Here’s last week’s new edition of my “Fav 4”, edition 9. My favorite and most noteworthy tech & innovation news bites of the week. 4 updates in an easy to consume video format. Enjoy!
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Interesting move… #Facebook develops own chips that could be used to power hardware devices, #artificialintelligence software, servers in its data centers. Are in good company: #Google #Apple #Amazon #Microsoft are into their own chips optimized for #AI https://t.co/VjTYKumWis pic.twitter.com/92cq70RqTP
— André Cramer (@TheAndreCramer) April 26, 2018
Scientists implanted lentil-sized human brain organoids into mice heads who then appeared/behaved normally, supplying blood/nutrients to keep human implants developing for months. Hope for cortical repair kits for people with brain injuries? https://t.co/vLzb9tGPlG #neuroscience pic.twitter.com/ZonwgQXqJ8
— André Cramer (@TheAndreCramer) April 25, 2018
Very interesting piece… and I am torn. I can't wait for more serious home robots to become mainstream one day, but does it have to be #Amazon? Further creeping into our lives? Amazon is reportedly working on a home robot. https://t.co/WHuqXB6uhc #robotics #digitaltransformation pic.twitter.com/Jhb3T0svAO
— André Cramer (@TheAndreCramer) April 23, 2018
So, what does this mean for the future of #UBI? #Finland initiated a #UniversalBasicIncome trial in 2017, with 2k unemployed Finns receiving a monthly payment of €560 regardless of finding a job or not. Now the gvmt rejected the request for extra funds. https://t.co/Cur591zgTK pic.twitter.com/SJBYOYxX57
— André Cramer (@TheAndreCramer) April 28, 2018
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