Joseph Nordqvist 3170 posts

There are concerns that robot workers are replacing human jobs. It is a rational thing to worry about given the rise of automated solutions to many tasks traditionally carried out by humans, such as…

Netflix added 8.8 million subscribers in the last three months of 2018, up 33% year over year and beating its beginning-of-quarter expectation for 7.6 million paid net adds. The streaming giant…

Revenues from virtual reality (VR) specific games are forecast to reach $8.2 billion by 2023, up from an expected $1.2 billion in 2019, according to a new report by Juniper Research. The forecast…

Swiss researchers have devised a new method for legged robots to follow high-level body velocity commands, run faster, and recover from falling in complex configurations.  In a new paper, published…

Nike has introduced its first self-lacing basketball shoes that can be controlled via a smartphone, the Adapt BB. “Shoelaces: you had a good run. But we think we may have finally bettered you,”…

Extreme opponents of genetically modified (GM) foods are less knowledgable about the topic than they believe, according to a paper published Monday in Nature Human Behaviour. The paper (citation…

Siemens Gamesa and Aalborg University have partnered up to work on a project focused on making offshore wind power a more affordable energy source. The i4Offshore research and development project,…

Ford has unveiled a hybrid model of its redesigned 2020 Explorer SUV. At the North American International Auto Show in Detroit the US automaker announced that the redesigned Explorer, scheduled to…

IBM showcased an AI application at CES 2019 capable of making compelling speeches supporting and contesting debatable topics. The application, called Project Debater — Speech by Crowd, was made…

SpaceX is laying off 10 percent of its 6,000-plus workforce as it prepares for “extraordinarily difficult challenges ahead”. The lay offs are part of a “strategic realignment” to become a leaner…

Canon unveiled that it is developing a full-frame mirrorless 8K video-capable camera. The company’s top product-planning executive, Yoshiyuki Mizoguchi, said in an interview with Imaging Resource…

A new AI technology can accurately identify rare genetic disorders by analyzing the shape of someone’s face, according to a recent study published in the journal Nature Medicine. Many people with…

2019 is here, and the business world is more concerned about its progress in yesteryear rather than celebrating the next year. We are going to follow suit and mention the construction companies that…

On December 31, 2017, the debt incurred by the United States was $20.5 trillion. Several headlines focus on the amount the US owes China. Most people don’t know about Social Security Funds (retirement…

Lenders frequently are attracted to auto loans and mortgages, but it is not easy to find personal loans for your needs. Small loans don’t result in substantial interest costs, so people find it easy…

Many people juggle between a load of bills and loans. If you are one of them, you have to do something to repay this debt. Debt consolidation can be a good option for you to roll away high-interest…