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Read More »China’s NIO invests in LiDAR startup Innovusion
Innovusion, a two-year-old startup developing LiDAR sensor technology for autonomous vehicles, has raised $30 million in a Series A funding round co-led by Chinese firms Nio Capital and Eight Roads Ventures along with U.S.-based F-Prime Capital. Other seed round and strategic investors joined the round, the startup said. Nio Capital ...
Read More »Boxy shuttles, not cars, will be people’s first taste of autonomous vehicles
The first self-driving vehicle many people will experience firsthand may not be a car, but rather a public shuttle. While they may not be as sexy as sleek autonomous sports cars zipping down a highway, slower, boxy shuttles present more of a practical–and less risky–self-driving electrified solution to moving people ...
Read More »Mobvoi’s TicWatch C2 brings classic looks to Wear OS
As the name suggests, the TicWatch C2 has a look that reminds you of a classic watch — you know, the kind from back when watches just kept time. Its round body, available in 18mm or 20mm, comes in three colors: rose gold, black, or platinum. (Rose gold is only ...
Read More »Original Content podcast: Netflix’s ‘Hold the Dark’ is beautiful, but utterly mystifying
“Hold the Dark” tells the story of Russell Core (played by Jeffrey Wright), a wolf expert who arrives in the Alaskan village of Keelut to investigate the disappearance of a young boy. At least, that’s how the Netflix Original movie begins. On this week’s episode of the Original Content podcast, ...
Read More »What’s it like to die? This VR experience puts doctors in a dying man’s shoes
Virtual reality may be able to transport you to spectacular other worlds, but a large part of its promise is the ability to also put you into the shoes of other people. In doing so, the hope is that VR could help make us more empathetic, since it gives us ...
Read More »Snapchat helped register 418,000 US voters in two weeks
It's easy to be cynical when you hear about voter registration campaigns from social networks. How many people really sign up because of a digital nudge? Quite a few, apparently. Snap told the New York Times that its Snapchat campaign had helped 4… Source link
Read More »PlusOneCoin made a cryptocurrency for upvotes
A team of developers have made something called PlusOneCoin, a clever cryptocurrency that essentially allows owners to upvote content on two financial sites, ADVFN and Investorshub. The idea — to reward people for accessing content and, more importantly, interacting with it — is something many services like Steemit have tried ...
Read More »North Focals hands-on preview
Research Center: North Focals Never got a chance to try Google Glass for yourself? If you liked the idea of smartglasses but didn’t want to be labeled as a “glasshole,” you might be interested in giving Focals a shot. It’s a pair of glasses that shares similar features to Google Glass, ...
Read More »Qualcomm is expecting at least two 5G flagship smartphones in 2019
This should come as no surprise given how the likes of Oppo, Vivo and Xiaomi have been teasing their own 5G handset tests, though it’s still unclear whether any of them will actually launch a 5G device next year, let alone a flagship one. Motorola is even playing safer by ...
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