Month: August 2017

 

Aug 31 2017 – Marc C. Close – Business of Fashion

Fashion companies that don’t embrace technology are sitting ducks just waiting to be picked off by sharp-shooting software companies.

 

Aug 31 2017 – Patrick W. Watson – Forbes

AI systems are even threatening “knowledge worker” jobs now.

 

Aug 31 2017 – David Lumb – Engadget

If passed, it would allow 25,000 self-driving vehicles to hit the road in the first year.

 

Aug 31 2017 – Maya Kosoff – Vanity Fair

The Oxford professor who famously predicted that automation would threaten 47 percent of the U.S. labor force says retail jobs are next.

 

Aug 27 2017 – Lizzie Plaugic – The Verge

How artificial intelligence is simplifying the music production process for solo artists.

 

Aug 27 2017 – Daniel Malloy – OZY.com

The results from a poll OZY.com ran regarding the steps Americans are taking to make sure they don’t lose their jobs to robots.

 

Aug 25 2017 – Jamie Condliffe – MIT Technology Review

Australian beach-goers will now be a lot safer next month, thanks to these drones.

 

Aug 25 2017 – Larry Hardesty – MIT News Office

MIT researchers have developed a system that enables small, safe, aerial drones to read RFID tags in large warehouses at a distance of several meters, while identifying the tags’ locations with an average error of about 19 centimeters. This new system could save retailers billions lost through faulty inventory records.

 

Aug 24 2017 – The Economist

Robot tailors are on their way.

 

Aug 24 2017 – Jamie Condliffe – MIT Technology Review

When robots steal our jobs, should they be made to pay taxes? That’s something residents of San Francisco are being asked to think about.