Apple, Google release technology for pandemic apps
Apple and Google on Wednesday released long-awaited smartphone technology to automatically notify people if they might have been exposed to the coronavirus.
May 20, 2020
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Apple and Google on Wednesday released long-awaited smartphone technology to automatically notify people if they might have been exposed to the coronavirus.
May 20, 2020
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Robotics
In industry, people work with robots. While this can accelerate productivity, it does come with health and safety risks. As a result, some robots must be kept separate from human workers. This comes at a heavy financial cost ...
May 30, 2022
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Automotive
Tesla chief executive Elon Musk broke his silence Thursday on a strike against his company in Sweden, saying it was "insane" that it may block new car deliveries.
Nov 23, 2023
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Automotive
Tesla can hardly make enough electric vehicles to meet booming demand, but behind the world's most valuable auto brand is its troubled California factory that makes most of those cars.
Feb 12, 2022
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Robotics
Meet Axl and Slash. The pair of mechanical arms named after Guns N' Roses members each weigh more than a ton but possess the deftness to nail wood without splitting. "Metallic beasts," is how BotBuilt cofounder Brent Wadas ...
Jul 5, 2023
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Business
New machines can improve conditions for workers and boost industrial productivity.
Dec 15, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
When Chris Smalls, the president of the first union at an Amazon warehouse in the U.S., visits classrooms, he says the 10-year-old students know who Jeff Bezos is—and often criticize him.
Jul 22, 2023
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Business
Alphabet Inc., Google's parent company, illegally cut off contract workers' access to a spreadsheet about pay transparency, a union alleged in a complaint to the National Labor Relations Board.
Nov 4, 2022
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Business
Amazon on Thursday said it is temperature-checking more than 100,000 workers daily and handing out masks as part of ramped-up defenses against the coronavirus pandemic.
Apr 2, 2020
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Machine learning & AI
From Google searches and dating sites to detecting credit card fraud, artificial intelligence (AI) keeps finding new ways to creep into our lives. But can we trust the algorithms that drive it?
Jan 13, 2021
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