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AutoStore has developed a cube-based storage system where small robots navigate a grid-like structure to retrieve and store items in bins.

After a prolonged winter, artificial intelligence is experiencing a scorching summer mainly thanks to advances in deep learning and artificial neural networks. To be more precise, the renewed interest…

Danny Lopez, COO of Blippar, explains that the challenge we have now is to find ways to apply and align AR and computer vision for social good.

Copyright law, you can't live with it, you can't live without it — but at the very least you can get a whole load of books now in the public domain.

The EU’s extremely controversial Copyright Reform -- which might introduce upload filters, ancillary copyright, and restrictions on text and data mining -- will finally go to a vote on June 20.

Criminals use commercially available voice-generating AI software to impersonate the boss of a German company to steal funds.

It has the potential to ruin relationships, reputations, and our online reality. “Deepfake” artificial intelligence technology promises to create doctored videos so realistic that they’re almost…

Dance ebikes bring a monthly subscription service to bike riders, creating a new business model and service offerings, disrupting micromobility.

As ebikes get more advanced they also get faster. What are the legal speed limits in different counties and are they enforced?

Trying to build good habits can often backfire. Here’s why it’s important to know how habits are formed and when it’s better to stick with a routine instead. Habits are hot. Self-help articles extol…

Rumor had it last week that the Federal Communications Commission was planning to roll back rules protecting net neutrality. Now several major companies who make up the backbone of the internet are fighting the change. The Internet Association, a lobby repping Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Netflix and others, met with FCC Chairman Ajit Pai earlier this […]

I don’t care about Net Neutrality because I’m fine letting greedy telecom companies decide how I use the internet. And also, I don’t care about our country’s future. *** This is satire. *** Many…

Did you know TNW Conference has a track fully dedicated to the future of work this year? Check out the full program here. I long ago stopped reading books on note-taking. They were always too vague…

«When you truly understand something, it is anchored to a latticework of related ideas and meanings, which makes it far easier to remember.»

Every one of us make dozens, if not hundreds of small to big decisions on a daily basis. Some don’t impact our lives at all, while some can change the outcome of our entire lives. Ever been to a tech festival? TNW Conference won best European Event 2016 for our festival vibe. See what's in […]

Airbnb is currently working on a new AI-powered product development tool that will empower designers to turn sketches into functional source code.

Many developers who use Python for machine learning are now switching to PyTorch. Find out why and what the future could hold for TensorFlow.

When it comes to startups, Switzerland has everything is in place to create home-runs; mind-blowing technology, leading research facilities and more...

An inside look at Switzerland's seriously ambitious startup scene

Amazon has big plans for its virtual assistant. One day, perhaps sooner than you think, Alexa will take a proactive role in directing our lives. It’ll interpret our data, make decisions for us, and…

Why do the companies developing, marketing, and selling virtual assistants tend to label their devices as women? And what does this mean for humans?

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, I’m sure you’ve heard of Bitcoin and blockchain. After all, they are one of the most trending topics these days — the ultimate buzzwords of the year. Even…

Think your muted? Better think again. A team of researchers found out Big Tech keeps recording when you mute.

«We achieved 81.9% macro accuracy on identifying six common background activities using intercepted outgoing telemetry packets when a user is muted.»

If your resolution for 2017 is to take better photographs than your current blurry effort, you'll want to check out this free MOOC from Harvard.

At TNW 2022, World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee explained why his plan for a decentralized internet aligns with Web 3.0 but not Web3.

We recently had a major overhaul of our pricing and landing page and wanted to get a good idea of what a high-converting pricing page looked like. We turned to the experts. There are a lot of best practices for SaaS pricing pages out there, with giants like HubSpot, ConversionXL and SixteenVentures being the authorities. I thought the best way would be to look […]