Hitting the Books: AI doctors and the dangers tiered medical care
Would you be OK with paying for “last year’s medicine at last year’s prices”?
Andrew has lived in San Francisco since 1982 and has been writing clever things about technology since 2011. When not arguing the finer points of portable vaporizers and military defense systems with strangers on the internet, he enjoys tooling around his garden, knitting and binge watching anime.
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Flip from transparent to opaque with the touch of a button.
Elon Musk announces $100 million prize for new carbon capture tech
It would be his single largest philanthropic effort to date.
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Amazon offers to help the incoming Biden admin with COVID response
The company is standing by to vaccinate its 800,000-person workforce.
Hitting the Books: Smaller cameras and projectors helped the Allies win WWII
Advances in film tech revolutionized how American armed forces fought.
Facebook and NYU trained an AI to estimate COVID outcomes
The machine learning model is as accurate as a human radiologist.
Google's new Assistant feature is an incognito mode for smart speakers
Just say, “Hey Google, turn on Guest Mode.”
Netflix and Kevin Hart agree to a multi-year film deal
The streaming service will get four exclusive movies from HartBeat Productions.
Reachy the robot can now be controlled via VR
That's assuming you have $17,000 to splurge on an open-source automaton.
Panasonic unveils its vision for future automotive interiors at CES 2021
The line between 'family room' and 'family car' continues to blur.
After Math: 24-hour PogChamps and 56-inch 'Hyperscreens'
And a classic Disney attraction rises from the depths after 27 years.
10EV automaker Nio unveils a luxury sedan to compete with the Model S
The new ET7 could give Tesla a run for its money in China.
Hitting the Books: The racist underpinnings of incel ideology
White supremacy and misogyny go hand in hand on the internet.
Cadillac offers a glimpse at the Lyriq EV's 33-inch display
It will reportedly be able recreate a billion colors.
Hitting the Books: What do we want our AI-powered future to look like?
Ethical decision making must be a cornerstone of the coming robot revolution.
2020 has proven that electric vehicles are the future of transportation
Automakers have already begun to abolish ICE.
How the world went from no COVID vaccines to two in under a year
No vaccine in history has been developed this quickly.