A Unionized Apple Store Wants Customers to Start Leaving Tips for Employees
Will there soon be a tip jar at the Genius Bar?
Here are MIT Technology Review’s best-performing stories of 2024
Another year is coming to a close, so let’s look back at the MIT Technology Review stories that resonated most with you, our readers. We published hundreds of stories in 2024, about AI, climate tech, biotech, robotics, space, and more. There were six new issues of our magazine, on themes including food, play, and hidden…
May 2023
How to Think Outside the Box and Craft a Values-Aligned Investment Offering
When you create an investment offering designed to meet your social enterprise’s unique goals, you position yourself to connect with values-aligned investors who want to support projects they care about — like yours!
Google is bringing YouTube to more cars, starting with Polestar
Google announced Wednesday at its I/O event that all cars with Google built-in will have YouTube available, starting with Polestar vehicles in the coming weeks. The expansion of YouTube’s availability comes as more new vehicles today feature high-tech infotainment systems that promise to add new levels of convenience and entertainment to the lives of drivers and […]
Google is bringing YouTube to more cars, starting with Polestar by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch
Google adding Cisco, Microsoft and Zoom (audio) conferencing to Android Auto
Google announced Wednesday that it’s working with Cisco, Microsoft and Zoom to bring conferencing into vehicles via Android Auto — a feature that may just keep folks from attempting to drive while balancing their phone on their lap with a video conferencing app open. Yes, we see you drivers. The new conferencing feature, which will […]
Google adding Cisco, Microsoft and Zoom (audio) conferencing to Android Auto by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch
All the ways Google is driving deeper into the automotive world
Google introduced Wednesday at its Google I/O 2023 event a number of new features and services designed for cars, including video conferencing, gaming and YouTube as the tech company continues its drive further into the automotive world. The company has been making inroads into automotive via two paths: Android Auto, an app that runs on […]
All the ways Google is driving deeper into the automotive world by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch
Google’s latest Project Starline prototype uses AI to make 3D images of people
Today at I/O, Google announced the latest prototype of Project Starline, its 3D teleconferencing video booth. On the face of it, the biggest difference a dramatic reduction in hardware. The earlier model, which it showed off late last year, relied on several cameras to capture speakers from all angles. This time out, however, the system […]
Google’s latest Project Starline prototype uses AI to make 3D images of people by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch
Tinder-inspired Cala dares you to swipe left on useless meetings
Move over, meat market and, um… hello, meet market. A two-person team made some waves this week with Cala, a web app they’re marketing as “Tinder for canceling meetings.” The free service integrates with Google Calendar and borrows the tried-and-tried swipe mechanic from dating apps. It tasks users to swipe left on meetings they consider a […]
Tinder-inspired Cala dares you to swipe left on useless meetings by Harri Weber originally published on TechCrunch
Google is throwing generative AI at everything
Google is stuffing powerful new AI tools into tons of its existing products and launching a slew of new ones, including a coding assistant, it announced at its annual I/O conference today. Billions of users will soon see Google’s latest AI language mode, PaLM 2, integrated into over 25 products like Maps, Docs, Gmail, Sheets,…
From Lead Generation to Conversion — A Guide to Selling High-Ticket Products With Facebook and Google Ads
Here’s a comprehensive guide to help you optimize your campaigns, drive more sales and increase your bottom line.
Google’s Firebase gets AI extensions, opens up its marketplace
Firebase, Google’s backend-as-a-service platform for application developers, is getting its fair share of new features at the company’s I/O developer conference today, but the marquee update is the addition of AI extensions, powered by Google’s PaLM API. That’s in addition to support for the Python language in Cloud Functions for Firebase (2nd gen), updates to […]
Google’s Firebase gets AI extensions, opens up its marketplace by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch