Here’s the new edition of my “Fav 4”, edition 30. My favorite and most noteworthy tech & innovation news bites of the last week. 4 updates in an easy to consume video format. Enjoy!
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Very much worth sharing: #Artificialintelligence is booming in #Europe, #China, and the US, and here's a great collection of facts, figures & #stats to prove it. Would you have guessed that Europe, and not the US or China, is releasing more #AI papers? https://t.co/22XYI2ixw0 pic.twitter.com/EpJYFuJR7v
— André Cramer (@TheAndreCramer) December 14, 2018
#Innovation & catch-up noise in EU #telco: #Orange & #DeutscheTelekom take #AI fight to US tech giants as their CEOs issue rallying cry for Europe's underperforming tech sector w/launch of new jointly in-house developed AI smart speaker. Is this the way? https://t.co/edWUv2AtkC
— André Cramer (@TheAndreCramer) December 13, 2018
Wow, I wasn't expecting this around #Waymo' #selfdrivingcars Phoenix service launch. They face harassment & road rage. 21 different incidents documented by the police. Technophobia in the US – or pure fear of #robotics & #automation driven job losses? https://t.co/efCqYxadIB pic.twitter.com/A4l4pklL4e
— André Cramer (@TheAndreCramer) December 15, 2018
We know that it's 2018, a year with ever more accelerating technological change, when you read something like this: #Amazon homegrown chips threaten #SiliconValley giant #Intel'. Would you have considered in '94 that an online bookstore would become this? https://t.co/DXjYTBHdu9 pic.twitter.com/tSS2zbFL0c
— André Cramer (@TheAndreCramer) December 12, 2018