Why It Matters Whether a Robot Is Given a Gender
Humans feel a greater sense of attachment to robots they consider to be male or female, a study found. But...
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The Technology Skills Every Employee Should Have Today
Journal Reports: TechnologyWhat Is a Digital Twin? And How Can It Make Companies—and Cities—More Efficient?By Jackie SnowMarch 17, 2023 at...
Why the Future of the Computer Is Everywhere, All the Time
Imagine this scenario in the not-too-distant future. You’re awakened at 6:11 a.m. by the gentle sounds of tinkling bells and...
South Korean Internet Giant Offers Glimpse of a 5G Private Network Future
SEONGNAM, SOUTH KOREA—At the new headquarters of South Korea’s largest internet company, a fleet of self-driving robots whirl around delivering...
More than a dozen companies developing single standard to detect cyberattacks faster
The initiative, which involves Amazon (AMZN), Cloudflare, CrowdStrike, IBM (IBM), Okta and Salesforce (CRM), among others, aims to solve a...
The next frontier in the tech battle between the US and China
President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed new legislation aimed at boosting the US semiconductor industry, in an attempt to address...
Why everyone’s wearing NASA-branded clothes
Once you start noticing them, it's hard to stop. There have been several trend pieces about the phenomenon in recent...
Amazon to buy One Medical for $3.9 billion as it expands healthcare footprint
One Medical is a membership-based primary care service that promises customers "24/7 access to virtual care." The company operates in...
Meta announces plans to slow hiring following challenging quarter
"We regularly re-evaluate our talent pipeline according to our business needs and in light of the expense guidance given for...
China’s Weibo shows user locations to combat ‘bad behavior’
The move, posted on Weibo's official account, garnered over 200 million views and was widely discussed, with some users rattled...
A Different Kind of Solar Power Attracts Attention
When you think of solar energy, you probably picture the photovoltaic panels that capture sunlight to be converted to electricity....
Elon Musk’s The Boring Company now valued at nearly $5.7 billion
The Boring Company's new funding, announced Wednesday, comes from venture capital firms as well as real estate companies. Sequoia, a...
Elon Musk says his offer to buy Twitter is about ‘the future of civilization,’ not making money
Musk said the proposed deal is not about the economics of Twitter's (TWTR) business, but about ensuring Twitter remains a...
Elon Musk is a wild card who could make life difficult for Twitter’s new CEO
"We were excited to collaborate and clear about the risks," Agrawal said, adding that Musk shared on Saturday morning, when...
Eccentric Japanese billionaire now betting that ’emotional’ robots can heal your heart
In his online appeal for love, Maezawa, who was 44 at the time, said he hoped finding a companion would...
Amazon announces huge rocket deal to launch its satellite internet constellation
The agreement includes two veteran rocket builders — United Launch Alliance, which is joint venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin,...
Intel will invest nearly $90 billion in Europe’s chipmaking industry
The tech giant said on Tuesday that it will spend an initial €17 billion ($19 billion) to create two new...
Russian internet users are learning to beat Putin’s internet crackdown
But despite Putin's efforts to clamp down on social media and information within his borders, a growing number of Russian...
The digital Iron Curtain: How Russia’s internet could soon start to look a lot like China’s
Russian citizens, unlike their Chinese counterparts, have been able to access US tech platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Google,...
Uber’s business is over the pandemic slump
The company reported Wednesday that its revenue grew 83% year-over-year to $5.8 billion in the final three months of 2021,...
