Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk believes that we are part of someone else's video game. He explained at Recode's Code Conference that there is a "one in billions" chance that we are living in reality.
A pair of Google veterans have assembled a team of experts who have worked for a number of other notable Silicon Valley companies and startups to form a company called Otto with the aim of making truck driving on highways safer through automation. Unlike driverless car projects elsewhere, the company is more concerned with developing the technology that can be easily fitted into trucks to help drivers on the road.
In its effort to improve AI’s ability to learn and understand the ambiguity and complexities of human language, Google has open-sourced Parsey McParseface powered by SyntaxNet. These two pieces of NLU programming is free for use, distribution, and modification by other developers to hasten the development of human-like computers.
Apple said it had resolved the glitch that affected its app store including two of its other online services like iBooks Store and iTunes. Meanwhile, CEO Tim Cook is set to meet China’s top brass this month amid a slump in iPhone sales in its second largest market and the recent closure of two of its online service as the Chinese government seeks to consolidate control over media.
Google is reportedly closing in on a possible landmark deal with Fiat Chrysler over a technology partnership. If an agreement is reached, it will be a breakthrough crossover deal between Silicon Valley and the car manufacturing industry.
Google is now consolidating all its hardware projects and initiatives under a single division run by former Motorola chief Rick Osterloh. The shake-up comes at a critical period when a number of software companies are already starting to establish a strong footing in the hardware sector.
Apple has just revealed in a recently published corporate Environmental Responsibility Report that it’s able to make money off from its take-back initiative and recycling program. The report indicated that it was able to extract as much as $40 million worth of gold mined from thrown-away gadgets.
Former DARPA chief and Google’s ATAP director has recently jumped on board Facebook to lead ‘Building 8’- the social networking giant’s R&D equivalent. Zuckerberg is banking on her immense wealth of experience in creating cutting-edge innovations that connect R&D with product development.
Insider reports predict that MacBook Pro 2016 will be coincidentally released on June 13 around the same time as the WWDC event. Drawing on the recent trends in high-end laptop technology, the new Mac devices are expected to go ultra-thin but with an even more powerful chipsets, larger base storage offering, and biometrics security feature.
A simulated 'Stagefright' hack threat is real according to a cybersecurity firm- a possibility that now puts hundreds of millions Android devices on potential security threat. Google thanks the security community for the research and vows to regularly release fixes to protect users
Weighing on Apple’s fight with the FBI, experts have warned of far-reaching consequences if the iPhone maker gave in to government’s hacking demands.
In a bid to level up its Artificial Intelligence portfolio, Windows maker Microsoft has reportedly shelled out $250 million to buy out SwiftKey- the tech startup behind predictive keyboard installed in smartphones.
Maintaining data centers is exorbitantly expensive. Tech giant Microsoft aims to circumvent the costs by building underwater data centers.
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