- Emotibot wants to help chatbots know how you really feel
Emotional intelligence is a hard thing to achieve, even in humans. But it’s especially difficult in robots, and maybe even more so in chatbots, whose available tools for picking up on emotional cues are quite limited. Emotibot is a Chinese startup focused on making sure personal assistants, chatbot... - NFL games come to CBS’s streaming service, starting this Sunday
CBS this week announced a significant deal with the NFL that could bring more subscribers to its over-the-top streaming service aimed at cord cutters, CBS All Access. Starting this Sunday, viewers will be able to watch all NFL games on CBS via the service, including regular, preseason, and postseas... - Amazon isn’t playing nice with Plex’s new cloud service
- The periodic table gets four new official additions
- Uber accused of helping drivers break taxi laws in Danish test case
- Snapchat will make Los Angeles a stronger tech hub
If you were to write a history of Silicon Valley, you could do it by looking at a series of major diaspora. Companies like Google, Yahoo, Oracle and PayPal attract top talent for years; when they reach maturity or a major liquidity event, their talent disperses and germinates into the next generati... - Hands On With DirecTV Now, AT&T’s new streaming service for cord cutters
This week, AT&T unveiled its new TV streaming service for cord cutters, who aren’t ready to subsist entirely on Netflix, YouTube and whatever else they can watch for free around the web. Launched on Tuesday, DirecTV Now offers access to over 120 live TV channels, in addition to on-demand progra... - Copy and paste trick could unlock iOS 10 devices in Lost Mode
- Facebook invests $20M to catalyze affordable housing development in Menlo Park
- Beddit 3 knows if you’ve been sleeping. It knows if you’re awake.
- Nigeria’s Black Friday sales test the e-commerce models of startups Jumia and Konga
- Pandora shares up 11% on acquisition report
- Facebook blocks links to B.S. Detector, fake news warning plugin
- AWS shoots for total cloud domination
- Robots, jobs and the human fear of change
When it comes to technology’s impact on the economy, there continues to be concern that robots and other advances will lead to unemployment. But what does history really tell us about the impact of new technologies on jobs and the economy? And more importantly, what happens to America’s ability to ... - Why Reed Hastings is the nation’s best chance for curbing the influence of money in politics
Between Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, and good old fashioned DVR, other than senior citizens watching traditional news broadcasts and people watching live sports, tv ads just don’t reach that many voters anymore. Read More - Emotionally intelligent computers may already have a higher EQ than you
- The NFL will reportedly relax their social media rules so teams can post more GIFs and videos
- Augmented reality treatment reduces phantom pain in missing limbs
- What interns and new grads really get paid at top tech companies
- ESA commits half a billion to its next Mars lander despite predecessor’s crash
- A sneak peek at Propel’s battling Star Wars drones
- As acquisition talk surfaces, Pebble stays quiet about Time 2 shipping
- Disrupt Hackathon app Notim.press/ed algorithmically detects fake news
Fake news is a moving target. Greedy publishers constantly start new websites of deceit, preventing manual blacklists from keeping up. That’s why one TechCrunch Disrupt London Hackathon team took an algorithmic approach to detecting fake news. Notim.press/ed (a clever URL that reads “Not Impressed”... - Jooble makes finding jobs easier in developing countries
According to the latest Mobility Report from Ericsson, there are 2.6 billion smartphone subscriptions globally, and that number looks to jump to 6.1 billion smartphone users 2020, with much of the growth coming from developing countries. What that means: people who haven’t had access to modern luxu... - HazMap wants to be like Pokémon Go for reporting hazards in public spaces
- Amplify lets you play synchronized songs across every phone in the room
- Watch the Disrupt London 2016 Hackathon LIVE right here!
- EY’s Jeff Wong brings startups into the boardroom
- Former TechShop CEO Mark Hatch joins Network Society Ventures as General Partner
- Bots that work everywhere
- Apple reveals autonomous vehicle ambitions in letter to US regulators
- How will Silicon Valley respond to Trump?
Capital founding partner Freada Kapor Klein isn’t happy. Klein, one of technology’s leading social activists and impact investors, has been “deeply troubled” by the election of Donald Trump. She is particularly disgusted by what she calls the “unleashing” of “horrific behavior” since the election, ... - VeeCee gives kids a shoppable wish list with virtual currency
Giving kids a new way to get the things they want, with greater parental oversight, VeeCee is a hack created by a four-person team from London’s Barking Dagenham suburbs. The group’s pitch was handled by 12-year-old, Ebenezer Odubanjo — the youngest presenter at this year’s Disrupt London hackathon.... - Mischief managed: 5 hackathon hacks for Potter fans inspired by the Marauder’s Map
- Three cheers for Valley capitalism
- Wandered.space helps you explore the cool spots all around you
- The Emotion Journal wins the Disrupt London 2016 Hackathon Grand Prize
- Welcometo.site wants to be your virtual receptionist
- The Emotion Journal performs real-time sentiment analysis on your most personal stories
- My Bricks Online puts your smartphone in Lego to make playtime fun again
- Red carpet roundup: Silicon Valley goes Hollywood for 2017 Breakthrough Prize Ceremony
Covering a red carpet isn’t usually a skill in the repertoire of tech journalists, but it’s also not every day that you get to see Vin Diesel and Kevin Durant on the same stage as Mark Zuckerberg, Priscilla Chan and Sergey Brin. If the White House Correspondents’ Dinner is nerd prom, the Breakthrou... - We need new candidates to run for office, and startups can help
This presidential election pitted two candidates who were the #1 and #2 most disliked candidates, EVER, for president. Why is this happening in our golden age of technology, when information is widespread and organizing easier than ever? Read More - WTF is AI?
- These science superstars just won the 2017 Breakthrough Prize
- Impraise lets you tell your coworkers what a good job they’re doing
- How to make debt pay
- User’s Guide to Disrupt London 2016
- GoPro releases the $299 Karma Grip handheld stabilizer
- Artificial intelligence and the evolution of the fractal economy
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