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AR will help eBay sellers optimally pack the goods

news | Mar 22, 2018 | Tech & Security | 3

eBay online retailer has implemented AR into its recent update for Android. Augmented reality will help sellers choose the right size of the delivery box. All you have to do to check out this new function is...

Starsky Robotics has raised $ 16.5 million to develop unmanned trucks

news | Mar 22, 2018 | Business & Startups | 3

Manufacturers of cars and trucks are seeking to take a leading position in the emerging market of unmanned vehicles. Starsky Robotics believes that the task of creating an autonomous transport is far from...

The startup Qarnot will release a miner and a house heater

news | Mar 21, 2018 | Crypto & Blockchain | 5

The French company, Qarnot, will release an unusual household appliance that simultaneously functions as a cryptocurrency miner and a space heater. The QC1 crypto-heater combines a computer with two powerful...

Status - A mobile platform with its own cryptocurrency

news | Mar 21, 2018 | Crypto & Blockchain | 3

Many developers are attracted to the idea of combining the function of an instant messenger and a payment instrument. For example, the creators of Telegram collected $850 million to create the TON blockchain...

IBM has introduced a tiny cheap computer supporting blockchain

news | Mar 21, 2018 | Tech & Security | 4

IBM has represented the smallest in the world computer at its conference IBM Think 2018. Several hundred thousand transistors, SRAM memory, a solar battery and a communication module based on a light-emitting...

The startup Atomwise has attracted $45 million to search for new drugs using AI

news | Mar 20, 2018 | Business & Startups | 3

Founded in 2012, the startup Atomwise develops neural networks for the search for new drugs. The creators believe that the methods of deep machine learning can save time and money on the development of drugs...

MoviePass monitors users' locations

news | Mar 20, 2018 | Tech & Security | 3

Speaking at the Hollywood financial forum, MoviePass CEO Mitch Lowe said that the company collects information about the location of its customers. The service MoviePass sells tickets to visit movie theatres...

The Boring Company gives priority to public transport

news | Mar 20, 2018 | Tech & Security | 4

The Boring Company is continuing to develop a system of urban underground tunnels. But now the new transport network will primarily be designed for pedestrians. In 2016 Elon Musk spoke about the idea of...

Jeff Bezos and his new dog from Boston Dynamics

news | Mar 20, 2018 | Tech & Security | 4

Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder has visited MARS conference with his new pet, SportMini, a robot of Boston Dynamics. Bezos tweeted he is simply “talking his new dog for a walk”. Taking my new dog for a walk at the...

Google and YouTube will ban the advertising of cryptocurrencies and ICO

news | Mar 19, 2018 | Crypto & Blockchain | 7

Alphabet Inc. owing Google and YouTube made some changes in its advertising policy and will not advertise any cryptocurrencies, ICO and all connected to it anymore. The company representatives stated this...

Tesla was the victim of hidden mining

news | Mar 19, 2018 | Crypto & Blockchain | 4

For many hackers, the production of cryptocurrency by using outside computing power has become more attractive than, for example, data theft. By placing a hidden miner on the victim's site or server the...

Facebook shares drop 7% due to the scandal with Cambridge Analytica

news | Mar 19, 2018 | Business & Startups | 3

Facebook reputation is in danger again. After information about the leakage of users' data shares of the company fell by more than 7%. This was the largest drop in FB quotes over the past four...

A self-driving Uber killed a bike driver

news | Mar 19, 2018 | Tech & Security | 5

For the first time the tests of a self-driving car led to the death of a person. In Tempe, Arizona, the unmanned Volvo XC90 from Uber hit a woman who crossed the road on a bicycle in a dark place and not on a...

Germany publishes an explanation about ICO's

news | Mar 16, 2018 | Crypto & Blockchain | 3

The German financial regulator () clarified the rules for conducting an ICO, thus reacting to the growth in the number of applications for the release of tokens. At the end of 2017, BaFin warned investors...

Google AI allows you to change the background in “YouTube Stories”

news | Mar 16, 2018 | Tech & Security | 1 | 5

The creation of high-quality clips in which the characters are on an unusual, changing, or simply a monochrome background requires studio conditions: everyone has heard about the green (sometimes blue)...

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Prototypes of Technological Inventions: How Humanity Imagined the Future Long Before Technology

articles | Dec 30, 2025 | Gadgets

Each major technological invention is commonly explained as the result of a scientific breakthrough, a fortunate coincidence, or the genius of a particular individual. Television, the computer, radio, artificial intelligence—all of these usually appear as products of their time, shaped by its level of knowledge, materials, and manufacturing capabilities. But a closer look reveals something else: almost no technology ever emerges “from scratch.”

Saudi Fintech Startup Tamara Raises Up to $2.4 Billion — Funds to Be Used for Expanding Credit and Payment Products

news | Oct 06, 2025 | Business & Startups

Saudi payment startup Tamara has announced securing a financing package of up to $2.4 billion. The sponsors include U.S. bank Goldman Sachs, financial conglomerate Citi, and private equity funds of Apollo, managed by Apollo Global Management.