Drones Can Dodge Obstacles at High Speeds, Thanks to Uncertainty
A little bit of uncertainty never hurt anyone, right? In tech, the answer to that question is almost always “no.” But with high-speed drones flying through cities with tall skyscrapers, busy warehouses, and thick forests, the answer could very well be “Yes!” Recently, researchers from the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) at MIT […]
Is Bias Creep in AI Inevitable?
Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the biggest technologies of our future. Every country and organization is preparing for the AI revolution in their own way. But when humans are involved with building the foundations of AI, can AI truly be objective? Tech leaders have been publicly expressing their opinions of AI’s potential to create […]
The FBI and CIA Warn Against Buying Huawei and ZTE Phones
China’s tech presence at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) was higher than ever before, with companies like Alibaba and Baidu participating alongside smaller, but equally-as-ambitious Chinese tech startups. The country’s innovation combined with competition from the U.S. is great news for all consumers. Or is it? Maybe you’ve heard of Huawei or ZTE and […]
China Debuts the World’s First Passenger Drone
China’s push to become a world leader in artificial intelligence (AI) by 2020 is just one of the country’s lofty goals in technology. This year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) recorded the highest attendance and executive participation by Chinese companies, like AliBaba, Baidu, and Huawei. And if you were at CES in 2016, you probably heard […]
Is Our Brain the Secret to Better AI?
The human brain is the crowning achievement of humanity’s evolution. Literally. Without our brains, modern society and all of its bells and whistles would never exist. You wouldn’t be reading Dogtown Media’s news on your phone or your computer. And I wouldn’t be writing articles about researchers taking a page out of biology’s book to improve AI. Yet, that’s exactly where we find ourselves right now. […]
Is China a Tech Threat to the U.S.?
China’s growing technology sector is bursting at the seams with Beijing’s recent rise in smart city prominence. The country is aiming to become a world leader in AI by 2020. And the tech train’s not stopping there; China has already set lofty goals for 2025, 2030, and beyond. U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross recently spoke of […]
Google’s Spending Habits Reveal Their Political Play
As data collection increases, technology giants Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Apple have grown immensely more powerful. The more data, the more dimensions it has, and the more linking capabilities companies have, the greater their revenue increase becomes. To protect the laws surrounding data, along with immigration, tax reform, and antitrust, Google’s spending more than $18 […]
DeepFrame Wants You to Ditch Your AR Glasses
Out of all of the technologies of the future, augmented reality (AR) feels the most disconnected from a consumer standpoint. Unless you’re attending new tech conferences or have a buddy in AR, getting to play with cutting-edge (or any) AR is rare for the average consumer. Pokemon Go was a huge success partially because of […]
Google Is Making AI Available for Everyone
Artificial intelligence (AI) is experiencing a renaissance; it’s no longer a hot buzzword — it’s getting integrated into our favorite apps, powering our productivity tools, and leading the vision of the future for tech giants like Google, Apple, Microsoft, and Amazon. In 2017, after its rebranding as an “AI-first” company, Google followed up with an announcement […]
Is Apple Bringing Its Business Back to America?
Apple is well known for its controversial decision to store its cash overseas to avoid paying U.S. corporate taxes. Earlier this year, the company released an announcement that it would pay $38 billion in taxes to bring the tax haven money back into the U.S. The corporation’s foreign tax haven is currently storing about $250 billion […]