After working with partners for over a year, ride-sharing app Lyft has announced it will create its own autonomous division, […]
Facebook creates AI that negotiates in unknown new language
Facebook AI Research (FAIR) has been working on artificial intelligence (AI) agents that negotiate for the best deal, using all […]
Morgan Stanley: Fitbit needs better software to survive
Fitbit needs to improve its software offerings if it wants to survive, according to a research note released on Monday […]
Facebook acquires AI startup to make Messenger chatbots better
Facebook has acquired Ozlo, an AI startup based in Palo Alto, California, for an undisclosed amount. The team will be […]
Dutch mobility startup aims for self-driving car deployment by 2018
Amber, a mobility startup, has an ambitious plan to deploy self-driving cars in Dutch cities by mid-2018. The team, a […]
Apple patents overlaying details on augmented reality glasses
Apple has patented a method of overlaying details onto real-world environments, similar to what Google was trying to achieve with […]
HP launches military-grade VR backpack aimed at professionals
HP has announced another virtual reality backpack, this time aimed at professionals and the military. The Z VR Backpack shares […]
Intel “eliminates” wearables division to focus on augmented reality
Intel has reportedly “eliminated” its wearable division, a year after it issued a recall of all Basis Peak smartwatches, due […]
Chinese government wants country to be AI leader by 2030
The Chinese government has released a three-step blueprint, showing how it intends to become the leader in artificial intelligence development […]
India to block any self-driving vehicles that enter the country
India doesn’t want anything to do with self-driving vehicles. The highway and transport minister, Nitin Gadkari, told reporters that he […]
Will.i.am Winks at smart home investment; drops $38 million
Wink, the smart home hub sold for $15 million a year ago to Flextronics (now known as Flex), is moving […]
Toll Brothers launches kitchen VR app for luxury home buyers
American luxury home builder Toll Brothers has launched a virtual reality app that lets home buyers view all 360 degrees of […]
HTC launches standalone Vive VR headset in China
HTC announced a standalone Vive VR headset on Thursday at the ChinaJoy entertainment conference in Shanghai, powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon […]
ARM: One trillion IoT devices by 2035, $5 trillion in market value
The Internet of Things will be the next stage in the computer revolution, this time focused on the “type of […]
Elon Musk says Mark Zuckerberg’s AI understanding is “limited”
It is not often the heads of two major companies blast each other in public, so Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg […]
TomTom to step back from wearables market after poor sales
TomTom may be on the verge of leaving the wearables market, after a 20 percent year-on-year consumer sales decline, which […]
Hologram announces world’s largest cellular IoT network
Hologram announced on Tuesday the world’s largest global cellular network dedicated to Internet of Things (IoT) devices, capable of working […]
Waymo’s self-driving cars spend day with emergency vehicles
Waymo’s self-driving Chrysler Pacifica minivans spent a day with Chandler, Ariz Fire & Police Department, testing the car’s detection system […]
Amazon reportedly acquires startup to make Alexa smarter
Amazon has reportedly acquired data analysis and search engine startup Graphiq for around $50 million, according to LA Times, citing […]
Forrester: self-driving to make global economy “unrecognizable” by 2035
Self-driving vehicles will remarkably change the global economy in less than 20 years, heavily impacting government, insurance, media, security, logistics, […]