Monthly Archives: October 2022

Meet the world’s speediest laundry folding robot

Everyone loves laundry-bot, the bot that folds laundry!. YouTube Researchers at UC Berkeley’s AUTOLAB recently unveiled a new robot whose neural network allows it to fold 30-40 randomly disheveled garments per hour, an astounding new speed record for automated bots. While the machine still (unfortunately) trails human capabilities by a considerable amount, its cuteness coupled…

A brief history of activist investors in tech and the role they play

On Tuesday, activist investor Starboard Value revealed a significant stake in Salesforce, sending the company’s stock climbing more than 7%. A hedge fund founded in 2002 by Jeffrey Smith and Mark Mitchell, Starboard has a history of affecting change at major companies, spurring the spinning off of media startup Patch from AOL in 2014 and…

A judge sentenced Steve Bannon to 4 months in prison but let him remain free while he appeals his conviction

Steve Bannon bemoaned publicity around House January 6 committee hearings as he tried to delay his trial. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images The House referred Steve Bannon for prosecution last year after he defied the January 6 committee. Bannon argued ahead of sentencing that any jail term should be “suspended” pending his appeal. The Justice Department had…