An e-mail sent to all Tesla staff from Elon Musk on Friday night congratulated employees for the progress they’ve made on Model 3 vehicle production recently — but also said “radical improvements” are still needed in manufacturing to hit the company’s quarterly targets. During the company’s annual shareholders’ meeting earlier this month, Musk said it […]
Read moreThree years ago Dyan deNapoli, a 57-year-old author and TED speaker who specializes in penguins, was given a 23andMe genetic testing kit for her birthday. Intrigued, she spit in the tube and sent the results to a lab in Burlington, N.C. About two months later she received a pie chart breaking down where her ancestors […]
Read moreThe business of personal genetic-testing kits is booming, with consumers able to learn about their ancestry and health risks at the cost of just $99 to a few hundred dollars. Should you be afraid? Some individuals worry they will discover things about their DNA that will be frightening — namely, the risks they run of […]
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Robots make the food at this Boston restaurant, but the recipes come from vaunted chef Daniel Boulud
Automation is infiltrating the food and hospitality business, from ordering kiosks at McDonald’s to the robotic bartender aboard the Royal Carribean’s cruise ship the Symphony of the Seas. Rather than make technology to be used by other food businesses, one start-up called Spyce has started a fast-casual restaurant with a robot-operated kitchen in Boston. The […]
Read moreInstagram is making its presence known in the Big Apple with its first New York office, where the company plans to eventually house up to 50 percent of its engineering staff. “We were just finding from a recruiting perspective it’s going to be really great to just be able to expand,” said Instagram co-founder and […]
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ON MAY 20th, the biggest changes to train timetables in modern British history took place, affecting commuters and business travellers across the country. In the weeks beforehand, the train-operating companies had been spinning the changes as good news for passengers due to an increase in the number of services offered. Journalists were being hosted on […]
Read moreApple Inc has hired a senior self-driving car engineer from Alphabet’s Waymo unit, Apple said on Friday, a sign that the iPhone maker maintains autonomous vehicle ambitions. Apple hired Jaime Waydo, previously a systems engineer at Waymo, Apple said, confirming a report by The Information, a technology news provider. Waymo did not immediately return a […]
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