Funding boosts workforce training as MCC expands advanced tech center and optics lab

The art of handwriting may be vanishing in an increasingly digital world in which we rely on laptops, smartphones, and tablets daily. This doesn’t mean that you can’t still enjoy the feel of pen and paper. Tablets designed for or including note-taking features can bring back some of the feel of handwriting. If you prefer to…

Prentis, an AI research lab barely three months old, is in talks to raise $100 million at a $1 billion valuation, according to a TechCrunch report citing two people familiar with the discussions. The company has not publicly confirmed the round. Both the billion-dollar price and the revenue math behind it rest on numbers the…

More than 200 years of data show stocks typically gain in August, while market volatility sits well below average.

The Federal Government’s decision to establish an Office of AI is a significant step forward.  Prime Minister Anthony Albanese used his address at the University of Sydney to outline a world-first national framework for AI, covering energy, copyright, productivity, education and labour rights. However, this plan cannot succeed without a clear strategy for the workers…

It turns out that even San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie, who once declared that the city should be a testbed for emerging tech, has his limits. Especially when that emerging tech creates a massive hours-long traffic jam that leaves thousands at a standstill. Mayor Lurie has asked state regulators to bolster rules for autonomous vehicles…

Kerry Wan/ZDNET  Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways Phones have more RAM than ever, while prices skyrocket. Flagship phones have more RAM that most people need.  Most people only need 8GB or 12GB. If you’ve ever pored over specs for new phones while shopping around, you’ve probably seen the high…