AI & RoboticsNews

Aquant raises $30 million for AI that gives customer service agents mission-critical data

January 30, 2020
Organizational data is often scattered across systems, hidden within text, and locked within the minds of employees. Given the disparate channels, how might this data be unified and delivered to support agents engaged in service calls? Assaf Melochna and Shahar Chen, former colleagues at workforce management and service optimization company ClickSoftware, advocate an AI- and machine learning-based…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Robotic finger can sweat like a human to cool down

January 30, 2020
Robots can already do lots of things people can including gymnastics, but a new type of soft robot has one of the most human traits of all. Researchers have a developed a finger-like appendage that can break into sweat to prevent overheating, much like we do during hot days…
AI & RoboticsNews

Microsoft backs AI in healthcare with a $40 million program

January 30, 2020
Microsoft’s deepening health tech strategy now includes a significant commitment to AI. The company is starting a $40 million AI for Health program that should help researchers and key organizations improve the quality of life for people around the planet. The five-year initiative will use AI to improve diagnosis, prevention and treatment, as you might have expected, but it’ll…
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MobileNews

Can the iPhone survive a nearly 4,000 mph tethered spin? This kinetic space launch company tested it

January 30, 2020
I have to admit that this has never occurred to me as something to test in an iPhone review, but it’s reassuring to see someone has apparently tried it. According to a new profile on the kinetic space launch system firm SpinLaunch, Apple’s iPhone can survive  rotations when physically tethered. SpinLaunch wants to create a launch system that uses kinetic energy to deploy payloads like…
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GamingNews

Xbox Q2 revenue sinks 21% as Microsoft reloads for next gen

January 29, 2020
Microsoft’s gaming revenue dropped significantly in the second quarter of its fiscal 2020. Xbox’s Q2 revenue plummeted 21% year-over-year during the three-month period ending December 31. But while that is a precipitous decline, it looks worse than it actually is. This decline is due to Xbox One pushing far past its prime. Microsoft is planning to release the next-gen Xbox Series X this…
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