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Honeywell launches autonomous aviation unit aimed at drones, air taxis, and cargo delivery vehicles

Honeywell launches autonomous aviation unit aimed at drones, air taxis, and cargo delivery vehicles

×Please wait...Interested in learning what's next for the gaming industry? Join gaming executives to discuss emerging parts of the industry this October at GamesBeat Summit Next. .(Reuters) — Honeywell, a major supplier of aerospace products, said Monday it launched an unmanned aerial systems business to bet on the autonomous aviation space — drones, air taxis, and unmanned cargo delivery vehicles.Stéphane Fymat, the head of that new business, said Honeywell expects the hardware and software market for urban air taxis, drone cargo delivery, and other drone businesses to reach $120 billion...

June 16, 2020
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Google faces $5 billion lawsuit for tracking users in Incognito mode

Google faces $5 billion lawsuit for tracking users in Incognito mode

×Please wait...Were you unable to attend Transform 2022? Check out all of the summit sessions in our on-demand library now! .(Reuters) — Google was sued on Tuesday in a proposed class action accusing the internet search company of illegally invading the privacy of millions of users by pervasively tracking their internet use through browsers set in a “private” mode.The lawsuit seeks at least $5 billion, accusing the Alphabet unit of surreptitiously collecting information about what people view online and where they browse, despite their using what Google .According to the complaint filed in...

June 3, 2020
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Pandemic slows electric vehicle revolution due to lithium battery shortage

Pandemic slows electric vehicle revolution due to lithium battery shortage

×Please wait...Were you unable to attend Transform 2022? Check out all of the summit sessions in our on-demand library now! .(Reuters) — The coronavirus pandemic has paused the , forcing producers of battery metal lithium into survival mode with output cuts, expansion delays, and sales of major assets.Lithium industry shares have dropped sharply since January as the economic downturn from the pandemic slammed the brakes yet again on the electrification revolution that for years has seemed just around the corner. Investors are giving the cold shoulder to mine developers seeking funding for...

May 27, 2020
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Facebook employees protest Mark Zuckerberg’s response to Donald Trump’s posts

Facebook employees protest Mark Zuckerberg’s response to Donald Trump’s posts

×Please wait...Were you unable to attend Transform 2022? Check out all of the summit sessions in our on-demand library now! .(Reuters) — Facebook employees walked away from their work-from-home desks on Monday and took to Twitter to accuse CEO Mark Zuckerberg of failing to police U.S. President Donald Trump’s posts as strictly as rival platform Twitter has done.Reuters saw dozens of online posts from employees critical of Zuckerberg’s decision to leave Trump’s most inflammatory verbiage unchallenged where Twitter had labeled it. Some top managers participated in the protest, reminiscent of...

June 2, 2020
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After embracing remote work in 2020, companies face conflicts making it permanent

After embracing remote work in 2020, companies face conflicts making it permanent

×Please wait...Were you unable to attend Transform 2022? Check out all of the summit sessions in our on-demand library now! .Although the pandemic forced employees around the world to adopt makeshift remote work setups, a of the workforce already spent at least part of their week working from home, while some businesses had embraced a “work-from-anywhere” philosophy from their inception. But much as in 2020, the pandemic accelerated a location-agnostic mindset across the corporate world, with tech behemoths like Facebook and Twitter permanent remote working plans.Not everyone was happy...

January 1, 2021
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Virtual events came of age in 2020, but the future is hybrid

Virtual events came of age in 2020, but the future is hybrid

×Please wait...Were you unable to attend Transform 2022? Check out all of the summit sessions in our on-demand library now! .“I really believe in the laziness of the human species — given a chance, we will optimize for the shortest path from A to B,” Lightspeed Venture’s  told VentureBeat in an interview.He was responding to a question about how the pandemic has shaped expectations of what is possible with virtual events and whether it will create a permanent shift in the global psyche.Mohapatra is an India-based partner for the VC firm and previously plied his trade at tech companies...

December 24, 2020
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How robotics and automation could create new jobs in the new normal

How robotics and automation could create new jobs in the new normal

×Please wait...This article is part of a VB special issue. Read the full series: .Depending on who you ask, AI and automation will either  or create . In reality, a greater push toward automation will — human workers will become redundant in certain spheres, sure, but many new roles will likely crop up. A report last year from PA Consulting, titled “,” supports this assertion, predicting that AI and automation will lead to a net gain in job numbers. This is pretty much in line with the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), a pan-governmental economic...

August 17, 2020
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ProtonMail could use Google’s infrastructure to circumvent censorship [updated]

ProtonMail could use Google’s infrastructure to circumvent censorship [updated]

×Please wait...Interested in learning what's next for the gaming industry? Join gaming executives to discuss emerging parts of the industry this October at GamesBeat Summit Next. .**This article was updated on March 16, 2020, to reflect additional input from Proton, which told VentureBeat that it would only use Google’s infrastructure in very limited situations — and that it won’t be directing actual connections through Google as this article originally stated. However, due to the nature of this new tool and the adversaries that it is looking to counter, the company is unable to disclose...

March 13, 2020
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Startup accelerators forge ahead with new virtual programs

Startup accelerators forge ahead with new virtual programs

×Please wait...Were you unable to attend Transform 2022? Check out all of the summit sessions in our on-demand library now! .As companies scramble to adapt their businesses to a and isolation, startups vying for investors’ cash and mentorship are facing a new world order too. , a 12-week accelerator program led by Intel in Tel Aviv, today announced the 10 startups that will constitute its second cohort which is scheduled to start on April 19, and revealed that the entire final interview process for selection day was carried out remotely. Moreover, with the second Intel Ignite intake set to...

April 1, 2020
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HTC cofounder Peter Chou launches XRspace to bring social VR to the masses

HTC cofounder Peter Chou launches XRspace to bring social VR to the masses

×Please wait...Were you unable to attend Transform 2022? Check out all of the summit sessions in our on-demand library now! .**Subsequent to this article’s publication, XRspace changed the name of its XR headset from Mova to Manova due to a dispute with , a company that has no connection with XRspace’s headset.Virtual reality (VR) has amid the global pandemic that has kept billions of people living and working from home. And Peter Chou wants to be at the forefront of this resurgence.Chou, the HTC cofounder who from his CEO role at the Taiwanese technology giant back in 2015, has made no...

May 26, 2020
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