XPRIZE announced today that it’s teaming up with Japanese airline All Nippon Airways on a new $10 million competition.
XPRIZE founder and chairman Peter Diamandis said the ANA team was interested in an XPRIZE around “reinventing travel,” which eventually turned into a prize for developing technology that would actually eliminate the need to physically travel in some… Read More
Source: TechCrunch
La red social busca formas de medir la “salud” de las conversaciones que se mantienen en la red social y ha abierto un proceso para que cualquiera presente sus ideas. Pero, ¿qué parámetros permitirÃan medir la temperatura de una red social que funciona a escala global y multicultural?
Source: MIT
Alibaba está invirtiendo grandes sumas en I+D para la inteligencia artificial, y su Gobierno también. Sus investigadores gozan de grandes cantidades de datos con los que trabajar. Poco a poco, el gigante asiático empieza a acaparar el liderazgo Google y a Amazon
Source: MIT
La ciudad estadounidense de Berkley quiere que los contratos inteligentes sustituyan a los procesos habituales de compra de bonos municipales para agilizar la recaudación de fondos. Si funcionan, el el nuevo concepto de “oferta inicial de comunidad” podrÃa ser revolucionario
Source: MIT
Alibaba está invirtiendo grandes sumas en I+D para la inteligencia artificial y su Gobierno también. Sus investigadores gozan de grandes cantidades de datos con los que trabajar. Poco a poco, el gigante asiático empieza a acaparar el liderazgo de Google y Amazon
Source: MIT
In a rare moment of contrition, MoviePass CEO Mitch Lowe admitted misleading both consumers and advertising execs with statements last week that the company tracks the location of users before and after they go to the movies. “We don’t do the things I described,” he told TechCrunch. As for location, “We don’t record it, we don’t save it, we don’t… Read More
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President Trump has blocked Broadcom’s proposed buyout of Qualcomm, due to security concerns, according to a White House statement. The combination of the two chipmakers would have potentially been the biggest tech merger ever. Several proposed acquisition prices have been discussed, recently $117 billion. New: Full Text of Trump order blocking the merger of Qualcomm and Broadcom… Read More
Source: TechCrunch
The latest rumor pins the official reveal date of Apple’s entry-level MacBook as June during the company’s annual WWDC developer conference. Apple may also introduce an affordable 9.7-inch iPad with a price tag of less than $300.
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Source: Digital trends
Actually deleting your social media accounts is more complicated than it looks.
Source: Wired
Out in the desolate wastes of deepest Iceland, magic blooms. The Icelandic sagas tell of fairy houses to magical rings that control the world, and now one of those, the Wave, has landed on the internet. The Wave is a ring that controls sound. It is essentially a wearable MIDI controller that lets you play and modify sounds as it’s made, allowing you to play music in thin air. It’s… Read More
Source: TechCrunch