TechFirst with John Koetsier
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Why gaming powerhouse Zynga bought Chartboost … before getting bought by Take-Two
Five days ago, gaming giant Take-Two bought Zynga for $13 billion. But before that, Zynga bought Chartboost for $250 million. What’s going on...
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Why is livestream shopping such a massive trend right now?
Livestream shopping is a $66 billion business in China, but only a $1 billion business in the U.S. That’s likely to change soon if Facebook, Google...
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Million-qubit quantum computing … at $300 per qubit
Quantum computing currently costs $10,000 a qubit: just one of the reasons why it’s hard and expensive to scale. SEEQC is taking a different...
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Drone defense: 3 ways to detect and stop drone-based terrorism
Drones are super-cool and fun. They could also be a terrorist’s favorite weapon, allowing them to strike from a distance in safety. But how do...
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Meet the AI-powered Cray X German Bionic exoskeleton
Billions of people have jobs that require heavy lifting, and most of them will lose health and ability over years of repetitive stress. German Bionic...
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Can Coincast make crypto as easy as texting?
Can Unity make metaverse glue to connect millions of games and billions of...
Privacy, consolidation, and context in adtech: Liftoff CEO Mark Ellis
Crypto in the browser? Brave adds crypto wallet, NFTs, and DApps natively in...
Smart homes: making them smart from the very beginning
Why smart buildings are stupid hard (and what Mapped is doing about it)
Why 30% of young workers bypass corporate security on purpose
FarmBot … or BotFarm? When the entire farm becomes a robot …
Why Apple needs sideloading on iPhones (and how that relates to China)
This self-driving farm robot kills 100,000 weeds an hour by laser: no herbicide...
What is the metaverse?
Google’s drone delivery service Wing: first-ever mall to home service
Metaverse in your pocket? How you host the world’s largest hybrid...
60X stronger than steel: world-first high-speed carbon fiber 3D printing
Freeing the App Store: the 36 best quotes from the Epic v Apple court judgement
Cyborg or avatar: will you wear a robot, or operate it?
Photonic computing questions answered: we get technical
Neodymium, praseodymium, dysprosium, terbium: Key blockers to EV ascendancy
HiPerGator AI: Florida’s new AI supercomputer (and 100 new AI faculty)
7 mobile games now make over $100 million every month
This ‘world’s first’ holographic display works without...
AI fitness is boosting eSports stars’ games, says Counter-Strike player JW
Retail got Amazoned. Here’s why that might be great news for microbrands
Is AI our replacement … or a bionic arm that makes us smarter, faster...
Manipulating the sine wave of electricity with software
Million Doge Disco = Free Dogecoin + Pokemon Go + blockchain + NFTs + AR +...
Smart fabric will make wearable tech truly wearable. Here’s how …
Apple Watch camera: you wanted one … now here it is
