Five Japanese automakers — including Subaru and Mazda — are investing in a joint venture set up by Toyota and SoftBank to develop services that will utilize self-driving cars. The venture, dubbed Monet, is primarily aimed at ridesharing services along the lines of Uber and Lyft. Subaru and Mazda, as well as Suzuki, Isuzu, and Toyota-owned Daihatsu, will each invest...
Microsoft has rolled out Android notifications support for the Your Phone app. This will enable users to receive Android notifications on their Windows 10 PC. Launched in 2018, Your Phone app previously allowed users to see recent photos taken on Android phone directly on a Windows 10 PC and to send SMS messages from a computer. Now, the Android...
The World Economic Forum today announced its list of 56 companies selected as Technology Pioneers, and this year’s class demonstrates the growing embrace of artificial intelligence and machine learning across a broad range of sectors. Of those selected, at least 20 companies say they are using AI or machine learning in some fashion to tackle challenges in fields such as...
The summer examination session of first-year Master’s Candidates in Organic Chemistry of the Institute of Chemistry of Additives of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences has completed. According to the Department of Education of the Institute, the knowledge of master’s candidates  in 7 subjects taught in the second half of the year has been evaluated. Examinations on 3 of these...
The feasibility of flying taxis is being studied for Paris and could be introduced before the city hosts the 2024 Olympics Games. Aircraft manufacturer Airbus is working alongside French transport operator RATP Group to explore the feasibility of “vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) vehicles” for Paris. News about this study comes just a couple of weeks after ride-hailing giant Uber...
The satellites, which will reportedly include Yaogan-class remote sensing vehicles and named after the Leo constellation, are expected to be equipped with a self-piloting system. Beijing plans to deploy 192 artificial intelligence satellites into orbit to observe the Earth's surface by 2021, China Central Television (CCTV) reports. "It is safe to say that the satellites still remain remotely controlled devices, that...
The U.S. is considering a requirement that next-generation 5G cellular technology for domestic use be made outside of China, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing sources. The shift could force telecom giants like Nokia and Ericsson to move production outside of China in order to continue providing equipment to the U.S., the world’s largest market for telecom equipment...
The U.S. is considering a requirement that next-generation 5G cellular technology for domestic use be made outside of China, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing sources. The shift could force telecom giants like Nokia and Ericsson to move production outside of China in order to continue providing equipment to the U.S., the world’s largest market for telecom equipment...
Recently, U.S. Special Forces have created Jetson Laser that can detect an individual’s cardiac signature from a certain distance using an IR. Moreover, it can work from a 200-meter distance. Check out this article to know its features. The new laser has improved its latest version which can cover a longer distance. Besides, it can identify the person even through...
A new report released by Oxford Economics, titled “How robots change the world”, suggests that over 20 million people – about 8.5 percent of the global manufacturing workforce – may lose their jobs to robots by 2030, with one industrial robot eliminating an average of 1.6 jobs in the sector. However, the study also finds that the spread of industrial...