When all you have is a finger everything looks like a button . But what happens if you’re unable to press buttons or, more likely, we begin using robots and other tools to interact with the real world? That’s what researchers at Aalto University, Finland, and KAIST, South Korea wanted to find out when they […]
Daily Archives: March 20, 2018
Microbiome therapeutics, Photoshop for augmented reality, and cancer treatments were some of the ideas presented at Day 2 of startup accelerator Y Combinator’s Winter 2018 Demo Day. YC is increasingly using its massive class size (141 startups this time around) to fund especially risky frontier technology and biotech moonshots, while tempering the portfolio with more […]
These are the 64 startups unveiled at Y Combinator W18 ...
Brian Acton, the co-founder of messaging service WhatsApp (which Facebook bought in 2014 for $19 billion), is now joining the chorus of the #deletefacebook movement. It is time. #deletefacebook — Brian Acton (@brianacton) March 20, 2018 A tipster alerted us to the fact that Acton made the same call… on Facebook… as well. Since the […]
After selling his company to Facebook for $19B, Brian Acton ...
Unwanted calls and messages arriving on your iPhone? Block 'em all with our guide.
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When humanity’s back is against the wall and the robots have us cornered I’d say I’m all for whanging a few with a baseball bat. However, until then, we must be kind to our mechanical brethren and this robotic tortoise will help our kids learn that robot abuse is a bad idea. Researchers at Naver […]
This tortoise shows kids that robot abuse is bad
When humanity’s back is against the wall and the robots have us cornered I’d say I’m all for whanging a few with a baseball bat. However, until then, we must be kind to our mechanical brethren and this robotic tortoise will help our kids learn that robot abuse is a bad idea. Researchers at Naver […]
This tortoise shows kids that robot abuse is bad
Autonomous cargo shipping, voice games, and a camera that fits in a catheter were amongst the most impressive startup’s that launched yesterday at the Y Combinator accelerator’s Winter 2018 Demo Day 1. You can read about all 64 startups that launched in verticals like biotech and robitics, and check back later for our full coverage […]
The top 7 startups from Y Combinator W’18 Demo Day ...
Facebook is having a bad day… for the second day in a row. Following the Cambridge Analytica debacle, Facebook shares (NASDAQ:FB) are currently trading at $164.07, down 4.9 percent compared to yesterday’s closing price of $172.56. More importantly, if you look at Monday and Tuesday combined, Facebook shares are down 11.4 percent compared to Friday’s […]
Facebook has lost $60 billion in value
Facebook is having a bad day… for the second day in a row. Following the Cambridge Analytica debacle, Facebook shares (NASDAQ:FB) are currently trading at $164.07, down 4.9 percent compared to yesterday’s closing price of $172.56. More importantly, if you look at Monday and Tuesday combined, Facebook shares are down 11.4 percent compared to Friday’s […]
Facebook has lost $60 billion in value
AR-enabled shopping is expanding again today. This time, online furniture retailer Wayfair is introducing an augmented reality feature in its mobile app for Android that will allow customers to visualize furniture in their own home ahead of purchase, just by holding up their smartphone. The feature, called “View in Room 3D,” was previously available on […]