Amazon to Invest Up to $4 Billion in AI Startup Anthropic
(Bloomberg) — Amazon.com Inc. will invest as much as $4 billion in Anthropic, bagging a crucial partner in its effort to become a major player in generative artificial intelligence and […]
(Bloomberg) — Amazon.com Inc. will invest as much as $4 billion in Anthropic, bagging a crucial partner in its effort to become a major player in generative artificial intelligence and […]
By Zoe Kleinman, for BBC Technology editor One of the so-called “godfathers” of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has said he would have prioritised safety over usefulness had he realised the pace […]
Jacopo Prisco, CNN • Updated 29th December 2021 (CNN) — Almost two decades since Concorde retired, interest around supersonic travel has been picking up pace, and several super-fast planes are under development. Airlines […]
Highly religious Americans more skeptical of human enhancements such as brain implants, gene editing Humanity may be on the cusp of a variety of innovations – including brain chip implants, […]
Source: CNBC Daniel Howley ·Technology EditorTue, November 9, 2021, 4:30 AMIn this article: Nvidia (NVDA) is well-known for its autonomous vehicle efforts, and at the company’s GTC 2021 conference, it’s […]
By Tom EspinerBusiness reporter, BBC News The UK is to launch a “high-risk” science agency to look for ground-breaking discoveries. The agency, Aria, will be run along the lines of […]
Source: BBC California has given the go-ahead for a commercial driverless delivery service for the first time. Robotics start-up Nuro plans to start its driverless delivery operations as early as […]
Source: WSJ By Jacky Wong China may be the world’s factory, but it has never been a big exporter of automobiles. It hopes to change that with electric vehicles. And things […]
Source: Daily Sabah A prototype of Turkey’s first domestic flying car, called the “Cezeri,” is nearing completion, Baykar Technical Director Selçuk Bayraktar announced Tuesday. Bayraktar – who is also the […]
Source: BBC Chinese ride-hailing firm Didi Chuxing says it plans to operate more than a million self-driving vehicles by 2030. The robotaxis are to be deployed in places where ride-hailing drivers are less available, according to Meng Xing, Didi’s chief operating officer. Mr Meng was speaking at an online conference […]
Source: Bloomberg The Chinese behemoth that makes electric-car batteries for Tesla Inc. and Volkswagen AG developed a power pack that lasts more than a million miles — an industry landmark and a potential boon […]
Source: WSJ By Katherine Bindley Four years ago, Aaron Levie moved Box Inc., the fast-growing cloud-computing company he co-founded, into a new, red-brick building with its logo on the facade. Box decked it out […]
Source: BBC News By Paul Rincon Science editor, BBC News website Google says an advanced computer has achieved “quantum supremacy” for the first time, surpassing the performance of conventional devices. […]
Source: BBC News US supermarket giant Walmart has confirmed it uses image recognition cameras at checkouts to detect theft. The cameras identify when items are put in a shopping bag […]
Source: The Washington Post By Tim Weinhold Tight control of civilian populations is the cardinal rule of authoritarian regimes, yet the sheer scale and complexity of those populations makes control difficult. […]
Source: CNN By Rachel Metz, CNN Business San Francisco (CNN Business)San Francisco, long one of the most tech-friendly and tech-savvy cities in the world, is now the first in the United States […]
Source: BBC News Elon Musk, the chief executive of electric car company Tesla, has said he expects the firm to have self-driving “robotaxis” on the road by 2020. The entrepreneur […]
Source: BBC News By Chris Fox Technology reporter Internet sites could be fined or blocked if they fail to tackle “online harms” such as terrorist propaganda and child abuse, under government […]
Source; BBC News By Leo Kelion Technology desk editor The biggest 16K screen of its kind will shortly go on show in Japan. Sony’s display has four times as many […]