Day: October 11, 2013

Google

A first look inside Google’s futuristic quantum lab

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As reported on The Verge. By Russell Brandom In May, Google launched the Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab with hardware from the Canadian quantum computing company D-Wave and technical expertise from NASA. It was an ambitious open research project aimed at exploring both the capabilities of quantum computer architecture and the mysteries of space exploration — but in the months since, they’ve stayed quiet about exactly what kind of work they’ve been doing there.   OPERATED AT NEAR-ABSOLUTE-ZERO TEMPERATURES…

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Business Culture Tablet

The CEOs Are Wrong: Smart Machines Will Replace Millions Of Jobs

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As reported on TechCrunch. by ALEX WILLIAMS Smart machines are coming to the business world, but don’t tell that to the CEOs. Sixty-percent of CEOs surveyed by Gartner Research say the emergence of smart machines capable of absorbing millions of middle-class jobs within 15 years is a “futurist fantasy.” The survey results reflect the anxiety about automation of the work world and the advent of smart machines that Gartner says will have a widespread and deep business impact by…

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Hacking

My Experience As A Fourth Grade Hacker

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As reported on TechCrunch. by ALEXANDRA JORDAN When Alexandra Jordan presented at this year’s TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon, the fourth grader from Sunnyvale, CA proved to be something of an audience favorite. Jordan conceived of and coded her own hack, a playdate app called Super Fun Kid Time, which she is planning to launch in November.  In honor of the International Day of the Girl — formally recognized by the United Nations on October 11th, 2012 — we asked Jordan to write a…

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Mobile

QSAlpha in talks to bring Quasar IV smartphone to China Mobile

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As reported on Engadget. By Brad Molen A couple weeks ago we covered a new Indiegogo campaign from QSAlpha, a company aiming to produce a super-encrypted smartphone (along with a software-based platform for standard Android users as well). Despite the fact that the funding phase didn’t go so well, the manufacturer recently announced that its phones will go into production and begin shipping in Q2 of next year. But which operators will take on this hardcore encrypted handset? Sources have…

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Automotive

Mini Cooper hardtop gets parking assistance and collision warning systems

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As reported on Engadget. By Timothy J. Seppala It feels like the last time we thought about the Mini Cooper, it was pulling bank jobs with Mark Wahlberg. Since then, the diminutive coupe has apparently outgrown its rebellious phase and is now thinking about more mature notions, like safety. At next month’s LA Auto Show, the 2014 hardtop will debut a new collision warning system that employs cameras — instead of the feature’s typical sonar tech…

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