Quick Summary: Agibots Robots Achieve 99.99% Success in Tablet Inspection Marathon
AgiBot's humanoid robots inspected 17,625 tablets in under three days — the 99.99% success rate marks a new industrial...
Technology is being introduced to change the way people shop.
Intel's CEO, Brian Krzanich, announced on Monday a way for companies to collect data on shoppers visiting their stores in real time. Called the Intel Responsive Retail Platform, the new program allows for companies to understand how people interact with their...
Google is still working and developing their social network platform, Google+.
Google+'s product manager, Danielle Buckley, posted a blog post illustrating the new changes for the social network. The new changes include hiding low-quality conversations, improving UI/UX, and the introduction of events.
Buckley explains that Google+ is focused on creating good...
YouTuber reveals how to crash any iPhone with only a text message.
YouTube channel EverythingApplePro revealed a text message that features a list of characters that has the capability of freezing an iPhone. Apparently, when someone sends a white flag emoji, the number "0" and a rainbow emoji, the iOS...
A report by the Guttmacher Institute has found that the abortion rate in the United States has hit a new historic low point. Researchers explain that this drop in abortions is credited to improvements in contraceptive use but, analysts also point out that abortion restrictions may also be causing the decline...
Facebook launches their first startup program with Station F in Paris, France.
While the social media company is facing an Oculus lawsuit and Facebook executives are leading a war against fake news, Facebook's COO, Sheryl Sandberg announced a new program with Station F to help data focused startups in the home of...
A new report by mobile app research group, App Annie, has revealed that 2016 was a big year for mobile applications.
Researchers have found that downloads around the world have increased by 15% from 2015 to 2016. In addition, the time spent in apps have grown by 25%, which in...
From the Russia hacking controversy, to the Britney Spears death hoax, hacking has recently became a major issue. However, one of the best ways people can protect themselves is by using a hard to crack password. However, a new study found that people tend to have really easy to...
Over the weekend IHOP's Twitter account was reportedly hacked after the pancake chain posted an anti-Hillary Clinton retweet.
Several media outlets reported that the IHOP retweet said "Also good morning to everyone except Americans who don't want to accept the simple fact that Hillary Clinton had a major garbage campaign."
By...
The Chinese leading online search engine, Baidu, announced on Monday that the company will be hiring former Microsoft executive, Dr. Qi Lu, to become the company's President and Chief Operating Officer and in turn he will be in charge of the company's sales, marketing, products, and technology operations.
Robin Li,...
Last year General Motors announced a new program to rent cars to Uber drivers, now the company announced their plan to create more U.S. jobs
General Motors (GM) announced on Tuesday a new plan that will help put more Americans back to work. The car company explained that they will...
Following Amazon's recent announcement that the e-commerce giant will be hiring over 100,000 jobs by 2018, Walmart announced they plan to hire 34,000 jobs and improve training for their associates.
On Tuesday Walmart revealed that they will be investing in their company and in turn will be hiring 34,000 jobs. How is...
A new report by Oxfam, an international organization focused on decreasing global poverty, has revealed that eight men own as much money as the poorest half of the world. In fact, researchers point out that in the next two decades, 500 people will transfer over 2 trillion in assets...
How much screen time is too much screen time? University of Oxford researchers have found that "moderate amounts of screen time" is not bad for teens. Researchers explain that there is a point between high and low use of social media that can be beneficial to teens, a phenomenon...
While Facebook is actively working on combating fake news with the Journalism Project, and new news standards in Germany, the social network was able to broadcast an inside look into the Pittsburgh Steelers locker room.
On Sunday, the Steelers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 18-16. Then, during the post game...
Last December, Germany lawmakers proposed charging Facebook, and other platforms that share content, a €500,000 for every fake news story. Then on Sunday, Facebook announced that they will be introducing a new program to combat fake news in Germany.
The new program in Germany included:
Making it easier to report fake news
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While millennials may love to Snapchat, a new study shows millennials earn less than baby boomers did.
A new report by the Young Invincibles titled "Financial Health of Young Americans" reveal the financial constraints millennials are now facing. In their 30 page report, researchers have found that millennial net worth...
While Amazon is currently working on developing airborne warehouses and flying drones to deliver packages. One Aerospace company has their eyes set on developing flying cars.
The CEO of Airbus, Tom Enders, told an audience at the DLD digital conference in Munich that the company is working on a flying...
On Friday, Google Adsense released a new feature, Ad balance, to help improve advertising and user experience for their publishers and their users.
According to a blog posting, Ad Balance allow for publishers to reduce the number of ads on a page. Google explains that it is about finding the right...
Gildan Activewear announced that they won the auction to purchase the American Apparel brand for $88 million but, will reportedly close over 100 stores.
Following the American Apparel Brand bankruptcy, Gildan Activewear, a Montreal company, has acquired the American Apparel brand and the deal is set to close next month. According...
In a study titled Hungry and angry: could we survive a zombie apocalypse? published in the journal “The Lancet Neurology” scientists explained that abnormal predatory behavior could be caused by an overactive amygdala, hypothalamus, thalamus along with a malfunctioning orbital frontal cortex. Now, new research focusing on the amygdala illustrates...
