This year’s kickass $1,200 phone looks just like next year’s kickass $650 phone.
Source: Wired
If we don’t learn how to manage relationships with robots that look and act more like humans, we’re in for heartbreak.
Source: Wired
The Association of British Insurers argues that drivers don’t understand the limitations of these semi-autonomous systems.
Source: Wired
Ray Kurzweil popularized the singularity and is now at Google trying to make machines better with language
Source: Wired
ProoV, a startup founded by a couple of industry veterans, solves a problem the founders encountered many times over the years: how do you get the CIO or CTO to agree to do a proof of concept for your startup to show that your idea will actually work as you’ve described. Today the company announced a $14 million Series B financing round led by Helios Capital and Mangrove Capital… Read More
Source: TechCrunch
Ransomware hit one third of small-to-medium businesses worldwide last year, and experts say the “human factor” was often to blame.
Source: CNET
The streaming service is planning to get more anime exclusive titles onto its platform this and next year.
Source: CNET
New skins, a new stadium and competitive Lúcioball — it’s must be time for the (similar to yet legally distinct from) Olympics of Overwatch!
Source: CNET
In what looks like a pretty decent exit for German company builder Makers, two of its incubated startups have been acquired by performance marketing platform OLAmobile. Read More
Source: TechCrunch
It looks like Snap is enlisting outside help to advance its expansion into new hardware projects. The U.S. company is in talks with China-based drone maker Zero Zero Robotics over an acquisition, according to a source with knowledge of discussions. The deal, which was first reported by The Information, is in the range of $150 million-$200 million, the source told TechCrunch. That price… Read More
Source: TechCrunch