Elon Musk’s tunneling and transportation startup The Boring Company is ramping up hiring about six weeks after landing a $48.7 million commercial contract to build and operate an underground “people mover” in Las Vegas. The company’s website has posted more than a dozen new job openings in Las Vegas as well another 15 at its…
Challenges and Security Infrastructure costs for deploying 5G are steep. Berkeley Varitronics Systems’ Schober says 5G networks carry more data but travel less distance. “This requires more physical infrastructure, such as towers, antennas, and relays than even 4G,” Schober says. “We are only now beginning to see significant investments being poured into 5G network build-outs and…
The next Samsung Galaxy Note event will take place on August 7 in New York City. It’s widely expected to see the launch of Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10 smartphone, and Samsung may have teased a new feature in its invite. Source link Shiv EswarShiv has over 8 years experience working on Internet of Things and…
Bird strikes are a very real danger to planes in flight, and consequently aircraft are required to undergo bird strike testing — but what about drones? With UAV interference at airports on the rise, drone strike testing may soon be likewise mandatory, and if it’s anything like what these German researchers are doing, it’ll involve…
More than three years ago, we told you about Call9, a young, Palo Alto, Calif.-based telemedicine startup that wanted to reduce unnecessary visits to emergency rooms by those who call 911 most frequently, which is people in nursing homes. The company’s co-founders — Celina Tenev, a radiology postdoctoral fellow from Stanford, and Timothy Peck, who…
Virginia has expanded a revenge porn law to include “deepfakes,” the fabricated or manipulated videos and images of people made using machine learning that have begun popping up with increasing regularity. The law, which went into effect Monday, now makes it illegal to share nude photos of videos of someone without their permission — whether…
Tim Cook doesn’t seem to be particularly happy with The Wall Street Journal. A day after an in-depth report describing Jony Ive’s cooling departure from Apple and the degrading nature of the design team at Apple, Cook made the rare move of responding directly to the report in an email sent to a reporter at…
Susa Ventures, a six-year-old, San Francisco-based, seed-stage venture firm, has closed on two new funds, a $90 million early-stage fund — its third flagship fund — along with its first opportunity fund, to which investors committed $50 million. Though young, Susa has some very fast-growing companies in its portfolio, which surely smoothed the fundraising process.…
In the state of Illinois drivers are experiencing a lot of changes this holiday driving week. First at the gas pump, they are seeing a permanent spike in gasoline taxes to .38 cents a gallon. The new increase is expected to be applied to fixing roads, bridges, highways, and other infrastructure. Some Illinoisans appear to…
Ahead of the PS5 launch, Sony is considering mergers or purchases of video game studios. The company’s main competitor has been very active on that front but what other studios could find a home on PlayStation? Source link Shiv EswarShiv has over 8 years experience working on Internet of Things and an avid user of…
