Researchers from The Institute for Human & Machine Cognition have released a video showing a humanoid walking autonomously across a series of narrow blocks. Researchers are trying to create a bipedal machine that can traverse a variety of terrains with the same ease as humans. New video shows a humanoid robot crossing a balance beam
Read MoreWeb-focused companies are increasingly competing with traditional brokerages, moving to displace agents from the process of selling a house, and now the other side. Redfin Aims to Bring E-Commerce to Home Buying Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreMarvel’s superhero epic will land at Disney Plus a month after the streaming service launches. Avengers: Endgame coming to Disney Plus on Dec. 11 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAll users will be allotted the same number of violations before being removed, a report says. Instagram might change its rules around banning accounts – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreBuilding engagement with your audience can be really hard in today’s tech landscape – while many more channels are available to share your brand story, it’s harder to cut through the noise. So how can marketers establish themselves? Nadya Khoja, Chief Growth Officer at Venngage, has worked hard to figure it out. She’s built a
Read MoreAlfred Ng / CNET: In the first settlement of its kind, judge orders a New York landlord to provide tenants who opposed exclusively using Latch smart locks with physical keys — The physical key has prevailed over the smart lock for a group of tenants with privacy concerns. — In a settlement released Tuesday …
Read MoreTelecomLead: MA-based Altiostar, which helps telecoms build web-scale cloud native networks, raises $114M Series C from Rakuten, Qualcomm Ventures, and Tech Mahindra — Altiostar, a virtualized RAN technology company, has closed $114 million Series C round of financing from Rakuten, Qualcomm Ventures and Tech Mahindra. MA-based Altiostar, which helps telecoms build web-scale cloud native networks,
Read MoreCooperation with the Chinese company could put American intelligence sharing with Britain at risk, the secretary of state said on a London visit. Pompeo Attacks China and Warns Britain Over Huawei Security Risks Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreHere’s the latest news on the cast led by Ryan Reynolds, plot, release date, reviews and more. Pokemon: Detective Pikachu — Everything you need to know – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreEllison Onizuka was the first Asian American to fly in space. Ellison Onizuka: First Asian American in Space Source: NASA
Read MoreThe move could be seen as a big middle finger to Michigan lawmakers that have blocked Tesla’s efforts to sell cars in that state. Tesla's opening a service center in Toledo, Ohio for Detroit customers – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreCatherine Shu / TechCrunch: Health coaching app developer Noom, best known for its direct-to-consumer weight loss app, raises $58M Series E led by Sequoia, bringing total raised to $114.7M — Health coaching app developer Noom announced today that it has raised $58 million led by Sequoia Capital. Health coaching app developer Noom, best known for
Read MoreAn international team of physicists looking for loopholes in the laws of physics recently simulated a brute-force method for reversing the age of a particle by 1/1,000,000th of a second. In other words: time travel is possible (in a simulation). The experiment involved the use of IBM’s cloud-accessible 5-qubit quantum computer and a time-travel algorithm. To
Read MoreKaya Yurieff / CNN: Two months after Facebook said it would curb vaccine misinformation, anti-vaccination posts and a #vaccineskill tag still appear prominently in Instagram search — New York (CNN Business)Two months after Facebook pledged to fight vaccine misinformation on its platforms … Two months after Facebook said it would curb vaccine misinformation, anti-vaccination posts
Read MoreExecutives from Electronic Arts have implied they’d like to bring their battle royale Apex Legends to mobile devices, mimicking the success of its competitors, Fortnite and PUBG. It might be a path to success, but mobile is no longer the untapped market it used to be, given the aforementioned battles royale got there first. During this week’s quarterly earnings
Read MoreRoughly a dozen contractors in Austin, who have not previously spoken publicly about their efforts, are behind a campaign to air grievances about unsatisfactory working conditions and inadequate counseling support. Inside Facebook, the second-class workers who do the hardest job are waging a quiet battle Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreJust in: Danish startup Too Good To Go is this year’s “most promising startup” of regions Europe and Israel. Today was Founders’ Day, a special part of startup competition Tech5, where investors, influencers and experts have chosen the hottest young technology companies from Europe and Israel to come together for a networking and sharing event
Read MoreAt the midpoint, $47 a share, Uber would be valued at about $86 billion — well below the $100 billion that the company had forecast last month. Uber Said to Plan to Price I.P.O. at Midpoint of Range Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreMicrosoft is looking to breathe new life into Cortana by enabling its digital assistant to handle more complex queries, starting with people-centric, productivity-based ones. Here’s how this will work. Here's Microsoft's new plan to keep Cortana alive and differentiated Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreLook for security systems, showers, microwaves, garages and more to work more naturally with your Google Home. Google Assistant gets native controls for a bunch of new devices – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreTick-tock, tick-tock … the superhero show’s coming in the fall. Watchmen teaser trailer for new HBO series takes fans to eerie universe – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIt’s a busy day in Ohio. GM in talks to sell Lordstown to Workhorse for EV pickups while adding jobs elsewhere – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreMicrosoft is making its cross-product unified search capability available inside File Explorer starting with the Windows 10 20H1 test build 18894. New Windows 10 20H1 test build brings Microsoft Search to File Explorer Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreZack Whittaker / TechCrunch: Researcher says Samsung engineers used an unsecured GitLab instance to share source code and credentials for projects, some related to SmartThings and Bixby — A development lab used by Samsung engineers was leaking highly sensitive source code, credentials and secret keys for several internal projects … Researcher says Samsung engineers used
Read MoreWhether you need something delivered to you or directly to Mom, check this list of procrastination-solving items. Last-minute Mother's Day gifts you still have time to get – CNET Source: CNet
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