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Video the next AI frontier
Published on 07/04/2023
» Ian Sansavera, a software architect at a New York startup called Runway AI, typed a short description of what he wanted to see in a video. “A tranquil river in the forest,” he wrote.
Robots? Some Companies Find Only Humans Can Do the Job
Business, Published on 05/11/2022
» Robots are the future. In certain sectors, however, that's not anytime soon.
TikTok stars boycott Amazon in activism push
AFP, Published on 24/08/2022
» PARIS: TikTok influencers boasting collectively more than 51 million followers say they won't work with Amazon until the e-commerce colossus delivers key concessions to workers and halts anti-union efforts.
Musk spends years silencing critics, wants free speech on Twitter
Bloomberg News, Published on 21/04/2022
» If Elon Musk can take over Twitter Inc, his biggest promise is to transform it into a platform for free speech with few restrictions — something he calls “essential to a functioning democracy.” But Musk, who is famously sensitive to criticism, has a mixed record on championing the cause.
WFH causes a rethink of sales
Life, James Hein, Published on 03/06/2020
» - I love a good marketing vs predictive analysis battle. Lenovo is guessing the current work-from-home trend will be good for PC makers. This is on top of the orders for laptops that went through the roof as offices closed and staff were asked to work remotely. Sales in Western Europe for example jumped 55%. My organisation just had me take my PC home as they didn't have enough notebooks to go around. Lenovo are betting that if people are working from home on a more permanent basis that will mean more PC sales, predicting 25% to 30% growth in the next two to three years.
Your next co-worker may be a robot
Life, Published on 19/10/2016
» The World Robotics Report 2016, recently released by the International Federation of Robotics (IFR), forecasts that compact, user-friendly collaborative robots will be a key driver in the automation market.
Sticking the world together
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 09/09/2014
» Eighteen billion stickers are sent through Line every day. The emotions they carry with them however, are boundlessly immeasurable. This green-iconed chatting application has changed the way we communicate, merely through its infectious selection of cheeky rabbits and poker-faced bears.
Samsung denies child labour at Chinese supplier
AFP, Published on 29/08/2014
» SEOUL - South Korea's Samsung Electronics has refuted fresh allegations by a labour protection watchdog that one of its suppliers in China hired child workers.
Tech giants settle suit over no-poaching deal
AFP, Published on 25/04/2014
» Tech giants Apple, Google, Adobe and Intel settled a lawsuit Thursday that charged they had colluded to hold salaries down by agreeing to not poach each other's staff.
Panasonic toughs it out
Business, Piyachart Maikaew, Published on 12/07/2013
» Japanese electronics giant Panasonic foresees promising prospects for its line of rugged computers, helped by an increased focus on logistics, retail, manufacturing, health care and tourism.