere to public health advice, some rebel and argue that wearing a mask has been imposed upon

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Source: Amazon's acquisition of Wondery values the podcasting company, which began in 2016, at roughly $300M (Lauren Hirsch/New York Times)

Lauren Hirsch / New York Times: Source: Amazon’s acquisition of Wondery values the podcasting company, which began in 2016, at roughly $300M  —  The deal, valued at $300 million, is the latest in a string of acquisitions as streaming platforms expand beyond music and video.  —  Amazon is acquiring Wondery … Source: Amazon’s acquisition of

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