Google is a Not a Benevolent Custodian of our Data
Google and Facebook are advertising and data harvesting companies. When we use these “utilities” we are giving them root access to our data….
Bytedance is the Existential Threat to Facebook
In a world where the coronavirus is stimulating automation, digital transformation and AI, a shiny startup from China called ByteDance is taking on…
The Future of Grocery Retail is AI
In an age of declining foot traffic and stores going bankrupt, how we envision the store is changing. With the dramatic rise of…
Artificial Intelligence Helps To Discover New Antibiotic
What if AI helped us find the vaccine for the novel coronavirus? How might that impact the future of biotechnology? As BigTech are…
Here’s Why GM’s Cruise is Worth Watching
When Softbank invested in the future of autonomous driving, GM’s Cruise unit is likely one thing it got right. Many Softbank startups are…
Google’s Meena is a Conversational AI That Is Coming
Google Brain has a product that I’m watching closely. Like they say in their blog, modern conversational agents (chatbots) tend to be highly…
ByteDance Builds Gaming Department of Over 1000 Employees
While ByteDance, the company behind TikTok, rose higher in 2019 in advertising vs. Baidu, in 2020 it could compete with Tencent’s gaming empire….
Amazon’s Biometric Hand Credit Card Could be the Future of Grab and Go Shopping Experiences
Cash, plastic or hand, fools? In the future of payment options, in the West the simple hand may come before the QR codes…
Retail Trends of 2020
While we write about the retail apocalypse of store closures at the Last Futurist, it’s important to note that a multitude of trends…
Google’s AI system can beat doctors at detecting breast cancer
One of the major trends of the 2020s is artificial intelligence increasingly being utilized in healthcare and early patient diagnosis. Subscribe to the…