This 26-year-old hacker thinks he can make your car drive itself for $1000
Companies like Mercedes, Tesla, and Google are spending millions to develop technology for cars that drive themselves.George Hotz, a 26-year-old hacker living in San Francisco, thinks he's already...
View ArticleThe guy who designed the computers in 'Iron Man' says Elon Musk is wrong to...
The coolest part of the "Iron Man" movies is, well, the Iron Man armor.The second coolest part, though, is the sweet holographic computer interface that Tony Stark uses to control it. No mouse, no...
View ArticleGoogle is building a smart messaging service (GOOG, GOOGL, FB)
Google is working on a new "smart" messaging service that will be able automatically answer users' questions, sources with knowledge of the plans tell The Wall Street Journal's Alistair Barr.Although...
View Article20 of the biggest science stories of 2015
Big things happened in the science world in 2015.Researchers edited the DNA of human embryos, showing that doing so was possible. Their work had flaws, but it demonstrated that we're capable of using...
View ArticleA hotel in Japan is staffed by robots
The Henn'na Hotel in Japan has found a way to make service more efficient: they employ robots.But not to worry, the staff there is warm and friendly. The robots come in many shapes and sizes. Some look...
View ArticleThe CEO of Google DeepMind is going to meet with tech leaders this month to...
Demis Hassabis, the CEO of artificial intelligence (AI) startup DeepMind that was acquired by Google last year for £400 million, has revealed that some of the most prominent minds in AI are gathering...
View ArticleThere's one big difference between Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been very vocal regarding his fears surrounding evil AI. He has called for regulatory oversight to ensure "we don't do something very foolish" when it comes to AI. And he's not...
View ArticleThese robots could solve the worst problem with delivery
Developers from Starship Technologies created a self-driving, six-wheel delivery robot that they say will revolutionize delivery services.Produced by Christine Nguyen. Video courtesy of Reuters.Follow...
View ArticleKorean researchers have finally created a taxi that doesn't need a driver
Researchers at a university in South Korea are developing a self-driving taxi that could put cab drivers out of a job. Produced by Christine Nguyen. Video courtesy of Associated Press. Follow TI: On...
View Article10 British AI companies to look out for in 2016
Silicon Valley giants like Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple are investing more of their time and resources into artificial intelligence (AI) research in the hope that it will improve their existing...
View ArticleHuman brains have a few big advantages over robots
Robots still have a ways to go before they can overtake human intelligence.That's because humans are remarkably good at envisioning the future and making plans. While this quality is really important —...
View ArticleApple bought a startup that can read your emotions (AAPL)
Apple has acquired Emotient, a San Diego-based artificial intelligence startup that is well-known for working with its competitor, Google Glass, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. The...
View ArticleApple just bought new tech that can analyze your emotions — here's how it...
Apple just bought Emotient, a San Diego-based startup that uses artificial intelligence to identify how people are feeling, The Wall Street Journal reports.A video on Emotient's Vimeo page shows that...
View ArticleIBM CEO: Artificially intelligent computers will 'change who you are' (IBM)
IBM CEO Ginni Rometty has a pretty startling vision for the future.She sees the day when every decision humans make —from what we eat to how businesses operate — are done in consultation with...
View ArticleThe mobile revolution is over. Get ready for the next big thing: Robots
The computer industry moves in waves. We're at the tail end of one of those waves — the mobile revolution.What's next? Robots.But not the way you think.The robot revolution won't be characterized by...
View ArticleChinese search engine Baidu released some of its code after Eric Schmidt...
Baidu, China's leading internet search engine, has released some of its AI (artificial intelligence) code less than a week after former Google CEO Eric Schmidt said technology companies need to start...
View ArticleNeil deGrasse Tyson and futurist Ray Kurzweil on what will happen to our...
Astrophysicist and StarTalk Radio host Neil deGrasse Tyson sits down with futurist and author Ray Kurzweil for the first time. Produced by Kamelia Angelova, Kevin Reilly, and Darren Weaver and by...
View ArticleThis tech CEO has been given $200 million to invest in 'garage' start-ups
Tech Mahindra, a $4-billion (£2.8 billion) IT services firm in India, is aiming to invest $200 million (£141 million) in what its boss calls "garage startups."CEO CP Gurnani told Business Insider he...
View ArticleA think tank claims Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking are wrong about a robot...
Celebrated scientists and entrepreneurs including theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking and Tesla billionaire Elon Musk have been criticized by a US think tank for overstating the risks associated with...
View ArticleFacebook users upload so many videos, it had to invent a whole new system to...
Facebook users are uploading so many videos to the social network that its engineers had to come up with an entirely new system for handling them, the company said today. Luckily for Facebook's...
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