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Drones to Take Over More Human Jobs; FBI Eyes Messaging Encryption

Posted May 12th, 2016 at 12:00 pm (UTC-4)
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Today’s Tech Sightings: Drones Could Replace $127 Billion Worth of Human Labor Drones could take over human jobs in infrastructure, agriculture and services sectors by 2030. A new report from PwC predicts drones, already on the job in some fields, could replace $127 billion worth of human labor. Evidence suggests robots could replace about 50 […]

AI Boss; Apple iMessages; Amazon; McAfee for President?

Posted September 9th, 2015 at 3:39 pm (UTC-4)
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Today’s Tech Sightings: Meet the New Boss: The World’s First Artificial-Intelligence Manager? Japanese multinational conglomerate Hitachi recently started an experiment to determine the efficiency of Artificial Intelligence (AI). To that end, it appointed the first AI manager to run a warehouse staffed by humans. The AI chief coaxed an 8 percent increase in efficiency among […]