Ema, Parlamento europeo: via libera condizionato all’attribuzione della sede dell’Agenzia ad Amsterdam

L’Europarlamento ha votato un via libera “condizionato” al trasferimento dell’Agenzia europea delle medicine (Ema), assegnata ad Amsterdam dopo aver escluso Milano con un discusso sorteggio nel Consiglio dei ministri degli Affari generali del 20 novembre scorso a Bruxelles. Gli eurodeputati hanno anche criticato – e […]

Volley’s voice games for smart speakers have amassed over half a million monthly users

The rapid consumer adoption of smart speakers like Amazon Echo and Google Home has opened opportunities for developers creating voice apps, too. At least that’s true in the case of Volley, a young company building voice-controlled entertainment experiences for Amazon Alexa and Google Home. In […]

Art and tech studio Eyebeam opens calls for one-year residencies

[embedded content] Like the past two open calls, this year has a theme: Access, from the perspective of equity. Specifically, they’re looking for folks interested in creating to explore: Access to physical space, access to information, access as it relates to disability, gender, race, socioeconomic […]

Silicon Valley companies are undermining the impact of artificial intelligence

Ryan Kottenstette Contributor Leveraging machine learning and artificial intelligence to glean information from large data sets is the greatest technology opportunity of a generation. After a decade of acquiring talent from startups and research universities, tech companies like Facebook, Google and Uber have amassed some […]

Facebook’s Express WiFi program now has an app on Google Play

A Facebook spokesperson has confirmed the app’s rollout to TechCrunch: “Facebook is releasing the Express Wi-Fi app in the Google Play store to give people another simple and secure way to access fast, affordable internet through their local Express Wi-Fi hotspots.” Express WiFi identifies places […]