by Jim Brooker | Jul 1, 2022 | Business, Technology
It’s no secret the need for sustainable and resilient infrastructure is becoming more urgent every year. In fact, industry experts predict that the world will have to invest $90 trillion in sustainable infrastructure by 2030 to truly combat climate change....
by Jim Brooker | Jun 29, 2022 | New and Noteworthy, Technology
In a cavernous Smithsonian Institution workshop, a team of imaging experts laser scans a small, hand-carved cedar hat. It was crafted more than 140 years ago from a solid piece of wood and depicts a bear with large copper eyes. In a few hours, the experts will have a...
by Jim Brooker | Jun 27, 2022 | New Technology
The latest iteration of Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant could sound eerily familiar. The company announced on Wednesday during its annual re:MARS conference, which focuses on artificial intelligence innovation, that it’s working on an update to its Alexa...
by Jim Brooker | Jun 24, 2022 | New Technology
Instagram is exploring new ways for teenagers to verify their age and comply with platform rules. The Meta-owned app is testing video selfies with facial analysis software as a new age-verification method. Some users on Instagram try to skirt its 13+ age rule by...
by Jim Brooker | Jun 20, 2022 | Discussion, Technology
Written by Parmy Olson/Bloomberg It has been an exasperating week for computer scientists. They’ve been falling over each other to publicly denounce claims from Google engineer Blake Lemoine, chronicled in a Washington Post report, that his employer’s...