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Million-Dollar Babies
[Business]
2016/04/05 10:57
As Silicon Valley fights for talent, universities struggle to hold on to their stars.THAT a computer program can repeatedly beat the world champion at Go, a complex board game, is a coup for the fast-moving field of artificial intelligence (AI). Another high-stakes game, however, is taking place behind the scenes, as firms compete to hire the smartest AI experts. Technology giants, including Go...
(M&A) Salesforce Buys Hot Deep Learning Startup MetaMind
[Investing]
2016/04/05 10:56
Salesforce has acquired MetaMind, a deep learning startup backed by Salesforce cofounder and chief executive Marc Benioff. The startup’s services will stop working on May 4. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.“Salesforce plans to integrate MetaMind’s technology into Salesforce services,” MetaMind cofounder and chief executive Richard Socher wrote in a blog post. “For unpaid web users, Me...
(Video) MIT - Wireless Tech Means Safer Drones, Smarter Homes and Password-Free WiFi
[Tech]
2016/04/05 10:56
System from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab enables single WiFi access point that can locate users within tens of centimeters.We’ve all been there, impatiently twiddling our thumbs while trying to locate a WiFi signal. But what if, instead, the WiFi could locate us? According to researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), it co...
The Washing / Sharing Machine - The Quinque
[Design]
2016/04/05 10:56
The Quinque works on a unique concept of having two chambers. A wash chamber, and a storage chamber (divided into 5 separate compartments). The person using the machine just has to place their clothes inside the washing tub, and Quinque performs the necessary wash cycle on it. Once the clothes are washed, they enter a compartment in the storage chamber, where they are kept until they are collec...
(Infographic) Aesthetic Trends 2016
[Consumer]
2016/04/05 10:56
EF MediSpa have carefully listened to the beauty concerns of their clients. In this infographic, learn of some of the most wanted male and female treatments for 2015 and what products their clients wanted to use.One of our main objectives at EF MEDISPA is to listen to your beauty concerns and provide you with the most suitable solutions. So what were our client’s main concerns in 2015? What pr...
(PDF) The Rise of Music Streaming
[Business]
2016/04/04 11:10
2015 was a big year for music streaming in the United States. The launch of new services such as Apple Music and Tidal further accelerated the seemingly unstoppable rise of music streaming. According to the Recording Industry Association of America’s year-end report, the number of paid streaming subscriptions grew from 7.7 million to 10.8 million in the past year and, for the first time ever,...
Starbucks Takes Its Pioneering Mobile-Phone App to Grande Level
[Business]
2016/04/04 11:09
Starbucks Corp., a pioneer in getting consumers to pay for products with a mobile phone, is boosting spending on digital ventures this year as it enhances the capability of its app in Asia, Europe and Latin America.The coffee chain is promoting a new feature, introduced last year nationwide at U.S. stores, that lets customers order and pay for beverages in advance and pick them up without waiti...
(PDF) Is Fintech Just Hype?
[Investing]
2016/04/04 11:08
Infographic: VCs in real estate. On-demand delivery of prescriptions. As everyone knows, fintech is en vogue these days. It’s not AI or deep learning hot, but it’s definitely up there. In fact, we have a 62-page report on it and have a 3-day event dedicated to it.One interesting thing about the financial services landscape is how large the megabanks have become. This graphic from American Ban...
Volvo Joins Automakers, NHTSA & IIHS on Automatic Emergency Braking Agreement
[Tech]
2016/04/04 11:07
Today the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) announced that 20 major automakers signed a commitment to make Automatic Emergency Braking and Forward Collision Warning standard on vehicles starting 2022. Volvo has had Automatic Emergency Braking standard since 2014, with Forward Collisio...
