Tag: Technology

The US says it has a tool that predicts what will piss off China — I have so many questions (Thomas Macaulay, The Next...

The US has unveiled an unusual new approach to saber-rattling with China: emotion predictions. According to Reuters, military commanders in the Pacific have developed a...

Alphabet’s Sidewalk Lab is throwing in the towel. Can any manufactured smart city succeed? (Cate Lawrence, The Next Web)

This week, Daniel L. Doctoroff announced that he’s stepping down from his role of CEO at Sidewalk Labs due to serious health conditions. Sidewalk has been limping along...

Pegasus isn’t all you have to worry about: Meet Cytrox’s spyware, Predator (Ivan Mehta, The Next Web)

Israel-based NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware comes first to mind when you think about notorious ways to snoop on people’s phones. But there’s a new player in town:...

Racism is already real in the metaverse — here’s how we can fix that (Breigha Adeyemo, The Conversation, The Next Web)

Marginalized people often suffer the most harm from unintended consequences of new technologies. For example, the algorithms that automatically make decisions about who gets...

5 best cities for jobs in robotics (Rebecca OKeeffe, The Next Web)

Robots might not be taking over the world just yet, but they are becoming increasingly popular in our lives. Think about it, they clean...

Bank of England warns on crypto-currency risks (BBC News)

Although not much of UK households' wealth is currently held in assets such as Bitcoin, they are becoming more mainstream, said deputy Bank governor...

Matter’s plan to save the smart home (Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge)

The smart home should be a natural evolution of our homes, bringing better appliances, better systems, better experiences. But to date, it’s been complicated, confusing,...

Coinbase mistakenly told some customers they were billionaires (Jack Morse, Mashable)

For a brief moment, their worlds had changed. On Tuesday afternoon a Coinbase "display issue" changed the balances of an untold number of customers' accounts...

Economist Calls for Deeper Examination of AI’s Risks (Patience Wait, Nextgov)

Daron Acemoglu thinks that the Luddites of the late 18th and early 19th centuries have been maligned by history. They are widely known for tossing their tools and...

This New AI Tool Can Help Spot an Imminent Invasion (Patrick Tucker, Defense One)

Just how many jets, cargo planes, and other military vehicles is Russia deploying to the border of Ukraine? Answering that sort of question is...

Evaluating Chronic Disease Progression With Artificial Intelligence (Erin McNemar, MPA, Health IT Analytics)

With artificial intelligence, University of Buffalo researchers have developed a novel system that models chronic disease progression as patients age. The AI model examines metabolic...

AI Is Discovering Patterns in Pure Mathematics That Have Never Been Seen Before (David Nield, Science Alert)

We can add suggesting and proving mathematical theorems to the long list of what artificial intelligence is capable of: Mathematicians and AI experts have teamed up...

AI Predicts Long-Term Patient Survival After Cardiac Surgery (Erin McNemar, MPA, Health IT Analytics)

According to Mayo Clinic researchers, a novel artificial intelligence algorithm can predict long-term patient survival after cardiac surgery. The research team found an algorithm that...

What does the metaverse mean for smart homes? (Michael Bizzaco, Digital Trends)

It’s the latest water-cooler buzzword that has our heads spinning — the “metaverse.” A surface-level skimming of the term unlocks a complex universe of...

Tiny machine learning design alleviates a bottleneck in memory usage on internet-of-things devices (Lauren Hinkel, MIT News)

Machine learning provides powerful tools to researchers to identify and predict patterns and behaviors, as well as learn, optimize, and perform tasks. This ranges...

Understanding Artificial Intelligence and How It Can Benefit AV Integration (Alan C. Brawn, CEPro)

For many integrators, the concept of artificial intelligence is well known, but the ways in which it can be applied to the residential, resimercial, and commercial...