Snubbing FCC, States Are Writing Their Own Net Neutrality Laws
California, New York, Washington, and likely more states are challenging both internet providers and the reach of the federal government. (Read on Fast Company)
The 5G Race Is On, Now That The Technology Is Almost Ready
With most of the final touches in place, companies will start mass-producing chips to get superfast phones in your hands by 2019. (Read more on Fast Company)
Why The FCC’s Free-Market Argument For Repealing Net Neutrality Doesn’t Hold Up
In making the case that most Americans have multiple, competing broadband providers, the government acknowledges that up to almost 50 percent of them do not. (Read more on Fast Company)
The AI Guru Behind Amazon, Uber, and Unity Explains What AI Really Is
Computers aren’t conscious, but they can now think for themselves, says Danny Lange, who’s built machine-learning platforms for three tech giants. (Read more on Fast Company)
This Chatbot Is Trying Hard To Look And Feel Like Us
Modeled on a real person and equipped with a virtual “nervous system,” Autodesk’s AVA is built to be a font of empathy, no matter how mean a customer gets. (Read more on Fast Company)
This AI Startup Wants To Automate Every Store Like Amazon Go
San Francisco-based Poly launched a camera and AI system with the aim of turning convenience stores into automated-checkout mini-marts. (Read more on Fast Company)
How The Red Cross Has Survived In Crisis Mode For 150 Years
The ICRC has had to develop a management structure, policies, staff benefits, and all the other mechanics of a large company, with the added demand of operating in constant crisis mode. (Read more on Fast Company.)
Pop-Up Disaster Relief Groups Are Navigating A Devastated Puerto Rico
Now groups founded in the wake of Harvey and Irma have crossed 1,000 miles of ocean to devastated Puerto Rico. They are also organizing efforts for the U.S. Virgin Islands. (Read more on Fast Company.)
The American Black Cross Is Reinventing Disaster Relief
Fearing a repeat of those failings when Hurricane Harvey drenched Houston last month, a band of Texas entrepreneurs formed their own aid group whose name—the American Black Cross—addresses the political conflicts inherent in disaster relief on several levels. (Read more on Fast Company)
The Cloud Is Getting A Lot Closer To You
Edge computing within these local nodes is the internet version of a reflex reaction. Mission-critical decisions can happen at the edge, without sending signals up the internet backbone to some “brain” in a giant, far-off server farm. (Read more on Fast Company)