Facebook’s emphasis on trustworthy news is helping The New York Times’ stock.Shortly before markets closed yesterday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted that the social media company’s News Feed would prioritize news from sources that are “trustworthy, informative, and local.” Facebook users themselves will be responsible for determining what those are.Immediately afterward, The New York...

A new model can detect abnormalities in x-rays better than radiologists—in some parts of the body, anyway.The results: Stanford researchers trained a convolutional neural network on a data set of 40,895 images from 14,982 studies. The paper documents how the algorithm detected abnormalities (like fractures, or bone degeneration) better than radiologists in finger and wrist radiographs. However...

The growth of digital content, both text and video, has transformed the way people engage with media—whether that’s getting breaking news, watching game highlights, checking out the latest fashion trends or figuring out what’s for dinner. Digital publishing is also a way for companies forge stronger bonds with consumers. In fact, Nielsen Digital Content Ratings show that more than half of th...

AXY audio is an essential item for anyone pursuing a minimalistic lifestyle! It aims to reduce the number of gadgets required for differing styles of listening, freeing you from superfluous devices and gadgets.Its modular construction makes it possible to quickly switch between over-ear headphones, stereo desktop speakers and mono portable speakers in seconds. Built-in sensors automatically det...

Amazon has taken one more conceptual step toward an integrated system that can size up fashion customers and sell them tailor-made clothing.The latest advance comes in the form of a patent published today, describing a system that could use fluorescent inks as a guide for cutting fabric. The inks would be invisible under normal lighting, but when the fabric is illuminated with ultraviolet light...

1,000+ corporate executives and private equity investors have weighed in: Expect M&A activity to continue accelerating, with tech in the driver’s seat.Corporate and private equity executives foresee an acceleration of merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in 2018, both in the number of deals and the size of the transactions. Technology acquisition is the new No. 1 driver of M&A pur...

Harvard's milliDelta is a millimeter-scale delta robot based on origami-inspired engineering that can reach velocities of 0.45 m/s and accelerations of 215 m/s².In terms of sheer speed and precision, delta robots are some of the most impressive to watch. They’re also some of the most useful, for the same reasons—you can see them doing pick-and-place tasks in factories of all kinds, far faste...

It’s a new year, which means manufacturers, retailers and consumers alike are on the lookout for the latest trends within the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) space. And wine is a category to keep an eye on in the search for growth opportunities.When it comes to wine, there is plenty of diversity within the category itself—ranging across different varieties, price tiers and packaging. Despit...

Ledger just raised an impressive Series B round of $75 million (€61 million), led by Draper Esprit. The startup already raised a $7 million round last year. But the cryptocurrency mania probably made it easy to raise more money.If you have more than a bit of money in cryptocurrencies, chances are you’ve heard about Ledger wallets. The French startup has been designing some of the most secure...