December 26, 2024

This international surveillance project aims to protect wheat from deadly diseases

When Dave Hodson walked through wheat fields in Ethiopia in 2010, it seemed as if everything had been painted yellow. A rust fungus was in the process of infecting about one-third of the country’s wheat, and winds had carried its spores far and wide, coating everything in their path. “The fields were completely yellow. You’d…

Phones and smart watches and more, oh my: Here is everything Google launched at its Fall 2022 event today

October 6, 2022

Google went all out today with a wall of launches of new hardware and tech. Here’s a collection of all the cool stuff Google launched, and you can watch the full event yourself if you have 90 minutes and a particularly deep curiosity streak for all things Google. Here is everything announced at the Made by […]

Phones and smart watches and more, oh my: Here is everything Google launched at its Fall 2022 event today by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch

Eoghan McCabe, the controversial Intercom co-founder who left the CEO role in 2020, is stepping back in

October 6, 2022

A notable changing of the guard is afoot at Intercom, the unicorn SaaS startup that powers the ubiquitous smiley customer service bots that sit on tens of thousands of company homepages: the company has reappointed co-founder, and current chairman, Eoghan McCabe as CEO. He’s replacing Karen Peacock, who is taking an advisory role for the […]

Eoghan McCabe, the controversial Intercom co-founder who left the CEO role in 2020, is stepping back in by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch

Google’s Guided Frame gives visually impaired folks a voice-over for selfies

October 6, 2022

Love ’em or hate ’em, selfies are an important aspect of photography; they help us connect with loved ones, and people spend an extraordinary amount of time thinking about how to look good in photos taken of yourself. (I should know; I wrote a whole damn book about ’em in a past life). People who […]

Google’s Guided Frame gives visually impaired folks a voice-over for selfies by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch

AI and data fuel innovation in clinical trials and beyond

October 6, 2022
The last five years have seen large innovations throughout drug development and clinical trial life cycles—from finding a target and designing the trial, to getting a drug approved and launching the drug itself. The recent use of mRNA vaccines to combat covid-19 is just one of many advances in biotech and drug development. Whether in…

What should you read next? Tertulia might hold the answer

October 6, 2022

The publishing industry is in a weird spot. On one hand, you see Stephen King testifying against the controversial merger between Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster, declaring that the looming deal would turn the publishing industry into an impenetrable monolith. On the other hand, TikTok’s community of book lovers — known as “BookTok” […]

What should you read next? Tertulia might hold the answer by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch

Here are all new camera feature coming to the Pixel 7

October 6, 2022

Pixel devices are adored for their punchy images and AI-powered photo features, and today, we get treated to a pair of new phones: The Pixel 7 and the Pixel 7 Pro. Both phones have a 50-megapixel main sensor and a 12-megapixel ultrawide sensor. The Pixel 7 Pro has an additional 48-megapixel telephoto lens. With these new […]

Here are all new camera feature coming to the Pixel 7 by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

The Pixel 7 will have a snoring and coughing detection feature

October 6, 2022

Google today announced its new Pixel 7 and the Pixel 7 Pro smartphones at a hardware event in Brooklyn. While the company focused a lot on the security, voice, and camera features of the phone, it also briefly showed a new health feature in a slide: coughing and snoring detection. On a daily bedtime summary […]

The Pixel 7 will have a snoring and coughing detection feature by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch