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Judah Vs. The Machines

May 22nd, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

And now we present to the world: Judah Vs. The Machines, an eight-episode web series that follows comedian Judah Friedlander as he takes on the world’s most sophisticated artificial intelligence systems to see who truly reigns supreme. The [...]

Apple Pay now supports higher value transactions at most UK contactless tills

May 22nd, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

If the UK’s £30 contactless payment limit was holding back greater adoption of Apple’s biometric contactless payment tech, Apple Pay, the company should expect to see uplift in usage as it believes that a majority of UK contactless [...]

Google’s new website explains Syrian refugee crisis with 360 degree photos, satellite imagery, video & more

May 22nd, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

The charitable arm of Google and the UN have teamed up on a new website aimed at helping people better understand the Syrian refugee crisis through the combination of data from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees [...]

Citi Global head of design on how design is actually a blue-collar profession

May 22nd, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Stephen Gates is the Global Head of Design at Citi. In our 15th episode, we talk about how design and creativity are actually blue collar professions, what it’s like to approach design for an industry as old as [...]

Uber debuts a “smarter” UberPool in Manhattan

May 22nd, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Uber announced this morning a series of under-the-hood changes to its ride-sharing service UberPool in Manhattan, with the goal of improving its matching algorithms, as well as its pickup and dropoff processes in the city. The company says [...]

Feast It lets you book ‘street food’-styled catering for your next corporate or social event

May 22nd, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

London-based Feast It, an online marketplace that lets you book ‘street food’-styled catering for your work or social event, has picked up $440,000 in seed funding. Read More on Tech Crunch

Google.org’s new website explains Syrian refugee crisis with 360 degree photos, satellite imagery, video & more

May 22nd, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

The charitable arm of Google and the UN have teamed up on a new website aimed at helping people better understand the Syrian refugee crisis through the combination of data from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees [...]

Co-living gets more cash as shared housing developer HubHaus raises $1.4 million

May 22nd, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

It’s an old story for anyone moving out to a new place, but for Merchant, and others like her, the idea that there can be a better way to move to a place, and live in a city, [...]

Ford names Jim Hackett CEO to take its connected car plans up a gear

May 22nd, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

After a day of speculation, automaker Ford has announced a significant regime change to underscore its ambitions in connected and self-driving cars: Jim Hackett — who had been running Ford’s Smart Mobility business — is taking over as [...]