Musk says Tesla to use humanoid robots next year

The billionaire said the technology will be used at the firm and later made available to other companies.
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CVS thinks AI can handle your prescription questions

CVS Health Chief Technology Officer Tilak Mandadi says the company will use AI to answer some customer questions
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Paraplegic Tennis Player Pilots A Mech To Carry The Olympic Torch

Paraplegic tennis player Kevin Piette lost the use of his legs 11 years ago in a crash, but thanks to assistive technology in the form of a bipedal robot, he’s walking the Olympic Torch closer to the opening ceremonies. On Wednesday the 36-year-old wheelchair… Read more at Jalopnik

Is Cultivated Meat for Real?

Cultivated meat faces a wall of scientific skepticism, but investors haven’t been deterred. A decade in, how close are we to seeing it on our plates? Read more at Asteriskmag.com

Can Technology Make Us More Loving?

Explore the surprising ways technology shapes Gen-Z's connections. Learn how social media can both hinder and enhance our sense of love and belonging in today's fast-paced world. Read more at Psychology Today

Global shares tumble after a wipeout on Wall Street as Big Tech retreats

Global shares have dropped, with Tokyo’s benchmark losing more than 1,300 points at one point and closing 3.3% lower, as pessimism set in over Wall Street's overnight nose-dive Read more at ABC News

Giant battery-powered dump truck dumps diesel for electric

Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson: We're witnessing the potential dawn of a new, cleaner era in mining as Hitachi tests the world’s first ultra-large, fully electric mining dump truck. Read more at Fox News

Apple's Jeff Williams takes another secret overseas trip, this time to China

Apple's Chief Operating Officer Jeff Williams has been seen in Chinese state media photographs, meeting with senior officials in the country.Apple's Chief Operating Officer, Jeff WilliamsIn May 2024, Jeff Williams went on what's been described as a secret vis… Read more at AppleInsider

Microsoft Copilot is fairly relaxed about trademark use

While AI is under attack from copying existing works without permission, the industry could end up getting into more legal trouble over trademarks.Images created by Microsoft's CopilotThe rise in interest in generative AI has also led to an increase in compla… Read more at AppleInsider

How businesses can better navigate technology spend

The strategic importance and purview of technology leaders has changed dramatically in recent years and its key that we all re-evaluate how we assess and control tech spend. Read more at TechRadar

Macro hedge funds to dump $45 billion in equities, says Morgan Stanley

Computer-driven macro hedge fund strategies on Wednesday sold $20 billion in equities and are set to shed at least more $25 billion over the next week after ... Read more at Yahoo Entertainment

Integrating Image-To-Text And Text-To-Speech Models (Part 1)

Joas Pambou built an app that integrates vision language models (VLMs) and text-to-speech (TTS) AI technologies to describe images audibly with speech. This audio description tool can be a big help for people with sight challenges to understand what’s in an i… Read more at Smashingmagazine.com

Report: At least one iPhone 17 model to feature a mechanical aperture

Macworld A new report from The Information details some of Apple’s future iPhone plans. Much of it is about Apple’s plans for a foldable iPhone, which repeat some of the rumors we’ve heard before—Apple’s aiming at 2026 but it could be longer, and the … Read more at Macworld

Navigating The Investment Landscape In Education Technology

Technology integration into education has catalyzed a monumental shift in how knowledge is imparted and assimilated.
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Understanding Your Technology Footprint: A Strategic Imperative

Understand that your processes and how your enterprise fits together are assets; it’s a resource as vital as your people.
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New York’s Pension Fund Pressures Micron to Make Union Deal

(Bloomberg) -- New York’s $260 billion pension fund is urging Micron Technology Inc. to adopt a global policy of labor neutrality, which would pave the way... Read more at Yahoo Entertainment

Apple and Micron Leaders Visit China as US Ramps Up Chip Curbs

(Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc. Chief Operating Officer Jeff Williams and Micron Technology Inc. President Sanjay Mehrotra made a low-profile trip to Beijing to... Read more at Yahoo Entertainment

Suchi Reddy installs voice-to-colour AI sculpture in Michigan Central

Architect Suchi Reddy has created an installation in a recently restored train station in Detroit that responds to the words spoken into microphones with colourful LED lights. Me + You consists of a circle of modules with microphones surrounded by LED screens… Read more at Dezeen

Companies are adopting creative and inclusive ideas to support employees' well-being.

