A look at the efforts by companies and governments to build their own satellite networks that can deliver internet connectivity anywhere on Earth
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How startups offering AI-powered cameras, tree-mounted sensors, water-dumping drones, satellite data, and more are helping prevent, detect, and fight wildfires
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A look at the safety and economics of autonomous trucks as Aurora and TuSimple say they plan to have commercial-trucking services in the US by the end of 2023
Autonomous trucks that mostly stick to highways could make sense, both technologically and economically, in ways robotaxis have not. Tweets: @herbgreenberg , @hyperplanes , @mims , @alexoimas , @mims ...
How the tech used to make giant, ultrahigh-precision mirrors and lenses for the James Webb Space Telescope was repurposed to develop displays for mobile devices
Fascinating from @mims https://www.wsj.com/... Leigh Drogen / @ldrogen : Invest in basic science, it always pays off for everyone https://twitter.com/... Tim Latimer / @timmlatimer : Behind every ma...
Amazon partners with tracker maker Tile and smart lock maker Level to enhance the Sidewalk mesh network that Amazon is now using for its Echo and Ring devices
but what is Sidewalk? Ry Crist / CNET : Amazon Sidewalk launches June 8 with support for Tile trackers Surur / MSPoweruser : Tile tracker to get big boost by joining Amazon's Sidewalk mesh network Chr...
A look at Estonia's efforts to deploy AI in government services, from farm inspections via satellite image analysis to robot judges for small claims disputes
GOVERNMENT USUALLY ISN'T the place to look for innovation in IT or new technologies like artificial intelligence. But Ott Velsberg might change your mind. Tweets: @nxthompson , @mims , @wired , and @...
Sources: Apple in talks to acquire Lit Motors, an SF startup that makes a self-balancing motorbike; Apple has previously hired several Lit Motors engineers
even if it won't Ryan Mac / Forbes : This Is The Larry Page-Backed Electric Motorcycle Startup That Apple Might Buy Heather Clancy / Fortune : Data Sheet—Thursday, September 22, 2016 Chris Barylick / ...