Tag: technology

• 1984 Today!: Episode 130: Philipp Fussenegger on Creating The World’s First AI Brothel

  January 19, 2025

  https://ift.tt/BY45QqC AI has come for the world’s oldest profession! Cybrothel in Berlin offers customers a range of human-free sexual experiences involving sex dolls, AI, and virtual reality. “The world’s first… more ›

• April 4, 2024

  https://palladiummag.com/2020/12/10/kevin-kelly-on-why-technology-has-a-will/ more ›

• 14 tech trends to watch in 2021

  December 12, 2020

  As tech ecosystems mature around the world, they’re not always following the path laid down by Silicon Valley. 2020 was a more eventful year than anyone could have imagined. What… more ›

• Africa’s phone phenom: Your guide to Transsion

  December 2, 2020

  After spending the early 2000s globe-trotting for the overseas business arm of Chinese mobile phone maker Ningbo Bird, Transsion founder Zhu Zhaojiang broke out on his own. He opened Transsion’s… more ›

• To Boldly Go Where No Internet Protocol Has Gone Before

  October 26, 2020

  Vinton Cerf helped create the internet 40 years ago, and he’s still working to connect people around the world — and off it. Space exploration is hard, not least because… more ›

• Apple Watch and a Paradigm Shift in Computing

  October 4, 2020

  Despite being only four years old, the Apple Watch has fundamentally changed the way we use technology. Due to the sheer number of Apple Watches now seen in the wild,… more ›

• Apple Watch Momentum Is Building

  October 4, 2020

  In a few months, the number of people wearing an Apple Watch will surpass 100 million. While the tech press spent years infatuated with stationary smart speakers and the idea… more ›

• The Ringification of Suburban Life

  September 29, 2019

  Across the US, consumers are canvassing their communities with a new type of device that’s changing civic life. Camera-equipped doorbells and other home surveillance devices, made by companies like Ring,… more ›

• Arrival of the Babel Fish

  July 4, 2019

  In the very near future, maybe in ten years, we’ll have earpods that will do real time language translation. Someone speaks Greek to you, and with the slightest delay, you’ll… more ›

• It’s the middle of the night. Do you know who your iPhone is talking to?

  May 29, 2019

  It’s 3 a.m. Do you know what your iPhone is doing? Mine has been alarmingly busy. Even though the screen is off and I’m snoring, apps are beaming out lots… more ›