AI & Robotics

While Europe still faces a wide venture capital gap compared to Silicon Valley, the continent is nevertheless making big strides in positioning itself as an attractive hub for scientifically based startups. This is one of the key takeaways of “State of European Tech Report 2019,” released today at the Slush technology conference in Helsinki, Finland. The report is produced by venture capital…

Mild cognitive impairment — which affects an estimated 15% to 20% of people over the age of 65, according to the Alzheimer’s Association — often progresses quickly and quietly. Those with it are at an increased risk of developing a dementia, making early detection critical. Researchers at Apple and the University of Tübingen believe the key might lie in iOS app usage habits. To this end…

Paris-based Foodvisor has raised $4.5 million in venture capital to accelerate development of its nutritional coaching app that uses artificial intelligence and computer vision to monitor users’ eating habits. Launched in 2018, the company is trying to prove that broader breakthroughs in deep learning can be applied to practical uses such as tracking food intake in such a way that it would have…

Starting today, you can ask Google Assistant to “play me to the news” and it’ll create a curated playlist of audio news stories. The feature, called Your News Update, is available on any phone or smart speaker with access to Google Assistant. Each update will start with a couple of short, general interest news bites before transitioning to longer-form stories. For example, if…