Tag Archives: Technology News

Last week we were witnessing of a sudden “fallout” of one of the biggest carmakers in the world – Tesla. An American division received a driver’s complaint that his Tesla suddenly accelerated on its own. And probably it will be not very sensible to suppose that such an event won’t have any influence on Tesla stock. However, we should admit that in recent months it has been on the rise.An independent investor, Brian Sparks, abided a sue to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and...

Yesterday, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk made a very important announcement. According to the CEO, SpaceX will be able to send NASA astronauts to space sometime before the first half of 2020 is over. After concluding a successful test of the Crew Dragon capsule, Musk spoke to the press about the mission. But as plans move forward, the unanswered question on the minds of most is, will 2020 be the year for SpaceX IPO?Watch live as SpaceX tests Crew Dragon’s in-flight launch escape capabilities...

Amazon, the company which once only focused on e-commerce, now is also a technology giant. But it just doesn’t stop there. Now the company has revealed its future plans to step into the financial game and wants you to pay with your hands not credit cards.Amazon is now working on a system with which customers might be able to pay for their items with their palms or hands. This system is specifically for physical stores so that people could purchase their items at checkouts much faster.This...

TikTok is the video app popular among Generation Z ( the demographic cohort succeeding the Millennials, or Generation Y. Demographers and researchers typically use this term speaking about the mid- to late-1990s as starting birth years). The app is best known for its viral dancing and singing challenges, is obviously now a number one entertainment app on Apple‘s App Store for example.But let’s start from the beginning. There are many social media nowadays but few have the chance to get...

Japanese multinational conglomerate Toshiba Corp. claims that it currently has a new algorithm that makes computing faster than available options. According to the company, the technology is much faster than any supercomputer anywhere.The Toshiba AlgorithmToshiba says that the new technology is not a quantum computer. However, it was specifically created to operate with the underlying methods a quantum computer employs. Quantum computers, however, have a setback – there aren’t a lot of...

App stores have broken records. Users set a record of 204 billion downloads in 2019. This is up 6% from 2018 and 45% from 2016. $120 billion was spent on subscriptions “in-app” by users. The average user is spending about 3.7 hours daily using apps. App Annie’s State of the Mobile report has indicated this recently. The report demonstrates mobile app usage trends and also forecasts future data.According to the report, emerging economies led to this growth. India, Brazil, and Indonesia are...

The global leader in the development of vision technology for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems and autonomous driving Mobileye has long been competing with such companies as Waymo, Velodyne Lidar, Oryx, and more. And there is no surprise as this industry requires a quick reaction to constantly changing demands. Mobileye aims to surpass Waymo and other players, therefore, the company is bringing the big guns. Mobileye has decided to deploy commercial robotaxi services and focus more on its...

Samsung and Apple love to fill the internet with leaks and “secret” footage of their new upcoming phones, just a shy weeks before the actual event. This helps to draw global attention and to highlight some of the groundbreaking features that everybody has been waiting for. This time, Samsung Galaxy S20+ will offer a more powerful display, a better battery, fast charging, huge amounts of RAM and possibly the most unexpected, but at the same time, the most expected – they’re getting rid of the...

A report released by the professional social networking platform LinkedIn has put blockchain as the most sought-after “hard skill” for 2020. According to LinkedIn, being skilled in blockchain technology will ensure that such a person chased by recruiters.In 2018, LinkedIn rated “Blockchain Developer” as the top emerging job of the year.Hard and Soft SkillsThe report differentiates specifically between hard and soft skills. Hard skills are skills that have to do with specific knowledge about a...

The world’s largest job and recruiting website Glassdoor has published its annual list of the 50 best jobs in America for 2020. The top seven spots on Glassdoor’s list of best jobs are taken by tech jobs that appeared there 20 times.The list begins with a front-end engineer outranking data scientist that was holding the top spot since 2016. Making the list of best jobs, Glassdoor considers the following factors: a very strong salary of over $100,000, over 13,000 open positions around the...