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The role of telepresence robotics in workforce inclusion

Jul 03, 3:00AM

TORONTO, ON - JANUARY 14: Toronto Star reporter Jonathan Foryani uses a telepresence robot in the offices of PwC in downtown Toronto.        (Rick Madonik/Toronto Star via Getty Images) Let’s pause on the robots-are-taking-over-our-jobs panic for a minute and take a look at how some robots — telepresence robots, specifically — could be used to give access not only to jobs but to meaningful and rewarding careers for a historically overlooked and excluded population — people with disabilities. Read More



Technology will change where we live

Jul 02, 9:00PM

San Francisco skyline Governor Jerry Brown has recently proposed legislation that would streamline the path for large scale development across California. It could have a huge impact on growing housing supply in San Francisco specifically, which suffers from NIMBYism and a lengthy, local review process for building developers. Read More



For everyone

Jul 02, 4:05PM

featured-img-connections-blue The imagination is a powerful thing, and what it creates may in fact be powerful beyond our imagining. That was certainly the case with Sir Tim Berners-Lee and the World Wide Web, the creation of which is documented in a new short film, “Foreveryone.net,” which was directed by Jessica Yu and is currently showing at the Seattle International Film Festival. Read More



The Pro Football Hall of Fame goes 4D

Jul 02, 3:00PM

Screen Shot 2016-07-01 at 2.47.59 PM The Pro Football Hall of Fame is a hallowed enough place, being surrounded by bronze busts of the most legendary players that the sport has ever had. But walking through the historic grounds in Canton, Ohio later this month may give you goosebumps for another reason. That’s because, the Hall of Fame is set to debut its A Game For Life exhibit with 4D holographic representations of… Read More



How AWS came to be

Jul 02, 3:00PM

aws_logo There are lots of stories about the formation of AWS, but this much we know: 10 years ago, Amazon Web Services, the cloud Infrastructure as a Service arm of Amazon.com, was launched with little fanfare as a side business for Amazon.com. Today, it’s a highly successful company in its own right, riding a remarkable $10 billion run rate. In fact, according to data from Synergy Research, in… Read More



A brief history of cryptocurrency drama, or, what could possibly DAO wrong?

Jul 02, 1:00PM

fear-loathing It makes SILICON VALLEY look like C-SPAN–and yet it’s a documentary. Yes, it’s Cryptocurrency!, the show! You already know it’s been the hit of the last half-decade in extreme-nerd, get-rich-quick, and/or libertarian-conspiracist circles. But the story so far may seem incredibly… well… cryptic. So if you’re just tuning in, here’s a timeline to catch you… Read More



Five companies considered buying LinkedIn

Jul 02, 12:42AM

microsoft linkedin A new SEC filing posted Friday gives more clarity about what led up to Microsoft acquiring LinkedIn for over $26 billion. And they prove that Microsoft wasn’t the only prospective buyer. It shows that the talks between LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella began on February 16 of this year, just 12 days after the earnings debacle where LinkedIn shares plummeted. And… Read More



Invoxia's Voice Bridge puts your landline in your pocket

Jul 01, 11:24PM

voice bridge If you’ve ever wished you could roll out a five-mile extension cable for your home phone so you can get your calls when you’re out and about, Invoxia’s new Voice Bridge may be the solution to your globetrotting woes. It’s a virtual phone that connects your landline to your Wi-Fi, making it available via an app. Read More



Google talks up its self-driving cars' cyclist-detection algorithms

Jul 01, 10:47PM

google_bike_vis1 Today might be conspicuous in the annals of autonomous vehicles for a more serious reason, but another month is over and Google has issued its self-driving car report for June. In it are some interesting details about the system’s ability to detect and avoid cyclists. Read More



Marrakesh Treaty will limit copyright, easing book access for blind and print-disabled worldwide

Jul 01, 10:23PM

gettyimages-braillle-blind-528699742 It’s difficult enough already for the visually impaired to read the books and publications sighted people take for granted, but it’s downright impossible when the content isn’t even available in accessible formats. Fortunately, a global agreement aimed at alleviating the problem passed a major milestone today and may take effect before the end of the year. Read More



Exploiting machine learning in cybersecurity

Jul 01, 10:00PM

artificial intelligence While more and more jobs are being forfeited to robots and artificial intelligence, is it conceivable to convey to machines a responsibility as complicated as cybersecurity? The topic is being hotly debated by security professionals, with strong arguments on both ends of the spectrum. In the meantime, tech firms and security vendors are looking for ways to add this hot technology to their… Read More