A new generation of workers is focused on maintaining mental and physical health. Companies are finding new ways to support employee well-being. Read more at Business Insider

Why DSP technology isn’t the future of TV advertising

Philip Inghelbrecht, CEO, co-founder, Tatari Programmatic and DSP technologies have redefined digital advertising and upended a historic direct sales model that closely linked brands, their media agencies and publishers. Reliance on demand-side platforms and … Read more at Digiday

Kawasaki showcases an experimental hydrogen-burning motorcycle

Filed under: Green,Alternative Fuels,Motorcycle,Hydrogen Cars Continue reading Kawasaki showcases an experimental hydrogen-burning motorcycle Kawasaki showcases an experimental hydrogen-burning motorcycle originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 25 Jul 2024 … Read more at Autoblog

‘Hope Is the Oxygen of Democracy.’ Darren Walker Looks Toward the Future

An interview with Darren Walker, announced he is leaving his role as president of the Ford Foundation.
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Will Augmented Reality Present A Moderation Problem?

Augmented reality is on its way. The ability to layer media over top of the real world is, for the moment, a hardware problem. Our phones can do it – think Pokémon Go, or Snapchat’s dancing hotdog – but a real-time heads-up display remains out of reach, for t… Read more at Techdirt

IBM reports Q2 revenue up 2% YoY to $15.8B, vs. $15.6B est., and says bookings for AI consulting and software have exceeded $2B since mid-2023, vs. $1B in Q1 (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: IBM reports Q2 revenue up 2% YoY to $15.8B, vs. $15.6B est., and says bookings for AI consulting and software have exceeded $2B since mid-2023, vs. $1B in Q1  —  International Business Machines Corp. reported a jump in bookings for its artificial i… Read more at Techmeme.com

Vue Hires Chief Information Officer & General Manager In The Netherlands

EXCLUSIVE: International cinema chain Vue has hired Ismar Matagic, former technology chief at Pret A Manger, as its new Chief Information Officer, and tapped former Europarcs head Joost Ligthart as its chief in Holland.  The company said today that Matagic wi… Read more at Deadline

How the Apple Ring will blow all the other smart ring manufacturers out of the water

Apple has been planning on making an Apple Ring for two decades — and it's taking its time to ensure this isn't just clever technology, but instead is a ring so useful that it will be a smash hit.Render of a possible Apple RingWhen Steve Jobs launched the iPa… Read more at AppleInsider

Keeping Private Data Private: How Technology Can Strengthen Security Protections

While there has historically been a tradeoff between reducing friction and maintaining privacy online, there doesn’t have to be.
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AI Applications In Farming: How Technology Can Help Solve Hunger

Experts are optimistic that revolutionary technologies powered by AI can help usher in an era of sustainable, high-yield farming to feed a growing worldwide population. Read more at Forbes

Meet The African Technology That Underpins The Tour De France

From collecting times manually, an African company turned the Tour de France into a real-time data wonderland. It now has three times more viewers than the Super Bowl. Read more at Forbes

This Chinese Artist Bridges Art, Technology And Human Dreams

Xin Liu is a Chinese contemporary artist and engineer whose multifaceted work explores the intersection of art, technology and science.
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School gets an F for using facial recognition on kids in canteen

Watchdog reprimand follows similar cases in 2021 The UK's data protection watchdog has reprimanded a school in Essex for using facial recognition for canteen payments, nearly three years after other schools were warned about doing the same.…