Emerging Tech
Microsoft Corp. announced last year that it was intent on curing cancer, using artificial intelligence to do such things as tracking a patient’s tumor. The year before that, IBM Corp. chose healthcare as a prime…
Emerging Tech
Wearables can actually predict illnesses, says Stanford study
If there’s one overriding reason people are using wearable devices such as Fitbits and Apple Watches, it’s to track their vital signs during exercise in the hope that they can improve their health. Now…
Infra
Apple, Google and Facebook lead, Amazon trails in Greenpeace’s clean energy report
Most major tech companies have been boasting about how green their energy is, hoping to ward off critics that point out how much power their ever-growing network of huge data centers use. But there’s…
Apps
‘Pharma bro’ Martin Shkreli gets suspended from Twitter
The man who made a name for himself for repelling the vast majority of the world’s media consumers after he significantly raised the price of a HIV drug has been suspended from Twitter. Martin…
Apps
The man who says he invented email sues owner of tech site that doubted his claim
Indian-born American scientist Shiva Ayyadurai has taken umbrage with the tech media site TechDirt over a series of stories that attempted to debunk Ayyadurai’s claim that he invented email. Ayyadurai is suing TechDirt’s founder,…
Emerging Tech
Privacy advocate foils facial recognition technology with patterned clothing
A Berlin-based artist and privacy advocate, Adam Harvey, is fighting back against what he considers intrusive and oppressive facial recognition technology. Harvey, who melds art with his contention that data collection on the individual…
Emerging Tech
Study reveals women will be hurt most by the rise of automation
Women stand to fare far worse than men in the transition to an automated future, according to a new World Economic Forum report. The report stands in stark contrast to recent proclamations by government and…
Apps
French workers now have the ‘right to disconnect’ outside work hours
France’s labor ministry wants to deal with stress, fatigue and relationship troubles by cutting down on work-related email time, so it has ruled that employees can now disconnect when outside work hours. More important, employers…
Featured People
Internet ‘super-villain’ Milo Yiannopoulos lands $250,000 book deal
British journalist Milo Yiannopoulos, the self-confessed Internet super-villain and outspoken critic of what he considers social justice warriors, has just landed a book deal reportedly worth $250,000. Yiannopoulos rose to fame – some would say infamy…
Emerging Tech
Facebook acquires eye-tracking startup The Eye Tribe
Facebook Inc. Wednesday acquired the Copenhagen-based eye-tracking startup The Eye Tribe ApS for its virtual reality headset, Oculus Rift, for an undisclosed amount. The 16-person company, informally started at the IT University of Copenhagen in 2007,…