With CES 2024 almost upon us, we’re about to hear more talk about smart homes than the rest of the year combined. Samsung has started the proceedings by announcing that it’s partnering with Tesla and Hyundai to expand SmartThings into the areas of home energy […]
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Uber testing flexible pricing service in over a dozen Indian cities
Uber has quietly been testing a flexible pricing service in more than a dozen cities in India, a move that could help it expand its consumer base in the South Asian nation and put pressure on rival ride-hailing platforms, including Ola and InDrive. The flexible […]
Kohler’s voice-controlled bidet seat turns your dumb toilet into a luxurious smart-throne
Some companies take monitors, TVs or AI-fueled laptops to CES. Others bring a toilet seat you can talk to. The 151-year-old bathroom appliance company Kohler will introduce the PureWash E930 Bidet Seat in Las Vegas next week. The accessory fits onto most elongated toilets, transforming […]
Voice cloning tech to power 2024 political ads as disinformation concerns grow
Generative AI may make the 2024 US elections a ‘hot mess,’ but that isn’t stopping AI startups from getting into the political game.
5 steps to ensure startups successfully deploy LLMs
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This app lets cafes and coffee shops charge to use the bathroom
Thanks to bans on pay toilets dating back to the 1970s, folks in the U.S. have become accustomed to enjoying free public restroom access pretty much anywhere their travels take them. Depending on the town or city, however, free-use bathrooms aren’t necessarily plentiful — or […]
Amazon knocks $200 off the OnePlus Open foldable phone
The recently-released OnePlus Open foldable smartphone is already available at a discounted price. Amazon has knocked $200 off the total cost, bringing the device’s price to $1,500. This represents a savings of 12 percent, for those keeping score. If you’ve got a hankering for a […]
Stanford’s mobile ALOHA robot learns from humans to cook, clean, do laundry
The results are impressive and show that a simple training recipe enables the system to learn complex mobile manipulation tasks.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman posts statement supporting Palestinians and Muslims in tech
Altman’s commentary also follows a controversy surrounding another member of the OpenAI team, Tal Broda, Head of Research Platform.
Last year was a tough period for African growth stage startups and 2024 presents mixed bag
Last year presented a tough period for African tech startups. Venture capital was hard to bag (as predicted earlier), bridge and down rounds became the norm, and news of fire sales, layoffs and startup closures reverberated across the continent. With the overall amount of VC […]