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Original Source: http://on.wsj.com/1nWpIoH Move is part of Chinese tech giant’s effort to develop a commercially viable driverless vehicle by 2018 http://on.wsj.com/1R52LIc Chinese search giant Baidu will soon start testing autonomous vehicles in the U.S., according to the company’s chief scientist, who called on governments to make small infrastructure changes to accommodate robot cars. Photo: Baidu ByRead more

Original Source: http://bit.ly/1WqVQgd Accel Partners blog on Medium.com A fascination with a technology-driven future There are a lot of big and compelling ideas that fascinate us. For example: The march towards a quantified, autonomous future continues thanks to the confluence of predictive analytics, artificial intelligence, machine learning and computer vision technologies. These areas will continue toRead more

Original Source: http://bit.ly/227bl0l JORDAN NOVET MARCH 10, 2016 11:06 AM TAGS: MICROSOFT, MICROSOFT RESEARCH, QUANTUM COMPUTING, STRUCTURE DATA, TOP-STORIES Above: Peter Lee, left, corporate vice president of Microsoft Research, speaks with Bloomberg’s Jack Clark at the Structure Data conference in San Francisco on March 10. Image Credit: Sam Charrington Microsoft spends a lot of time andRead more

Original Source: http://bit.ly/1W9IWD6 Author: John Beltz Snyder PayScale’s survey of employees from top tech companies finds good news and bad. How do you decide whether a particular job or employer is good or bad, or rather worthwhile? A few obvious questions come to mind. Does the job pay well? What is the work environment like? Is itRead more

Original Source: http://wapo.st/1U8z5OT By Matt McFarland March 1 Sitting cramped in coach on a long flight can be unbearable. And NASA feels your pain. The agency is funding early efforts to build a plane so fast it could whisk you to any city on the planet in six hours or less.NASA is giving Lockheed Martin aboutRead more

Original Source: http://diamandis.com/tech-blog Virtual Reality – Context At A360 this year, my expert on VR/AR was Philip Rosedale. Philip really is one of the world’s leading experts in AR and VR. Earlier in his career, he was the creator/founder of Second Life, and more recently he is the CEO of High Fidelity. He’s truly an amazingRead more

Original Source: http://www.cnbc.com/2016/02/24/google-robot-is-the-end-of-manual-labor-vc.html Boston Dynamics’ new “Atlas” robot is a game changer, not just for companies, but for society, Insider.com CEO Jason Calacanis said Wednesday. “This is really the end of manual labor. When you watch this video, he’s walking through the snow; he’s wobbly, but he gets back up,” the tech investor told CNBC’s “SquawkRead more

Original Source: http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2016/02/24/alphabet-unleashes-new-humanoid-robot/ By JACK NICAS The Boston Dynamics unit of Alphabet Inc.GOOGL +0.50% released a video showing a new version of its humanoid robot Atlas walking out of its offices, trudging through a snow-covered forest — and withstanding abuse from its developers. The new Atlas is smaller than its predecessor and not tethered to a power cord,Read more

Original Source: http://bit.ly/1Q7R5t3 DFJ team members announce new fund to continue backing extraordinary entrepreneurs who are changing the world Backing the Future with DFJ Venture XII by Steve Jurvetson, DFJ Partner With this new fund, we will be looking to make seed and early-stage investments in trailblazing, purpose-driven entrepreneurs with ideas that have the potential toRead more

Original Source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/11/06/expand-five-questions-for-witricity-ceo-alex-gruzen/   First came Qi, and now we have Rezence. These are the two big names in the wireless power industry, except the latter is still in its infancy as it’s kicking off with a different type of technology: magnetic resonance. With this, devices are no longer required to sit on a pad whileRead more