Alphabet/Google’s self-driving car division Waymo disclosed earlier this month that it is working on (semi-)autonomous trucks, and now we have our first look at the vehicles in question. Jalopnik published a number of photos of a Waymo branded truck kitted out with a radar, lidar and ultrasonic radars. Waymo is, of course, not alone in exploring autonomous trucking. The company took Uber… Read More
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Almost every year my buddy Jack Deneut has helped set up PragueCrunch, our kind-of-semi-annual celebration of Czech startups. And it’s happening again this year! The event is on July 13, 2017 at Riegrovy Sady Beer Garden. You can RSVP here. We’ll have Kozel and Gambrinus beer all night and traditional Czech pub food for purchase at the venue. Startups will have 90 seconds to… Read More
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The massive ransomware attack has reached Australia, sending things really wonky at the chocolate factory. Ahhhhh fudge.
Source: CNET
Amazon released a new update to Echo devices and the Alexa app that allows users to drop in on one another or use the speakers as a household intercom.
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Qualcomm’s new fingerprint sensors are the first to sit beneath a smartphone’s display. They detect gestures, too, and can read heart rate in real time. The company expects them to ship in 2018.
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Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 450, the newest flagship in the chip maker’s mid-tier 400 series, performs 30 percent better than its year-old predecessor. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
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Binary Capital, the San Francisco-based early stage fund whose cofounder, Justin Caldbeck, resigned this past Sunday, is shutting down for all practical purposes. A source tells Bloomberg that the young firm, which had closed its second fund last year with $175 million in commitments but barely begun to invest that capital, will be wound down. Binary’s portfolio companies, including from… Read More
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Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 1200 chips promise a new wave of kid, pet and elderly trackers, and maybe fitness trackers too.
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You can expect to start seeing fingerprint sensors underneath phone displays next year, says the chipmaker at Mobile World Congress Shanghai.
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The new chip promises better battery life, graphics and performance over its previous iteration, the Snapdragon 435.
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