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By Jon D. Markman On April 19, 201702:00 PM Eastern
For most people, artificial intelligence is Siri, the lovable but slightly useless digital assistant on iPhones.
She can’t really do anything except answer simple questions. She’s harmless.
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By Jon D. Markman On April 10, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Tesla (TSLA) is suddenly more valuable than Ford (F) and General Motors (GM). And longtime bears are losing their minds.
You have to feel for them. At first glance, it doesn’t make sense....
By Jon D. Markman On April 5, 201702:00 PM Eastern
U.S. shale oil producers need help.
Saudi Arabia and other OPEC members want to drive the shale producers out of business. So, the OPEC cartel floods the market with cheap crude oil to keep...
By Jon D. Markman On March 24, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Humans are lousy drivers. The fix is coming later this year. A new car promises superhuman driving powers and it will change everything, says a noted analyst.
Adam Jonas, an auto analyst at...
By Jon D. Markman On March 22, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Last week British doctors injected lab modified DNA into the eyes of a blind man to restore his sight. The groundbreaking surgery would not have been possible just a few years ago.
The...
By Jon D. Markman On March 17, 201702:00 PM Eastern
In a little over a decade, the next evolution of human beings starts. According to a noted engineer and futurist, that’s when we can expect brain implants that will link us to supercomputers.
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By Jon D. Markman On February 21, 201707:30 AM Eastern
You probably haven’t heard about precision medicine. That’s fine, it wasn’t even possible ten years ago.
But now we’re entering the new Gilded Age — and suddenly researchers are using it to...
By Jon D. Markman On February 18, 201707:30 AM Eastern
They have done it again. Boston Dynamics just released another terrifying video of a bipedal robot.
Somebody really needs to tell the industrial robot designer the way to public hearts and...
By Jon D. Markman On February 14, 201707:30 AM Eastern
It really is a brave new world. Not long ago, a group of prominent scientists announced plans for a project to create synthetic human DNA from scratch.
That seems appropriate for Valentine’s...
By Jon D. Markman On February 9, 201704:00 PM Eastern
The auto industry is doing well. Profits are up, sales are surging. And yet everyone is on edge. Disruption is coming. Autonomous vehicles are coming.
This week, Fortune reported Cruise...