Maintain your employer brand in a pandemic Read the VentureBeat Jobs guide to employer branding Download eBook X, Alphabet’s experimental R&D lab, today detailed Project Amber, a now-disbanded project which aimed to make brain waves as easy to interpret as blood glucose. The goal was to develop objective measurements of …
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The audio problem Learn how new cloud-based API solutions are solving imperfect, frustrating audio in video conferences. Access here Alphabet’s high-flying Loon subsidiary is laying claim to a new flight duration record for its internet-beaming stratospheric balloons. The company said it has beaten its own record of 223 days, which …
Read More »Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs cancels Toronto smart city project over ‘unprecedented economic uncertainty’
(Reuters) — Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs has pulled the plug on its Toronto “smart city” project, citing “unprecedented economic uncertainty” in a setback for the city’s long-planned waterfront revitalization. Sidewalk Labs had developed a proposal for a futuristic, data-driven city development along Toronto’s downtown lakeshore. It was working with a government-mandated …
Read More »Alphabet’s Verily is building COVID-19 triaging tool as Trump declares national emergency (Updated)
Alphabet’s Verily is building a triaging tool for people to find coronavirus testing sites in the U.S. Verily says the tool will target the San Francisco Bay Area and the company hopes to expand coverage to more areas in the future. The move is part of a public-private partnership to …
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