Tag: Innovation

(Innovation/Technology) Facebook to label all COVID-19 vaccine posts with pointer to official info (TechCrunch)

Natasha Lomas Facebook will soon label all posts discussing the coronavirus vaccination with a pointer to official information about COVID-19, it said today. https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/15/facebook-to-label-all-covid-19-vaccine-posts-with-pointer-to-official-info/

(Innovation/Technology) Stripe closes $600M round at a $95B valuation (TechCrunch)

Ingrid Lunden On the heels of reports that Stripe was raising yet more money, the payments giant has now confirmed the details. The company has closed in...

(Innovation/Technology) SpaceX flies Falcon 9 rocket booster for a record 9th time, delivers 3rd batch of Starlink satellites in two weeks (TechCrunch)

Darrell Etherington SpaceX has delivered another 60 Starlink satellites to orbit — meaning it has sent 180 in total to join its 1,000+ strong constellation...

(Innovation/Technology/USA) American Development of UAP Technology: A Fait Accompli? (BESA Center)

Franc Milburn The BESA Center’s recent detailed study on Unexplained Aerial Phenomena (UAP) described the post-quantum revolution in military affairs unfolding as a result of studying UAP...

(Innovation/Technology/Algorithms/USA) Auditing employment algorithms for discrimination (Brookings)

Alex Engler Algorithmic hiring systems are proliferating, and while some present opportunities to reduce systemic biases, others create new modes of discrimination. https://www.brookings.edu/research/auditing-employment-algorithms-for-discrimination/

(Innovation/Technology) Assembled, an operating system for support teams, raises $16.6M (TechCrunch)

Ingrid Lunden From the point of view of a consumer, customer service sometimes feels like a monolith, but behind the scenes it can be a...

(Innovation/Technology) How ByteDance plans to crack the gaming industry (TechCrunch)

Rita Liao For the last few years, ByteDance, the parent company of short video app TikTok, has been working to diversify its revenue streams beyond...

(Innovation/Technology) Luminar, Volvo subsidiary partner to sell automated driving systems to automakers (TechCrunch)

Kirsten Korosec Luminar Technologies has deepened ties with Volvo Cars to develop and eventually sell an automated driving system for highways to other automakers. https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/11/luminar-volvo-subsidiary-partner-to-sell-automated-driving-systems-to-automakers/

(Innovation/Technology) Legl gets $7M to help law firms upgrade to digital workflows (TechCrunch)

Natasha Lomas B2B SaaS startup Legl has bagged $7M in Series A funding led by Octopus Ventures for its platform for law firms which offers tools to...

(Innovation/Technology) GM partners with startup SolidEnergy Systems to pack more energy in its batteries (TechCrunch)

Rebecca Bellan GM’s venture arm invested in battery startup SolidEnergy Systems five years ago. Now, GM is tapping the MIT spinout to help it pack...

(Innovation/Technology) Beeple’s $69 million NFT sale marks a potentially transformative moment for the art world (TechCrunch)

Lucas Matney Today, the auction of an NFT digital art collage from a relatively unrecognized digital artist ended with a purchase price above $69 million. https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/11/beeples-69-million-nft-sale-marks-a-potentially-transformative-moment-for-the-art-world/

(Innovation/Technology/Artificial Intelligence) The Artificial Intelligence Battlespace (RUSI)

Peter Layton For military forces, AI is a case of ‘coming, ready or not’. Developed to meet commercial imperatives, the technology is rapidly maturing. It...

(Technology/Innovation) How data is driving sustainability in food retail (WEF)

Tuuli Sarvilinna Internet of Things (IoT) solutions are helping food retailers to maintain the quality and safety of our food using the least amount of...

(Technology/Innovation) TechTank Podcast Episode 14: How companies surveil workers and ways employees can protect themselves (Brookings)

Darrell M. West Today, under the coronavirus quarantines and lockdowns, most of us are working from home. This transition to a virtual world has blurred...

(Innovation/Technology) Developing Virtual Partners to Assist Military Personnel (DARPA)

Program seeks to develop AI technologies capable of helping humans perform complex tasks, expand skills, and reduce errors https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2021-03-03

(Innovation/Technology) DARPA Announces Research Teams Selected to Semantic Forensics Program (DARPA)

Researchers to develop automated tools that aid analysts as they tackle the looming rise of automated multimodal media manipulation https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2021-03-02