Images Claim to Show Wireless Charging Pad Components Destined for the...
Images claiming to offer a glimpse of the wireless charging pad circuitry to be paired with Apple’s upcoming “iPhone 8” have been shared on Chinese microblogging platform Weibo today by technology...
View ArticleNorthampton City Council votes to throw support behind statewide universal...
NORTHAMPTON – Northampton City Council voted Thursday night in favor of a resolution that hopes to show local support for state healthcare reform. The Northampton City Council’s resolution throws...
View ArticleAI creates fictional scenes out of real-life photos
It’s paint by numbers for creating dreamy worlds. AI’s not quite ready to build photorealistic worlds on its own. But it’s getting pretty close. Researcher Qifeng Chen of Stanford and Intel fed his AI...
View ArticleAmericans Love Ordering Pizza on Facebook
The cutthroat U.S. restaurant industry is getting increasingly aggressive about technology, enlisting Facebook Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. in their race to make it easier for customers to order and pay...
View ArticleDonald Trump’s Twitter Obsession with Amazon, Explained
Political observers say that many of Trump’s combative Tweets are sent out mainly for the purpose of distraction, and the timing for this latest message, hours after a disastrous Tuesday news...
View ArticleStock market closes sharply lower as tech shares wither
The S&P 500 SPX, -1.54% dropped 38.10 points, or 1.5%, to finish at 2,430.01, with the technology sector down 2%, and the industrials and financial sectors both shedding 1.7%. All 11 of the S&P...
View ArticleCashless kids: Is tap-and-go technology promoting financial illiteracy?
“It’s buy now, pay later, it’s interest-free terms,” chief executive of not-for-profit Financial Basics Foundation Katrina Birch said. “The fact that credit is so readily available to young people,...
View ArticleBregal Sagemount Plugs Nearly $100M Into Financial Tech Co.
Law360, New York (August 16, 2017, 3:08 PM EDT) — New York-based private equity shop Bregal Sagemount has agreed to invest almost $100 million in Options Technology Ltd., which provides cloud-enabled...
View ArticleCharlottesville forces Silicon Valley to confront its approach to free speech
Following last weekend’s violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, many tech companies have been thrust into a debate over free speech and social responsibility. One tech company after another has taken...
View ArticleHealth care, warehouses and logistics ripe for robotics in China: Expert
Demand for robots in China has long moved out of the factory into hospitals, warehouses and delivery services, says Zhang Jing Bing Research Director, IDC Worldwide Robotics. Powered by WPeMatico The...
View ArticleBRIEF-Jiangsu Zhongnan Construction Group unit to jointly set up financial...
* Says its unit will jointly set up financial technology research center with Tianjin-based institute of information technology of Peking University Powered by WPeMatico The post BRIEF-Jiangsu Zhongnan...
View ArticleLendingRobot and NSR Invest to Form Biggest Robo Advisor in Marketplace Lending
P2P lending robo advisor LendingRobot will join NSR Invest, creating what the company called in a statement “the largest independent robo advisor in the alternative lending space.” LendingRobot...
View ArticleLendingRobot joins NSR Invest to form biggest roboadvisor in marketplace lending
P2P lending roboadvisor LendingRobot will join NSR Invest, creating what it calls “the largest independent roboadvisor in the alternative lending space”, reports Finovate (Banking Technology‘s sister...
View ArticleHow the Smartphone is the Key to Cracking Marketplace Lending in the...
Zopa, the first marketplace lender in the world, was born in the UK in 2005. In the next couple of years, two of the biggest economies in the world–United States (Prosper in 2006) and China (Paipaidai...
View ArticleIf you cross the line on hate speech, Facebook will ban you
The internet was built on the premise of allowing people to engage in free speech and exchange ideas, even dangerous ones. That ethos now faces a stern test following the violence and terror attack in...
View ArticleGalaxy Note 8 preorders may come with some serious extras
Samsung may be throw in some extra goodies for people who preorder the Galaxy Note 8 phone, according to frequent mobile tipster Evan Blass. Samsung is set to unveil its next Galaxy phone on August 23....
View ArticleCNET UK podcast 527: Nokia’s flagship and Andy’s train-talking rage
The flagship Nokia 8 is finally here, and it’s a thing of beauty. Andy is joined by Katie to chat about whether this glossy phone does enough to propel Nokia back into the mobile phone big leagues. The...
View ArticleGoogle explains why it banned the app for Gab, a right-wing Twitter rival
When right-wing trolls and outright racists get kicked off of Twitter, they often move to Gab, a Twitter competitor. Gab was founded by Donald Trump supporter Andrew Torba, who says it’s devoted to...
View ArticleFacebook is working on futuristic smart glasses — here are new details
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said the end-goal for AR is lightweight glasses that display virtual objects in the real world. Getty Facebook is hard at work on the technical breakthroughs needed to...
View ArticleSingapore Fintech Hub: Dominant for Now As Regulations Count
Singapore has worked hard to gain, and retain, the crown of Asian Fintech Hub and you can guarantee it won’t give it up without a fight. There are several countries that are in the race. Recently both...
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