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Gadget Story Time with Spectacles

Gadget Story Time with Spectacles

  Spectacles by Snap are a lot of fun! Join us as we take them throught the paces, try them out, talk to people on the street and just have a really great day. I would tell you more, but I don’t want to ruin it for you. Alright enjoy the show. Video Credits Produced & […]

xAd raises $42.5M more, buys WeatherBug to boost location-specific marketing

xAd raises $42.5M more, buys WeatherBug to boost location-specific marketing

xAd, the ad network that serves you ads in apps and mobile web pages based on your location, is today announcing another hefty round of funding, as well as its first acquisition in the world of consumer apps to grow its audience and dataset. The company has raised $42.5 million, and it’s buying WeatherBug, the popular weather […]

Defining our relationship with early AI

Defining our relationship with early AI

Andrew Heikkila Crunch Network Contributor Andrew Heikkila is a tech enthusiast and writer from Boise, Idaho. More posts by this contributor: How to join the network “I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those […]

Here’s where seed investors are scaling up

Here’s where seed investors are scaling up

Seed investors are, by definition, the first ones to back startups and technologies that go on to become world-changing forces. So when they collectively raise their bets about something — whether it’s social media in the early 2000s or autonomous vehicles in the last few years — it’s a reasonable indication that thing is poised […]

Gillmor Gang LIVE 11.11.16

Gillmor Gang LIVE 11.11.16

 This is a LIVE recording session of The Gillmor Gang – today with: Frank Radice, Kevin Marks, Keith Teare, and Steve Gillmor. Today’s LIVE recording starts at 1:00pm PT. Our live chat stream during the show broadcast Gillmor Gang’s Facebook page HERE G3’s archive on ustream G3’s Facebook page HERE Read More Source link

Tech leaders respond to upcoming Trump presidency

Tech leaders respond to upcoming Trump presidency

No matter which side of the aisle you’re on it’s clear that in next four years technology will be taking center stage. Politics are now less about relationships between people and more about relationships between computers and no matter who you voted for we believe tech is truly leading the way. Many of us are […]

Trump promises to bring back manufacturing jobs, but robots won’t let him

Trump promises to bring back manufacturing jobs, but robots won’t let him

For Americans struggling with stagnant wages, under- or un-employment, one of Donald Trump’s most appealing campaign promises was to bring manufacturing jobs back to the U.S. Navigating the complexities of policy, tariffs and geopolitics would make that hard enough already for the president elect. But technology will make this promise nearly impossible to fulfill. Why? Because manufacturing jobs are increasingly done by robots, not […]