The thermal imaging wearables, which are used in China for early detection of COVID-19 symptoms, could soon be deployed in the United States. Hangzhou based AI start-up Rokid is in talks with several companies across the US to sell its T1 glasses, Rokid’s U.S. Director Liang Guan said.
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The Australian government is suing Facebook for breach of information to the tune of $529 billion for sharing private information of over 300,000 Australians.
The breach is related to the Cambridge Analytics Data scandal where the political analysis company used data of millions of people for political analysis and information during the 2016 Presidental elections.
The Australian Information Commission has lodged the case against Facebook in the Federal court. The commission alleges that Facebook has committed serious and/or repeated interferences with privacy in contravention of Australian privacy law.India has a population of 7 billion people and growing. Add to this fact—robust digitization and mobile penetration, and you have a perfect scenario for tech-based businesses to take off. India is the third-largest startup ecosystem in the world, according to NASSCOM, a trade association body for IT companies in India. China and the US occupy the first and second positions. India has the third-highest number of unicorns, 24 i.e. companies with a valuation of over a billion dollars.
The Tokyo Olympics are just around the corner, and as is usual, the hosting country goes into a construction frenzy building swish stadiums and venues to welcome the athletes and tourists that are expected to flock the country during the games. The Tokyo games budget has reached USD 5.9 billion and includes the OCOG revenues, sponsors, licensing and ticket revenues. A part of this refurbishing program is the modernizing of toilets in Japan in time to welcome the expected 40 million tourists for the Olympics in August.
Facebook last month killed the teen app TBH it acquired in October 2017. But not before learning a ‘psychological trick’ for attracting young users.
The 2020 Olympics is definitely not going to be all about games, like other nations, Japan will debut its most sophisticated technologies.
The event will kick off at 11 am EST and will be streamed live on a dedicated page. Samsung will be releasing the Galaxy Unpacked live stream link at the beginning of the event.
Having been ruled out of a license renewal in London, the tech-taxi giant has taken it to the court to appeal a judgment that stripped its license to operate in London.
Another record-breaking profit has been projected by Samsung Electronics for this year’s first quarter after making huge performance in the electronic market last year. Thanks to the rising demand for memory chips even as the market for OLED display panels shrinks.https://www.industryleadersmagazine.com/samsung-report-shows-record-profits-despite-slow-demand-for-oled-displays/
A Virgin Mobile memo distributed to the employees notes Apple might introduce (PRODUCT)RED iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus as early as today.
https://www.technowize.com/virgin-mobile-memo-leaks-red-iphone-8-8-plus-release-date/