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AI robots should not look like us, says Ex-Google robotics moonshot boss as he explains what he learnt at the company
Elon Musk has envisioned a future with common robots, but Hans Peter Brondmo, former head of Google…
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The era of the Big Tech moonshot is over
Big Tech companies like Google and Amazon have for years pursued "moonshot" ideas. But amid a disma…
Jordan Parker Erb
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Google's most cutting-edge moonshot lab is refocusing on actually making money
After years of burning Google's cash to pursue lofty, sci-fi dreams, the X labs are pivoting toward…
Matt Weinberger
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Biden will take aim at smoking in his State of the Union speech as part of his 'cancer moonshot'
Biden is targeting the top driver of cancer deaths as conservatives decry a "war on cigarettes" and…
Nicole Gaudiano
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First lady Jill Biden appeals for unity during cancer speech delivered on Trump and DeSantis' home turf
The first lady said cancer "tears away the things that divide us, reminding us that we need to figh…
Kimberly Leonard
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Lana Condor says that she kept breaking character while filming 'Moonshot' with Cole Sprouse because he'd make her laugh 'constantly'
After playing Lara Jean in the "To All the Boys" trilogy, Condor will be teaming up with "Riverdale…
Olivia Singh
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Dara Khosrowshahi hits the kill switch on Uber's moonshots
In this week's edition of Insider Tech we look at Uber's spinoff spree, Elon Musk's wish for a Mars…
Alexei Oreskovic
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Microsoft teamed up with a nonprofit using autonomous 'interceptor' boats to clean up the ocean and is helping it identify trash with machine learning
In 2018, The Ocean Cleanup was a participant in Microsoft's annual hackathon, where volunteers work…
Mary Meisenzahl
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Google's parent company is flying balloons with 'floating cell phone towers' across the ocean to bring internet to Kenya's Rift Valley
Right now, Loon stations are mostly used after disasters take out existing infrastructure, or in pl…
Mary Meisenzahl
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Google sank billions into flailing 'moonshot projects' after it rebranded to Alphabet. Facebook, now Meta, could face the same fate.
We're seeing "history repeat itself" as Meta spends $10 billion on the metaverse - Alphabet's "Othe…
Katie Canales
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Alphabet's moonshot division unveils its latest project Tidal, which aims to help sustainable fishing
Where typical attempts at observing fish welfare involve taking relatively small numbers of fish fr…
Charlie Wood
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The UK will spend $1 billion on a moonshot agency to fund cutting-edge tech and compete with the US and China
According to a planning document from September, a UK ARPA would "give academics longer term fundin…
Shona Ghosh
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Here's how Google has changed throughout the decade, from its quirky campus to its famous 'moonshots'
The startup had expanded past its humble garage headquarters to a large campus in Mountain View, Ca…
Bani Sapra
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9 moonshot ideas that became real-life innovations, from driverless cars to birth-control pills
Virtual reality, for example, was the province of science fiction before it came to life. And the c…
Aria Bendix
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Snap's 110% moonshot this year still isn't enough to get Wall Street rooting for it
At least one firm was particularly optimistic heading into the report. Stephen Ju, an analyst at Cr…
Rebecca Ungarino
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Sidewalk Labs has laid off half of its Toronto employees after the Alphabet moonshot abandoned plans for a $900 million smart city
After abandoning plans for a $900 million smart neighborhood, Sidewalk Labs has laid off around 20 …
Hugh Langley
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Google Glass is graduating from Google's moonshot division with the launch of its second-generation enterprise product
Original Google Glass prototypes were built for consumers and made available for fans and journalis…