Technology Google Search will stop indexing Flash content this year

Technology The goal of Google Search is to prioritize the best content that's relevant to your query. Since Flash content used to be a draw, Search would give points to pages featuring the technology, similar to how pages with YouTube embeds are rewarded today. But as HTML5 has taken the torch, Flash has become less … Continue reading Technology Google Search will stop indexing Flash content this year

Technology San Francisco Is Getting Sick of All Your Dumbass ‘Disruption’

Technology The Wild West days of unapproved or unwanted technology infiltrating public spaces in San Francisco without permission from the city may be nearing their end. City officials are hoping to establish an Office of Emerging Technology within the Department of Public Works to help manage the kind of tech companies seeking to disrupt public … Continue reading Technology San Francisco Is Getting Sick of All Your Dumbass ‘Disruption’

Technology Those Super fast Nike Shoes Are Creating a Problem

Technology Essay The people who oversee track and field have to give serious thought to how much running-shoe technology is too much. Wearing a controversial Nike shoe, Eliud Kipchoge, the marathon world-record holder, broke the event’s two-hour barrier last weekend.Credit...Leonhard Foeger/Reuters Published Oct. 18, 2019Updated Oct. 19, 2019 Last weekend’s extraordinary marathon performances — 1 … Continue reading Technology Those Super fast Nike Shoes Are Creating a Problem

Technology It’s Time to Rethink Your Data—Including Your Smell Data

Technology We don’t mean to be impolite, but—your personal data is showing. It’s everywhere. Facebook and Google and Amazon and a million other companies scoop it up and then dish it out, for billions of dollars, to advertisers and analysts and anyone else who wants to buy it. It’s owned by people you’ve never heard … Continue reading Technology It’s Time to Rethink Your Data—Including Your Smell Data

Technology Lexus’s first autonomous EV has drones and ‘artificial muscle technology’

Lexus leaned into the futuristic theme, which is evident from the vehicle's "hoodless" form, glass roof and gull-wing (aka DeLorean) doors. Inside, Lexus put gesture controls to use and created AR vehicle info systems. The front seats are meant to feel more like first-class airplane seats, and the backseats use something called "artificial muscle technology"…

Technology Government is a technology, so fix it like one

Eliot Peper is a critically acclaimed novelist who writes speculative thrillers that explore the intersection of technology and culture. More posts by this contributor Just as as tangible as airplanes, computers and contraception, The Roman Empire, the Iroquois Confederacy and the United States of America are also human inventions. Technology is how we do things,…

Technology Google aims to change the definition of good photography with Pixel 4’s software-defined camera

Google’s new Pixel 4 camera offers a ton of new tricks to improve its photographic chops, and to emphasize the point, it had Professor Mark Levoy, who leads camera technology development at Google Research, up onstage to talk about the Pixel 4’s many improvements, including its new telephoto lens, updated Super Res Zoom technology and…

Technology Brazilian mobile phone insurance technology startup Pitzi is now worth over $100 million

With roughly one million customers across Brazil and a new round of financing, the mobile phone insurance provider Pitzi now finds itself with a $100 million valuation. The size of its latest round, which was led by QED Investors and included commitments from existing investors like Thrive Capital and Valiant Partners, was undisclosed. PItzi acts…