Google vs Apple, Smart Energy Startups and Harvard and NBA

Power-hungry China beckons smart energy startups

If China wants to transition into an energy sustainable economy, the private and public demand for smart energy will grow. This is forcing the power-thirsty country to rethink how energy is consumed and managed.

The GANfather: The man who’s given machines the gift of imagination

By pitting neural networks against one another, Ian Goodfellow has created a powerful AI tool. Now he, and the rest of us, must face the consequences.

How Exercise Can Keep Aging Muscles and Immune Systems ‘Young’

rGowing evidence that some of our assumptions about aging may be outdated and we might have more control over the process than we think.

You’ve almost certainly not heard of the world’s third-largest smartphone company

BBK Electronics is a consumer electronics company that owns a range of smartphone brands that are popular in regions around the world.

Harvard MBA Students Are Schooling NBA Players (and Vice Versa)

Current and former NBA players as part of a crossover program between Harvard and the league. The goal that day was to provide the players with a glimpse of the type of thinking Harvard’s MBA students engage in.

Google Bets a Billion Dollars More Brains Can Help Take On Apple

Google’s hardware chief Rick Osterloh brought in HTC engineers and designers to help Google control more of the design and production of its products, including working more closely with suppliers

Smarter AI Cities Foretell Dramatic Changes in 2018 and Beyond

Cities already have a wealth of raw data that can be analyzed to predict or modify behavior in real time and city governments are positioned to take greater advantage of what AI can offer.