Apple’s electric-car project speeds ahead

Apple's plans to build a car are heating up, with hiring expected to ramp up and a ship date targeted for 2019, according to a new report. Apple, the world's next major automaker? Apple appears to be driving ahead with plans to build its first car. The electric-car project, code-named Titan, is now targeting a ship [...]

September 25th, 2015|Categories: Global News, Techy Talky|

Do You Have To Be In San Francisco To Be A Tech Entrepreneur? The VCs Say No.*

With sky-high rents on both housing and commercial office space, do you really have to be in the Bay Area to hit a home run? A number of VCs today at TechCrunch Disrupt said not necessarily. Dana Settle, who co-founded Greycroft Partners said that 82 percent of the firm’s investments have been outside Silicon Valley, including [...]

September 23rd, 2015|Categories: Global News|

IoT Can Open Doors to Cybercriminals, FBI Warns

The FBI's warning could awaken a greater sense of urgency to address the IoT's mounting security risks. "I was pleased to see it. Someone in society has to tell the industry to drive more carefully," said Stephen Cobb, a senior security researcher at Eset. "This is timely for the government to say that there are issues [...]

September 22nd, 2015|Categories: Global News|

Insect robots being developed for search and rescue missions

Engineers at UC Berkeley are working on robots of various sizes that can work together. The bigger robot moves slower than the smaller VelociRoach, but is equipped with more features like a camera and GPS. Photo: TNS At a University of California, Berkeley laboratory, engineers are building cockroach-like robots with a noble purpose – to search [...]

August 27th, 2015|Categories: Global News, Techy Talky|
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