China Is Building AI-Powered Submarines
Who said all the hot artificial intelligence (AI) innovation is being developed in San Francisco and other U.S. tech hubs? China has built AI-powered submarines — and plans to launch them in hotly-contested surrounding seas by 2020. Many Questions, Few Answers Many of the details surrounding these submarines are shrouded in secrecy. Per the South […]
Dogtown Media Announces New Partnership With Hydrogen
Dogtown Media is excited to announce that we’ve joined forces with revolutionary FinTech development platform Hydrogen! Fueling the Future of FinTech Headquartered in the Flatiron District of New York City, Hydrogen is the maker of the Hydro blockchain, a new public ledger for a new global economy. Hydrogen’s set of APIs allows developers around the world […]
The FDA Approves a Contraceptive App for the First Time
Many women around the world lack access to affordable, accurate contraception. To address this, Elina and Raoul Berglund created an app called “Natural Cycles.” The app augments our perspective of fertility by tracking cycles and body temperature in women. When a woman is fertile, the couple can avoid having sex, and when a woman is out of […]
Is Google Still Tracking You After You Opted Out?
Have you opted out of Google’s location tracking? An investigation by the Associated Press (AP) has revealed that the tech titan may take this option as more of a preference than a stern command — many of the services it offers don’t stop recording your location, even after you’ve told them to. The Benefit of […]
Startup That Uses Humans to Train AI Just Nabbed $18M in Investments
Do you think artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming too autonomous and independent of humans? Well, think again! Scale is a startup that utilizes a team of contractors to train AI systems by categorizing visual data. It’s making big waves in AI development — in fact, it just raised an additional $18 million in investments. Not […]
The 3 Biggest IoT Announcements from Google Next 2018
Google’s always cooking up something. And we get to hear a bit about their plans at their annual Next conference, which is centered around their cloud business. With the cloud becoming more ubiquitous among both businesses and consumers, it’s interesting to see where Google, a historically strong leader in advancing the cloud, wants to take it. At […]
Blockchain-Based Betting Could Cause Some Big Problems in FinTech
Being a technological frontier, FinTech development already has its fair share of headaches and problems to work through. But a new blockchain-based betting platform that lets people wager on the deaths of celebrities could cause some colossal issues never seen before. Betting on Unfortunate Events Augur is a blockchain platform that lets people bet on […]
Machine Learning Can Now Show What Skills You Lack — and How You Can Get Them
Sometimes, skills and strengths can be hard to quantify. This can be especially true for companies seeking certain talents or hoping to cultivate them through additional education and training. Coursera has developed machine learning to help companies understand what skill their employees are gaining from its class offerings. Solving the Corporate Education Conundrum We’re in […]
Facebook Asks Big Banks for Detailed User Data
After the Cambridge Analytica scandal broke news, Facebook’s reputation suffered in a way it hasn’t quite rebounded from yet. Not only did people think the social media platform had too much data about users already, but it was also giving app developers easy avenues to access it. Now, Facebook is after a new type of data […]
The FCC Admits Last Year’s Infamous Hack Never Actually Happened
Last year, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) reported that the comments section of its website was hacked. Recently, the agency confirmed what many had already suspected — the hack never actually happened. Smoke and Mirrors Back in May 2017, the idea of the FCC repealing net neutrality was starting to become more of a real […]