Tag: Protocol

How the infrastructure law funds — and mandates — AI and automated tech (Kate Kaye, Protocol)

Now that the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act has been signed into law, billions of dollars will flow toward an array of technologies intended...

Can Twitter warnings actually curb hate speech? A new study says yes (Issie Lapowsky, Protocol)

Twitter in May said it would begin prompting users who are about to tweet something nasty to either revise or delete the message before sending. The...

Online shopping scams are rampant. Are Washington’s fixes enough? (Issie Lapowsky, Protocol)

The pandemic has been prime time for online scammers. Since January of last year, Americans have lost more than half a billion dollars to...

Cloud wars: Four tech giants vow to take the military into the cloud (Tom Krazit, Protocol)

At some point in the near future, many years after it was first thought to be a good idea, the U.S. Department of Defense...

The infrastructure law just gave a boost to controversial driver-monitoring AI tech companies (Kate Kaye, Protocol)

Tech vendors including Affectiva and Visteon call it "interior sensing." The European Commission will make it mandatory in cars, vans, trucks and buses next...

(Innovation/Technology/Housing) Is the future of housing hiding in a smartphone app? (Protocol)

Mike Murphy Landing is trying to build a new way to lease apartments, making it as easy as ordering anything else on your phone. https://www.protocol.com/manuals/transforming-2021/future-of-housing-landing

(Innovation/Technology) Radar, Ultrasound, AR: Why Weird Tech Matters (Protocol)

Janko Roettgers https://www.protocol.com/newsletters/next-up/radar-ultrasound-5g-ar-tech?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1

(Innovation/Technology/Amazon) Inside Amazon’s quest to build more lively gadgets, starting with making the Echo Show 10 move (Protocol)

Janko Roettgers The company's latest smart device features a rotating display, and Amazon is allowing developers to tap into the feature to make their Alexa...

(Innovation/Technology) The Arm Race In The Data Center (Protocol)

Tom Krazit and Joe Williams Welcome to Protocol | Enterprise, your comprehensive roundup of everything you need to know about the week in cloud and enterprise software....

(Innovation/Technology) If proptech funding grows in 2021, what industry segment stands to grow most? (Protocol)

Kevin McAllister Technology focused on residential transactions, the return to work and streamlining real estate inefficiencies is poised to grow, according to members of Protocol's...

(Innovation/Technology/China) Your favorite startup might have its engineers in China (Protocol)

Shen Lu But few founders want to talk about it, fearful of becoming "the next TikTok." https://www.protocol.com/china/many-startups-chinese-engineers

(Innovation/Technology/eBay/PayPal) On its own: How eBay is running payments without PayPal (Protocol)

Tomio Geron PayPal has been the way to pay on eBay for decades. Alyssa Cutright is changing that. eBay is running payments without PayPal - Protocol...