How IoT Is Transforming Health Tech for Providers
The healthcare industry is infamous for being difficult to innovate in. With many practices steeped in tradition, innumerable information silos, and plenty of red tape to go around, it’s no wonder why. But one technology has managed to break through the barrier: the Internet of Things (IoT). IoT development presents virtually infinite opportunities for healthcare organizations […]
No Human Needed: Iron Ox Could Grow 30 Times More Produce Than Regular Farms
Iron Ox isn’t your average AI development or robotics company. Rather than shove its technology down your throat, it’d prefer for you to snack on some lettuce. But while Brandon Alexander, the company’s CEO and co-founder, says, “We are a farm and will always be a farm,” it isn’t stopping the firm from advancing agriculture […]
Google Suppresses Memo and Inquiries About Controversial Search Engine for China
Last month, we wrote about Google’s newest project in China: a censored search engine, known in the company as “Project Dragonfly”. As with any Google movement in China, there was (and still is) a lot of opposition to the move; human rights activists and several hundred Google employees have spoken out against the “urgent moral […]
Machine Learning Can Predict Your Personality From Your Eye Movement
Machine learning can now identify five personality traits from the blink of your eye… well, not just one blink. Make that many blinks. Move over San Francisco, Beijing, and other AI hubs. The University of South Australia and the University of Stuttgart in Germany have developed an AI system capable of predicting personality traits by tracking […]
DARPA to Invest $2 Billion in AI and Machine Learning Over Next 5 Years
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has always been focused on accelerating the progress of technologies with profound potential. So it’s no surprise that it’s interested in artificial intelligence (AI). Last week, the ambitious experimental arm of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) announced it would be investing $2 billion in AI and machine learning […]
Google’s Launchpad Studio Accelerator Sets Its Sights on FinTech Startups
Wait — Google has an accelerator program? Of course they do! Last year’s Accelerator program focused on MedTech, although Google does accept applicants on a rolling basis across different verticals. This year’s Google Accelerator participants are from a variety of financial technology (FinTech) firms from around the world. A Different Kind of Accelerator The Launchpad Studio Accelerator program […]
Trump Says Google Is Rigged – Is It True?
Google handles about 90% of the world’s searches every day, making it the clear-cut leader of search engines. Recently, President Donald Trump took to Twitter, his favorite social media platform, to discuss Google search results about himself. Basically, he asserted that Google was rigged. Many U.S. citizens assumed Trump’s lack of technical skills was the cause […]
California Passes Strongest Net Neutrality Law in the United States of America
A few months ago, we were super excited about California’s net neutrality bill successfully moving through the state’s Senate. A few days ago, we got even better news: the bill passed with approval through the State Assembly. The bill changed a bit between the Senate and Assembly, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation calls the final version […]
Y Combinator’s Bold Basic Income Plan Is off to a Rocky Start
Ideas strictly in the realm of FinTech development aren’t the only ones making waves amongst finance industry insiders and economists. Universal basic income, a program in which citizens of a society receive a predetermined amount of money with no strings attached, has gained its fair share of media attention in recent years. And Y Combinator wants […]
Is Edge Computing Really That Important to the Internet of Things?
Just as cloud computing is an imperative part of the workflow and analysis of most businesses today, the Internet of Things (IoT) is developing into a cornerstone of most enterprise setups as well. But unless we ramp up computing power, network connectivity, computation speed, and device reliability could all take a hit. Is edge computing the solution we need? […]