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It’s official: Humans get aroused by touching robot’s private parts
Although they’re really just a mass of synthetic materials, metal and wires, robots have the power to make humans feel ‘aroused’ when they become intimate with one another, according to a new study by Stanford University scientists. The researchers came to that conclusion after analyzing what happened to a group of volunteers when they were ...
The Linux Foundation sets out to build open-source civil infrastructure for the world
The Linux Foundation is embarking on a grand new project called “The Civil Infrastructure Platform” (CIP). In a nutshell, it’s an open-source framework that serves as the foundation needed for governments to provide essential services for civil infrastructure and economic development. Of course, that explanation doesn’t really define what an actual Civil Infrastructure Platform really ...
Drone makers form new advocacy group
Four of the world’s top drone makers – DJI, 3D Robotics, Parrot SA and GoPro Inc. – have just announced the creation of an advocacy group called “The Drone Manufacturers Alliance”, which aims to lobby for policies that create a practical regulatory framework for, and promote innovation and safety, in the drone industry. All four ...
Intel purges 3 top execs as Renduchintala makes his presence felt
Two of Intel’s longest serving executives are quitting the company, as the chipmaker continues to revamp its leadership following the hire of Dr. Venkata “Murthy” Renduchintala from rival Qualcomm Inc. The latest departures were announced in a company-wide email from Intel CEO Brian Krzanich and Renduchintala, who is now president of Intel’s client computing and ...
Tech IPOs fall off a cliff: Not one in the first quarter of this year
The market for tech IPOs has nosdived. Not one tech or Internet-related firm went public on the U.S. stock exchanges in the first quarter of 2016, according to newly published data from Dealogic, which says it’s the first time that’s happened since 2009. The picture was completely different just two under years ago, when we ...
Microsoft’s DocumentDB gets into bed with MongoDB
If you’re fluent in MongoDB you might be interested to know that Microsoft’s recently launched take on the NoSQL database, DocumentDB, now supports drivers for the latter. Which means that if you have existing tools and libraries for MongoDB, you can now use them with DocumentDB, which resides entirely inside Microsoft’s Azure cloud. One of ...
Red Hat & San Disk hook up to push Ceph open-source storage
Red Hat Inc. is teaming up with San Disk Corp. in the realm of open-source distributed storage. The two companies have just announced a new partnership that’ll see them deliver an integrated storage solution based on the scale-out storage platform Ceph. Ceph was developed by Inktank Storage, a Los Angeles-based startup acquired by Red Hat ...
Amazon in talks to take a stake in HERE maps
Reports are surfacing that Amazon.com, Inc. is looking to acquire a stake in the digital mapping company HERE, which is the subject of a $2.8 billion buyout offer from auto makers Audi AG, BMW AG and Mercedes-Benz. The German automobile makers entered into an agreement to acquire HERE last August, as part of their plans ...
Michael Dell’s compensation package cut by $11m ahead of EMC acquisition
Michael Dell’s salary has been slashed by $11 million a year as his company Dell Inc. prepares to complete its $67 billion acquisition of EMC Corp. later this year. Details of Dell’s pay cut came in a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing, which Dell the company was obligated to make as part of its ...
Cloudera has 38% wiped off its valuation by Fidelity
Fidelity Investments has slashed its estimated valuation of Hadoop vendor Cloudera Inc. by 38 percent in response to concerns over high-value startups which have attracted a lot of private capital, but have delayed an IPO. Fidelity, which has become one of the largest investors in pre-IPO companies through mutual funds that include the $100 billion-plus ...