A year ago, Lyft submitted a report to the California Department of Motor Vehicles that summed up its 2018 autonomous vehicle testing activity in a single, short paragraph. “Lyft Inc. did not operate any vehicles in autonomous mode on California public roads during the reporting period,” the letter read. “As such, Lyft Inc. has no ...
What would it feel like living in a house that's been decorated with Lego bricks from floor to ceiling?
Designed by artist Camille Walala, The House of DOTS is a two-story fantastical house covered in two million LEGO DOTS tiles. Lego designer Chiara... ...
The Metropolitan Police announced live ****** recognition (LFR) technology will be deployed to various "specific" locations in London to "help tackle serious crime." Read more...More about Tech, London, Mashable Video, European Union, and ****** Reco... ...
In 2018, London's Metropolitan Police Force announced trials of a ****** recognition system that could be married to the city's legendarily invasive CCTV thicket; the tests failed 98% of the time and led to arrests of people who opted out by covering their faces.
Based on that dismal performance, and perhaps emboldened by ...
Live ****** recognition (LFR) technology will be rolled out across specific locations across London, the Metropolitan Police Service has announced.
This will be the first time these cameras will be operational on the streets of the UK capital. ... ... Goldman Sachs is investing in African tech companies. The venerable American investment bank and financial services firm has backed startups from Kenya to Nigeria and taken a significant stake in e-commerce venture Jumia, which listed on the NYSE in 2019. Though Goldman declined to comment on its Africa VC activities for this article, the company ... Bolt, the billion-dollar startup out of Estonia that’s building a ride-hailing, scooter and food delivery business across Europe and Africa, has picked up a tranche of funding in its bid to take on Uber and the rest in the world of on-demand transportation. The company has picked up €50 million (about $56 million) from the European ... To kick off 2020, one of Europe’s newer — and more successful — investment firms has closed a fresh, oversubscribed fund, one sign that VC in the region will continue to run strong in the year ahead after startups across Europe raised between $35 billion and $36 billion in 2019. Felix Capital, the London VC ... Juro, a UK startup that’s using machine learning tech and user-centric design to do for contracts what Typeform does for online forms, has caught the eye of Union Square Ventures. The New York-based fund leads a $5 million Series A investment that’s being announced this morning. Also participating in the Series A are existing investors ... GetYourGuide has made a name for itself as the startup that helped the stale idea of guided tours for travellers on its head. Tapping into the generation of consumers who think of travel not just as going somewhere, but having an “experience” (and, ideally, recording it for Insta-posterity), it has built a marketplace to connect ...
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Lyft ramps up self-driving program
From its kitchen counters to the bathroom, this two-story house is covered in 2 million Lego tiles
Despite privacy concerns, ****** recognition cameras to be rolled out in London
London cops announce citywide ****** recognition cameras
****** recognition to be rolled out in London amid privacy concerns
What we know (and don’t) about Goldman Sachs’ Africa VC investing
Bolt raises €50M in venture debt from the EU to expand its ride-hailing business
Felix Capital closes $300M fund to double down on DTC, break into fintech and make late-stage deals
Union Square Ventures leads legal tech startup Juro’s $5M Series A
GetYourGuide widens its horizons, will expand its Originals short tours into day trips and more