When Luminar came out of stealth last year with its built-from-scratch lidar system, it seemed to beat established players like Velodyne at their own game — but at great expense and with no capability to build at scale. After the tech proved itself on the road, however, Luminar got to work making its device better, … Continue reading Luminar puts its lidar tech into production through acquisitions and smart engineering
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Jeff Bezos v the world: why all companies fear ‘death by Amazon’
The computer on which this article was written is sitting on a laptop stand that tells you everything you need to know about how Amazon does business. At $19.99 (£14.99) a pop, the laptop stand combines everything customers love about Amazon: utility, price and convenience. It’s also a total and complete knockoff – of a … Continue reading Jeff Bezos v the world: why all companies fear ‘death by Amazon’
How can we improve our emotional intelligence?
How can we improve our emotional intelligence? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world. Answer by Jennifer Guttman, Psy.D. Clinical Psychology, on Quora: The most important factor in attempting to cultivate emotional intelligence is the importance of listening and not … Continue reading How can we improve our emotional intelligence?
What Comes After The Social Media Empires
The intense political battles over Facebook and the other giant social media companies mark the end of the empire-building phase of those companies’ history. Now they’re a mid-20th-century European power, agonizing over the inevitable loss of the colonies and trying to stomp out insurgencies. No longer finding new frontiers and markets to rule, they’re instead … Continue reading What Comes After The Social Media Empires
This new lidar sensor could equip every autonomous car in the world by the end of 2018
The startup Luminar aims to challenge market leaders by building its hardware at a never-before-seen scale. A new lidar sensor could equip thousands of driverless cars with the sensing abilities required to drive at high speeds on the open road. Lidar has become the primary way most driverless cars sense the world around them, bouncing … Continue reading This new lidar sensor could equip every autonomous car in the world by the end of 2018
This chart shows every major technological innovation in the last 150 years — and how they have changed the way we work
Former Apple chief executive Steve Jobs holds an original iPhone, one of the biggest technological breakthroughs of modern times. Since 1760, productivity has increased almost 30 fold. That is largely down to technological innovations like electricity, telephones, and the internet. Barclays chronicled the world's rising productivity in its latest Equity Gilt Study. LONDON — Humanity … Continue reading This chart shows every major technological innovation in the last 150 years — and how they have changed the way we work
Teach kids creativity. Ultimately, machines will be better at coding
"Deep machine learning will likely automate the writing of code relatively quickly. Creativity is going to be far more important in a future where software can code better than we can" If you want to bring up a kid to be a successful investor or entrepreneur, the current education system says they should be studying … Continue reading Teach kids creativity. Ultimately, machines will be better at coding
Benioff: Every VC in Silicon Valley turned us down
In an interview last month with Julie Bort from Business Insider, Parker Harris and Marc Benioff told the story of how when they first launched the company, they were trying to raise money and nobody would give them a dime. Benioff said he went to every venture capital in Silicon Valley — and was turned down … Continue reading Benioff: Every VC in Silicon Valley turned us down
18 Things You Need To Give Up To Become A High-Achieving Person
A secret about success is that it is just as much about what you give up as what you gain. Are you willing to give up late nights out for late nights in working? Are you willing to turn a deaf ear to blind criticisms? Are you willing to listen to helpful ones? Are you going to … Continue reading 18 Things You Need To Give Up To Become A High-Achieving Person
Here are 64 startups that launched today at Y Combinator’s W18 Demo Day
Biotech, robotics, and fintech startups took the spotlight today at Y Combinator’s 26th Demo Day. This batch features 141 total companies from 23 countries, with presentations spread over two days. The house was packed at Mountain View’s Computer History Museum with wealthy investors forced to stand in the back or sit on the floor. Meanwhile, … Continue reading Here are 64 startups that launched today at Y Combinator’s W18 Demo Day
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