Games company Paradox Interactive raises $11.8M from the crowd

Jul 01, 9:09PM

Paradox Interactive Paradox Interactive, best known for developing and publishing a series of popular games including Hearts of Iron, Stellaris and Europa Universalis, today announced it raised more than $11.8m from the crowd on the new Swedish equity crowdfunding platform Pepins. Read More



The silver lining of Google's diversity efforts

Jul 01, 8:34PM

google logo Google has had a big week around diversity. The company gifted a $2.8 million office space inside its New York City building to Black Girls Code, appointed Roger Ferguson, an African-American finance executive, to its board of directors, and released its latest diversity report. Most of this was good news. Having a space inside Google’s office could potentially give Black Girls Code… Read More



13 TechCrunch stories you don't want to miss this week

Jul 01, 8:24PM

The interior view of a Tesla Motors Inc. Model S P90D, a model with some autopilot features, is seen during an exhibition featuring several self-driving cars outside of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, March 15, 2016. Advocates of self-driving cars say the vehicles may revolutionize U.S. transportation enough so that the government can spend less money on roads, parking garages and public transportation systems. Photographer: Drew Angerer/Bloomberg via Getty Images This week, Airbnb sued the city of San Francisco, details about a fatal Tesla autopilot crash came to light, and Facebook changed the News Feed again. Here are the top tech stories of the week. Read More



NASA captures enormous aurora on the largest planet in the solar system

Jul 01, 8:16PM

aurora on jupiter Days before the Juno spacecraft is scheduled to arrive, astronomers have captured an enormous aurora at the north pole of Jupiter. The imagery, released this week, was taken back on May 19 using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope as part of a program to study how solar wind affects auroras on Jupiter. The video above was created by pairing many far-ultraviolet images from Hubble with a… Read More



Amazon Prime Video gets exclusive deal for most PBS Kids shows

Jul 01, 7:51PM

daniel-tiger-pbs-ios Amazon Prime Video will be the exclusive subscription streaming service for the majority of PBS series for children, Amazon announced today. All episodes are now available to download and stream. Prime members in the U.S. can watch PBS episodes via the Amazon Video app for TVs, connected devices including Fire TV, mobile devices and online. The shows will also be available with Amazon… Read More



Hyperloop One co-founder and CTO Brogan BamBrogan steps down

Jul 01, 6:57PM

Brogan BamBrogan, co-founder and CTO at Hyperloop One, talks about the future of transportation during a press conference in Las Vegas on May 10, 2016.   The Hyperloop One startup intent on zipping people along at near-supersonic speeds in pressurized tubes announced that the French national rail company had joined its growing list of backers. Hyperloop One said that it closed an $80 million round of  second round of financing with funding coming an array of investors, including GE Ventures and France's SNCF.          (Photo: JOHN GURZINSKI/AFP/Getty Images) Hyperloop One co-founder and CTO Brogan BamBrogan is out at the company and former SVP of engineering Josh Geigel will be taking over BamBrogan’s role as CTO. The move, though abrupt, may have been a long time coming. The company has been shifting Bambrogan away from public comment for months and switched him to the CTO role, appointing former Cisco exec Rob Lloyd as CEO in… Read More



Apple returns fire on Spotify, calling out 'rumors and half-truths' over App Store rejection

Jul 01, 6:40PM

spotify The dispute between Apple and Spotify over subscription revenues continues today with a letter from the former accusing the latter of using “rumors and half-truths” to advance “unfair and unreasonable” demands. Read More



Knocki turns your tables and walls into smart device controllers

Jul 01, 5:49PM

knocki By most standards, Knocki has had a home run Kickstarter campaign, blowing way past its $35,000 target with more than $1.1 million committed. But it sounds like CEO Jake Boshernitzan is still hoping for more support in the campaign’s final hours (it’s scheduled to end at 3am Eastern on Saturday). After all, he said that Knocki deliberately set the campaign target on the low… Read More



UN agrees to adopt expanded resolution on online speech rights

Jul 01, 5:11PM

UN online rights A vote today by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has agreed to affirm an expanded resolution on online rights. Russia and China had tabled several amendments to the text but these were rejected by the sponsor countries who argued they were an attempt to dilute its focus. Read More




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