This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology.
Inside Amsterdam’s high-stakes experiment to create fair welfare AI
Amsterdam thought it was on…
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology.
Inside Amsterdam’s high-stakes experiment to create fair welfare AI
Amsterdam thought it was on…
“If Digit’s going to walk out into an aisle in front of you, you don’t want to be surprised by that,” he says. The robot could use voice commands, but audio alone is not practical for a loud industrial setting. It could be even more…
Every time an Amsterdam resident applies for benefits, a caseworker reviews the application for irregularities. If an application looks suspicious, it can be sent to the city’s investigations department—which could…
What specific processes are responsible for planetary formation and evolution? This is what a recent study published in Astronomy & Astrophysics hopes to address as an international team of researchers used a…
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is thought to affect 1 to 3% of children, while attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) impacts an estimated 5 to 8% of children, worldwide. They are well known…
“At the end of the day, what they need to do is deliver on what they presented a year ago.”
—Bob O’Donnell, chief analyst at Technalysis Research, tells Reuters where Apple went wrong with its lacklustre WWDC announcements.
One more thing
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IBM intends Starling to be able to perform computational tasks beyond the capability of classical computers. Starling will have 200 logical qubits, which will be constructed using the company’s chips. It should be able to perform 100 million…
It is a significant overhaul of a department that in 40 years has never before been placed so squarely on the chopping block. Here’s how today’s defense tech companies, which have fostered close connections to the Trump administration, stand…
If you own an iPhone, you’re never far away from a major or minor software…