Category Archives: #Tech Business

Hello Microsoft, welcome to the Laptop race … Microsoft Surface Book

Microsoft just introduced its first-ever laptop on Tuesday, called Surface Book.

Weighing in at a little over three pounds, Surface Book is the fastest 13-inch laptop ever created, and it’s two times faster than Apple’s MacBook Pro, according to Microsoft.

We’ve tested the computer for a few minutes at Microsoft’s launch event, and it definitely feels like a strong competitor to Apple’s MacBook Pro.

It will be available October 26 starting at $1,499.

 

[via techinsider]

Broadband is a “core utility” like electricity, White House report says

Broadband Internet service “has steadily shifted from an optional amenity to a core utility” and is now “taking its place alongside water, sewer, and electricity as essential infrastructure for communities,” says a report released by the White House yesterday.

via arsetechnica.com

Humans With Amplified Intelligence Could Be More Powerful Than AI

With much of our attention focused the rise of advanced artificial intelligence, few consider the potential for radically amplified human intelligence (IA). It’s an open question as to which will come first, but a technologically boosted brain could be just as powerful — and just as dangerous – as AI.

 

via io9

World War 3 will be started because the auto-translate screwed up….

This is  discussion on FB with Dutch speakers ironically about robotics and the end of jobs.  The person I was talking with, reponded with this reply

De ontwikkeling gaat steeds verder, maar het zal toch eerst het geestdodende werk worden dat wordt gerobotiseerd.
Ook de pizzabakker blijft …

Using Facebook’s auto translate, I got this.

The development will continue, but it will still work the stultifying first be being robotised.
Also remains the pizza…

I jumped on Google’s Translate and got this.

The development is progressing, but it will first be drudgery that robotized.
The pizza chef remains