Details of DJI’s new drone, the Mavic Air, leak before its reveal

Consumer drone giant DJI loves big reveals, and it’s supposed to have one in New York City tomorrow. But, unfortunately, the cat appears to already be out of the bag: The Chinese company is said to be launching yet another new drone, the Mavic Air. According to Drone DJ, leaked info suggests the new flying … Continue reading “Details of DJI’s new drone, the Mavic Air, leak before its reveal”

This Startup Could Help Protect Against Drone Attacks On Stadiums Or Companies

Former Cisco CEO John Chambers is an investor in and advisor to Dedrone, a startup that aims to help differentiate between harmless and threatening drones.

Here’s How People Say Google Home And Alexa Impact Their Lives

People are increasingly willing to let go of their privacy concerns in exchange for a whole lot of convenience.

Here’s What Facebook’s New Facial Recognition Settings Mean For You

Users will now be able to opt in or out of a system that automatically alerts you to most untagged photos of you.

How Facebook Engineers Plan To Make Your Experience Faster And More Efficient In 2018

Moore’s Law is slowing down, so engineers have to find ways to get more efficiency out of software instead of just waiting for ever-more powerful hardware.

These Technologies Will Shape The Future, According To One Of Silicon Valley’s Top VC Firms

Exclusive: Andreessen Horowitz analyst Benedict Evans explains how AI, mixed-reality, cryptocurrencies, and autonomy will play out over the next 10 years.

800 million workers worldwide will lose their jobs to robots by 2030

That’s according to a new report from the McKinsey Global Institute think tank, says Bloomberg. The firm looked at 800 occupations in 46 countries and discovered the job loses due to robots will occur in both developed and non-developed countries. The hardest hit countries will be China, followed by India, the U.S., and Japan. As … Continue reading “800 million workers worldwide will lose their jobs to robots by 2030”

How Facebook’s AI Is Helping Save Suicidal People’s Lives

The company had been testing AI technology on text posts in the U.S. Now the technology is global and also ready for live video.

Are you ready for bots to read your face?

Would you turn on your webcam so that a customer service robot can get to know you better? Soul Machines, a New Zealand startup, thinks so. It builds a customer service bot with an amazingly human face and a simulated nervous system that interprets how customers feel and reacts accordingly—in part by watching them over a … Continue reading “Are you ready for bots to read your face?”

This Chatbot Is Trying Hard To Look And Feel Like Us

Modeled on a real person and equipped with a virtual “nervous system,” Autodesk’s AVA is built to be a font of empathy, no matter how mean a customer gets.

Airbus Reveals Its Autonomous Air Taxi, Vahana, With A Series Of Flight Tests

An electric plane that takes off and lands like a helicopter, it aims to carry passengers in five years.

Uber CEO to drivers: “Do your math”—We’ll actually need more drivers in 10 years

How DARPA, The Secretive Agency That Invented The Internet, Is Working To Reinvent It

The agency has launched a program that takes advantage of the computing resources of smartphones, tablets, connected vehicles, IoT endpoints, and more.

Mark Cuban Talks About Funding Packback And The Future Of EdTech

“AI will impact everything.”

Wonder Workshop’s Robots Teach Kids To Be Coders Of The Future

Can kids have fun while learning to code? At the Fast Company Innovation Festival, Wonder Workshop shows they can–with robots.

How AI Helps The Intelligence Community Find Needles In The Haystack

Technology from the startup Primer helps analysts find even the most obscure events they need to know about in a sea of data.

Start spreading the news: GM’s self-driving cars head to New York

Alphabet X drones are delivering dinner and drugs to Australians

It may be years before Amazon drones start dropping off items at Americans’ front doors. But down under in Australia, dinner and medications are already arriving from the skies above. That’s thanks to a trial from Project Wing, which is part of Alphabet’s X. In a blog post today, Google parent Alphabet’s experimental projects division … Continue reading “Alphabet X drones are delivering dinner and drugs to Australians”

Google gives $1 billion to help the workers it’s hurting

At an event in Pittsburgh on Thursday, Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced  it was pledging $1 billion to its new “Grow with Google“ initiative that will help re-train people who are about to lose their jobs due to AI-fueled automation. It’s the company’s biggest philanthropic push to date, but even Google admits it hasn’t created the problem … Continue reading “Google gives $1 billion to help the workers it’s hurting”