Tag Archives: future
Alphabet’s Next Billion-Dollar Business: 10 Industries To Watch
Alphabet is using its dominance in the search and advertising spaces — and its massive size — to find its next billion-dollar business. From healthcare to smart cities to banking, here are 10 industries the tech giant is targeting. With growing threats from its big tech peers Microsoft, Apple, and Amazon, Alphabet’s drive to disrupt […]
Why it will be so hard to return to ‘normal’
Amid crisis and disruption, we crave the calm of normality. But can we ever really define what “normal” is? I am writing this in my home office, wearing my bathrobe. I am currently placed under a stay-at-home order, which requires me to stay in my house unless I need to travel for very specific reasons, […]
Google Chat based on RCS arrives in Italy and Singapore
Arrived in Italy and Singapore in May 2020. Last year, Google made the final push to enable RCS on Android-powered devices across the world. After enabling RCS in the US, UK, Mexico, and France using Google’s own servers via the Android Messages SMS app, the RCS-based Chat service is now going live for Android users […]
Why it will be so hard to return to ‘normal’
Amid crisis and disruption, we crave the calm of normality. But can we ever really define what “normal” is? I am writing this in my home office, wearing my bathrobe. I am currently placed under a stay-at-home order, which requires me to stay in my house unless I need to travel for very specific reasons, […]
Synchron kicks off clinical trial for brain-machine interface – without drilling skulls (FierceBiotech)
It was 2012, and research into brain-machine interfaces was stuck. The technology, which links brain waves to devices such as computers or robotic arms, promised to open the world back up for paralyzed people—but it was held up by a fundamental issue. The surgery to implant a sensor involved drilling into people’s skulls. Several companies […]