Regulatory approval of a new Johnson & Johnson tool opens a new category in surgical robotics, the MedTech company said in a presentation released Tuesday (Oct. 13) in conjunction with its third-quarter earnings call. Johnson & Johnson’s new OTTAVA table-integrated soft tissue robotic system achieved...
Apple plans to unveil its first touchscreen MacBook and a new iPad mini on or around Oct. 27, Bloomberg reported Thursday (Oct. 8), citing unnamed sources. Together with the new touchscreen capability, the new MacBooks will be lighter than current models, will feature OLED screens...
Spotify launched a site called Spotify Technology that is designed to open the streaming audio company’s technology to outside research and development organizations, according to a Wednesday (Oct. 7) company blog post. The site builds on the company’s existing products like Backstage, Portal, Confidence and...
As automotive technology evolves, cars are getting more and more expensive to repair. That’s because repair shops are being forced to spend more on software and calibration equipment, expenses that are being passed onto drivers, CNBC reported Saturday (Oct. 3). “The repairs of these vehicles...
Watch more: Need to Know With Relay’s Chris Chuang In 1940, engineers at Galvin Manufacturing, the company that would become Motorola, built a handheld two-way radio for the U.S. Army. Soldiers called it the Handie-Talkie. You pressed a button, you talked, you let go. Eighty-six...
House lawmakers passed legislation aimed at giving financial regulators in the United States better digital tools, FedScoop reported Wednesday (Sept. 16). The FUTURES Act cleared the House earlier this week by a vote of 417 to 7, the report said. FUTURES stands for Fostering the...
Insurance company Allstate is investing in quantum computing now so that the company is ready to take advantage of the technology when it arrives, Allstate Chair, President and CEO Tom Wilson told The Wall Street Journal in a report published Friday (Aug. 14). Allstate plans...
CFOs with a soft spot for science fiction have traditionally viewed quantum computing as something both intriguing conceptually and consequential enough to monitor. No matter how many Star Trek posters they had hanging on their childhood bedrooms, however, most finance teams have viewed quantum computing...
IBM’s CEO says quantum computing will soon be a source of growth for the company. “I think that in 2028 or 2029, you’ll see it have a measurable impact on our top line and bottom line,” Arvind Krishna said in an interview with CNBC last...