Industry News - Week of June 12, 2017
Google Ups the Ante for Bug Finders
With the maximum bug bounty raised to $200K, Google hopes to have more takers of its open invitation to report Android security exploits.
Available now, the Node.js 8 server-side execution environment for JavaScript reportedly includes an API that won't break native modules with every new release line.
MIT believes that the desktop computer will soon be on the scrap heap of history along with typewriters and SCSI cables.
Healthcare Increasingly Turning Mobile
Like the IT departments of most other industries, workers in healthcare are looking more at mobile solutions to increase efficiency and improve patient care.
Google Creates Intelligent Spreadsheets
A human assistant might understand "a histogram of 2017 ice cream sales" and put it into a spreadsheet. Now Google's virtual assistant is trying to do the same with AI.
The State of Warehouse Robotics
RK Logistics employs smart robots as a "virtual conveyor" of goods in the warehouse.
CMU Technologies takes the top prize in the Le Monde International Smart Cities Global Innovation competition.
Robocop No Longer Science Fiction
Dubai has become the first city in the world to employ robots as law-enforcement officers.
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