Tag: software
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In its first report on its autonomous vehicle operations in Phoenix, Arizona, Waymo said that it was involved in 18 crashes and 29 near-miss collisions during 2019 and the first… more ›
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A new era of robots reading financial statements and machines monitoring earnings calls means analysts no longer need to sweat a company’s every last word. For corporate leaders, it’s quite… more ›
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Only 0.5% of the world’s population knows how to code, and the U.S. graduates only ~150,000 computer science graduates each year. Historically, problems that can be solved with technology have been bounded… more ›
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Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, has agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges related to its marketing of the addictive painkiller, and faces penalties of roughly $8.3 billion, the… more ›
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Mobile guest rooms, enhanced contactless room controls, robotic servers and pop-up dining areas are just a few of the ideas hotel designers are considering for the post-Covid travel world. Whether… more ›
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Now in its third year, the report features invited contributions from a range of well-known and up-and-coming companies and research groups. The Report considers the following key dimensions: Research: Technology breakthroughs… more ›
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For example, Facebook is starting to let people use Instagram to send a photo to someone using Messenger, and vice versa. In the future, you might be able to text… more ›
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This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. My mother’s ex-husband, Jim (who, until I turned 8, I’d… more ›
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Researchers train a model to reach human-level performance at recognizing abstract concepts in video. The ability to reason abstractly about events as they unfold is a defining feature of human… more ›