Artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and self-driving technology are helping the transportation and logistics industry finally transform by cutting costs, optimizing delivery routes, and automating mundane tasks. Startups will be the lynchpin of this transformation because they specifically target areas of need with cutting-edge solutions. Business Insider Intelligence examined the top 5 startups within five key […]
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FDA approves app-connected digital inhaler
The FDA has given the ProAir Digihaler, a digital and mobile-connected inhaler that comes with built-in sensors, its sweet approval. Those sensors can detect whenever the device is used and even measure the strength of the user’s inhalation. More importantly, the inhaler can send data on people’s usage to its mobile app companion. By providing […]
Review: Super-hot board game Terraforming Mars goes digital
Enlarge (credit: Asmodee Digital) Welcome to Ars Cardboard, our weekend look at tabletop games! Check out our complete board gaming coverage at cardboard.arstechnica.com. Terraforming Mars is one of the most popular heavy strategy games of the last two years (read our 2016 review); it earned a nomination for the Kennerspiel des Jahres (expert’s “game of […]
The *Tetris* Effect and Our Boundaryless Digital Future
The upcoming PlayStation 4 game builds on Tetsuya Mizuguchi’s past work to get you as far out of your head—and as absorbed into the experience—as possible. https://media.wired.com/photos/5bb3ccea9c58f2296fca697e/master/pass/WI110118_AP_TetrisEffect_Jargon_Angrynerd_01.jpg
How digital media companies are recreating content bundles to overcome fragmentation and grow subscribers
This is a preview of a research report from Business Insider Intelligence. Current subscribers can read the report here. Business Insider Intelligence As streaming becomes an increasingly mainstream behavior among consumers, the video industry has produced new combinations of streaming video programming services to prepare for the progressive overhaul in how media is distributed.See the […]
The Next Great (Digital) Extinction
How today’s internet is rapidly and indifferently killing off many systems while allowing new types of organizations to emerge. https://media.wired.com/photos/5bb7e5829bfb5e2cd2cb3af4/master/pass/Ideas_Art_W25_116362058_DigitalExtinction.jpg
EU now recognizes digital IDs across borders
If you’re a European Union citizen, it just became that much easier to prove your identity — wherever you happen to be in the region. The EU now officially supports cross-border recognition for digital IDs, making your virtual driver’s license or bank card useful in any member state so long as it’s notified according to […]
Judge to Georgia voting officials: you’re terrible at digital security
Enlarge / An electronic voting machine sits in a privacy booth at a polling location during the Georgia primary runoff elections in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., on Tuesday, July 24, 2018. (credit: Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Georgia’s upcoming November 6, 2018 election will remain purely electronic, and will not switch to paper to ward off […]
Review: Mega-hit boardgame Scythe goes digital on Steam
Enlarge (credit: Asmodee Digital) Scythe is a heavy German-style board game that combines worker placement, area control, resource management, a little combat, and a point salad scoring with a setup so ornate that Alice Waters wanted to put it on her menu (read our original review of the game to see for yourself.) Scythe has been among […]
Daily Podcast: The Bad Side Of Digital Movie Libraries, Kevin Smith, American Gods, South Park & Henry Cavill
On the September 13, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by writer Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to talk about the latest film and tv news, including Henry Cavill’s strange Instagram post, American Gods season 2 production problems, Kevin Smith’s secret IP Project, Apple’s control of your digital movie library, and the […]