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'Psychic Siri' tech gets cash injection from Samsung, Intel, Telefonica
A startup that makes tech that can predict information you need before you know you need it has announced a new funding round.
Google Glass: Let the evil commence
Glass has now been 'jailbroken' with a well-documented exploit. So what can you (or others) do with a hacked headset? Apparently, a whole lot.
First-ever website is back online
The first site on the then-new World Wide Web is back online, and we have researchers at CERN to thank.
Nokia's VC arm poised to invest in camera array firm Pelican Imaging
As Nokia increasing looks to imaging as a point of differentiation for its devices, Nokia Growth Partners is reportedly about to fund a camera array startup.
SAP study: Brazil, China, Germany and India 'most ready' for M2M tech
A new international survey pinpoints where machine-to-machine technology has the best chance to enable smarter cities right now.
Apple boosts R&D spend, now 3 percent of revenue
Apple, in search of new product categories, has boosted its R&D spending 33 percent for the six months ending March 31.
Yahoo Japan invests $20M to attract US startups to country
The Internet giant has partnered SoftBank Capital to bring more U.S. startups to the Japanese market.
Futurists...and the 'End of Work'
Predicting the future is easy. Figuring out how we live in it is much harder.
Panasonic may slash 600 jobs
Ailing Japanese electronics firm is mulling plans to lay off 600 staff, or 20 percent of its lithium-ion battery team, to improve dwindling profitability from lower prices and stronger competition from South Korean players.
Gengo, a translation service, raises $12 million
Intel Capital leads a financing round intended to fuel the Japanese company's global expansion efforts.
Voice delivered by LED signals to enable underwater conversation
A Japanese company has developed a device enabling divers to "talk" underwater by converting their voices into blinking signals for transmission and back again, allowing them to hear each other.
World's first smartphone for blind invented in India
The handset uses Shape Memory Alloy technology in its innovative "touchscreen", where a grid of pins form shapes and Braille characters according to content it receives.
China sets up group to promote local robot industry
The alliance will promote the application of robot technologies and products, to grow the domestic sector and reduce China's dependence on foreign brands.
Beyond Google Glass: 2034
What happens if we progress to a culture dominated by augmented reality and lifelogging?
Australian scientists closer to building silicon-based quantum computer
A group of Australian scientists are close to implementing the basic building blocks required to create a quantum computer, but by using silicon rather than atoms electromagnetically suspended in a vacuum.