Halo.Car launches remotely piloted rental car deliveries in Las Vegas
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Halo.Car launches remotely piloted rental car deliveries in Las Vegas

By Rebecca Bellan – Jun 29, 2023 A version of this article was first published on TechCrunch Halo.Car, a startup that uses remote operators to deliver rental cars to a customer’s door, has launched driverless operations in Las Vegas. Driverless operations mean something different for Halo than they do for autonomous vehicle companies like Cruise or Waymo because Halo’s…

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Why does it seem like every startup is a SaaS company?

By Alex Wilhelm – June 29, 2023 A version of this article was first published on TechCrunch If you read enough startup coverage, you’ve noticed that no matter the part of the economy that an upstart tech company is attacking, there’s a pretty darn good chance that it is doing so through software. Software that the…

Ebara Precision Machinery Sets Up Manufacturing Facility in Penang

Ebara Precision Machinery Sets Up Manufacturing Facility in Penang

By The Sun Daily – Sept 30, 2022 A version of this article was first published on The Sun Daily Batu Kawan – Japan-based vacuum and planarisation technologies leader, Ebara Precision Machinery Malaysia Sdn Bhd (Ebara Malaysia) has set up its first manufacturing facility at the Batu Kawan Industrial Park. Managing director, Takashi Sugiyama (pix) said the RM30.4 million facility…

Report: Fresh STEM grads in Penang getting starting salaries above RM3,500
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Report: Fresh STEM grads in Penang getting starting salaries above RM3,500

By Opalyn Mok – May 20, 2023 A version of this article was first published on Malay Mail KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 — Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) graduates in Penang are getting higher starting pay from RM3,500 onwards compared to their peers in the Klang Valley and other parts of the country, The Star reported…

Humans could be controlled by robots, AI firm’s founder warns
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Humans could be controlled by robots, AI firm’s founder warns

By The Star – May 21, 2023 A version of this article was first published on TheStar LONDON: Robots could end up controlling humanity, the founder of an artificial intelligence firm has warned. Emad Mostaque, 40, who founded Stability AI three years ago, said this could happen in a “worst case scenario” and humans could be…

Will AI push humans aside, or just give us new tools? Six tech experts weigh in
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Will AI push humans aside, or just give us new tools? Six tech experts weigh in

By JOSEPH N. DISTEFANO – May 20, 2023 A version of this article was first published on TheStar PHILADELPHIA: “Good vs. Evil” was the stark subtitle of the artificial-intelligence (AI) panel earlier this month at Philadelphia Alliance for Capital and Technologies’ yearly Phorum conclave at Penn State Great Valley. The tech-business group summoned technologists to make sense of…

AI could soon be rewriting text messages for you
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AI could soon be rewriting text messages for you

By ETX Daily Up – May 10, 2023 A version of this article was first published on FreeMalaysiaToday PARIS: Generative artificial intelligence could soon make it possible to create custom text messages in Google Messages, in a tone to suit your mood or even in poetic form. The 9To5Google website reports that this new feature, called…