Month: April 2020
In the wake of COVID-19, UK puts up £20M in grants to develop resilient tech for critical industries
Most of the world — despite the canaries in the coal mine — was unprepared to cope with the coronavirus outbreak that’s now besieging us. Now, work is starting to get underway both to help manage what is going on now and better prepare us in the future. In the latest…
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Google is now publishing coronavirus mobility reports, feeding off users’ location history
Google is giving the world a clearer glimpse of exactly how much it knows about people everywhere — using the coronavirus crisis as an opportunity to repackage its persistent tracking of where users go and what they do as a public good in the midst of a pandemic. In a…
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Nokia ‘AI-as-a-Service’ helps telcos manage 5G networks and identify faults
Nokia says its new cloud-based AI monitoring platform will make it easier for operators to manage more complex network requirements and the larger volumes of traffic that will be generated by 5G and Internet of Things (IoT) deployments. The Finnish telecoms equipment manufacturer says traditional approaches to network and service…
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A third prototype of SpaceX’s Starship rocket bursts on the test stand
A third prototype of SpaceX’s next-generation rocket, Starship, broke apart during a pressure test at the company’s test site in Boca Chica, Texas. Early this morning, the test vehicle crumpled and then collapsed in on itself after it had been filled up with super cold propellant, according to a video…
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GoPro’s Max gets much-needed 360 time lapse features
While the world remains on lockdown, your GoPro might feel a little neglected. But if you own a Max, you might want to keep it handy. The 360 camera is getting a firmware update that adds a few features that were missing at launch. Most notably the a… Source
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Keeping the score on Zoom
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. How are you holding up? Are you keeping up? And most importantly, are you hydrating yourself? There’s so much news lately that we’re all falling a bit behind, but, hey, that’s what Equity…
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