MIT Center for International Studies (CIS) research affiliate Anat Biletzki is the Albert Schweitzer Professor of Philosophy at Quinnipiac University. From ...
Month: October 2020
Landscape site launches with the aim of becoming the ‘Glassdoor for VC’Landscape site launches with the aim of becoming the ‘Glassdoor for VC’
You’ve probably heard of Glassdoor, which exists to allow employees to rate companies anonymously. Now a UK entrepreneur has decided ...
The real promise of synthetic dataThe real promise of synthetic data
Each year, the world generates more data than the previous year. In 2020 alone, an estimated 59 zettabytes of data ...
Proterra, which makes big honkin’ battery systems and electric buses, raises $200 millionProterra, which makes big honkin’ battery systems and electric buses, raises $200 million
Proterra, the battery system technology developer for heavy-duty electric vehicles, said it has raised $200 million in a new round ...
Yogesh Surendranath wants to decarbonize our energy systemsYogesh Surendranath wants to decarbonize our energy systems
Electricity plays many roles in our lives, from lighting our homes to powering the technology and appliances we rely on ...
Cruise can now test driverless vehicles on the streets of San FranciscoCruise can now test driverless vehicles on the streets of San Francisco
Cruise, the self-driving car subsidiary of GM that also has backing from SoftBank Vision Fund, Honda and T. Rowe Price ...
Electronic design tool morphs interactive objectsElectronic design tool morphs interactive objects
We’ve come a long way since the first 3D-printed item came to us by way of an eye wash cup, ...
Nanoleaf adds large and small triangles to its revamped Shape product lineNanoleaf adds large and small triangles to its revamped Shape product line
Nanoleaf launched the next generation of its light panels in July. Called Shape, this new product looks like the company’s ...
Google will let everyone migrate from Hangouts to Chat for free in 2021Google will let everyone migrate from Hangouts to Chat for free in 2021
Google’s strategy around its messaging apps is nothing if not messy right now (hello Hangouts, Meet, Chat, Duo and Co.), ...
Translating lost languages using machine learningTranslating lost languages using machine learning
Recent research suggests that most languages that have ever existed are no longer spoken. Dozens of these dead languages are ...