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At Toyota, researchers are experimenting with prototypes that swoop from the ceiling to take care of chores with the help of machine learning. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Checkouts of digital books from a popular service are up 52 percent since March. Publishers say their easy availability hurts sales. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Four congressmembers say formulas that include race as a factor can hurt Black Americans' access to care. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A new feature from Amazon allows the intelligent assistant to ask users to clarify requests, such as “Dim the lights.” Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
One year after organizing a walkout, employees are calling for a more ambitious environmental agenda. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Brands are seeking new ways to customize messages. A startup that gathers data on when you pick up your phone, or when you go out on a run, can help. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Reducing the cost of electric vehicles is all about a cheaper battery. Tesla outlined a plan that includes making more of the components itself. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
It won’t solve everything, but a new study suggests real-time automated feedback could help make the internet a less toxic place. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The first big US city to prohibit private businesses from using the technology reflects rising skepticism of new tools and concerns about fairness. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Plus: Kevin Systrom’s app inspiration, the characteristics of successful CEOs, and Colorado’s disconcerting forecast. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Blyncsy wants states using Apple and Google technology to pay it $1 per resident. It may not win, but the patent tussle could deter others from adopting apps. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Combining the two chipmakers would unite leaders in two big tech trends—artificial intelligence and mobile computing. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A Bluetooth-based system coming this fall will be especially useful for high-value shipments, like medicines or vaccines. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A swarm of Ghost 4s, controlled by a single person on the ground, can perform reconnaissance missions like searching for enemy weapons or soldiers. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Police increasingly ask Google and other tech firms for data about who was where, when. Two judges ruled the investigative tool invalid in a Chicago case. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Several companies are testing airborne deliveries. But rules are years away, and no one knows if consumers are even interested. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
“We can treat only one patient at a time, but if we can get a message out there that can hit thousands or hundreds of thousands, then we can change their thoughts.” Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The ride-hail company joined rival Lyft with a “Green” pledge. It's counting on incentives to encourage drivers to switch to battery power. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Older patients and other vulnerable populations tend to need more medical care, but it’s often difficult for them to get online for remote visits. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Users say the platform’s new Creator Fund is opaque and riddled with problems. The company says it’s listening. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A former world champion teams up with the makers of AlphaZero to test variants on the age-old game that can jolt players into creative patterns. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Tech companies are swapping on-campus gourmet chefs for free snack deliveries, but they're also stepping up childcare support and mental health services. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
After learning its own ethics lessons the hard way, the tech giant will offer services like spotting racial bias or developing guidelines around AI projects. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The companies will handle more of the technology for notifying people who may have been exposed to the coronavirus. Privacy won't be affected, they say. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Alphabet's DeepMind pioneered reinforcement learning. A California company used it to create an algorithm that defeated an F-16 pilot in a simulation. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
If it succeeds, AB979 would require Facebook, Netflix, Nvidia, Salesforce, and others to add directors of color. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The digital infrastructures have been under construction for years. But the pandemic has forced candidates to embrace them and to get creative with how they use them. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Conservative influencers say they understand the president's moves to shut down the platform in the US, even if it costs them their audience. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A leading antitrust scholar says yes. Congress may be listening. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Many states are not collecting the race or ethnicity of coronavirus patients, which can make it harder to know the true impact on low-income communities. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
