hardware Archive
How investing in hardware differs from software — and why it’s worth the trouble
Software will eat the world. That’s what they say, but IoT is inherently not only software. When it comes to looking at hardware startups, or even products, you need to look at a lot of moving parts. Potential investors need to look at hardware in a very
Q-CTRL raises $15M for software that reduces error and noise in quantum computing hardware
As hardware makers continue to work on ways of making wide-scale quantum computing a reality, a startup out of Australia that is building software to help reduce noise and errors on quantum computing machines has raised a round of funding to fuel its U.S. expansion. Q-CTRL is designing
Roku rolls out Roku OS 8, refreshes TV hardware with 4K and faster processors
Photo by Lauren Goode/ The Verge Roku just announced updates to five of its TV streaming products, as well as a new operating system that marries access to over-the-air TV with video streaming services. The announcements from Roku come after both Apple and Amazon have revealed updates to their own video
Sony backs Acutronic Robotics’ hardware robot operating system
Sony is investing in Acutronic Robotics‘ Series A round, via its Sony Innovation Fund. Sony will also adopt Acutronic’s Hardware Robot Operating System (H-ROS), for use in its own robotics division, the company says. This funding follows investment by DARPA in Acutronic’s platform, which aims to become an industry
How Digital Creators Use Hardware And Software To Tell Stories
Earlier this year at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, Kate Swanborg, Vice President of Technology, Communications and Strategic Alliances at DreamWorks Animation told a room of industry executives in the HP suite that the filmmaking industry changed when films became data. Swanborg says that when you’re processsing more than 270 billion pixels at
Steam Hardware survey for September 2016 shows drop in Windows 10 usage
Yesterday, we reported that NetMarketShare’s latest market share report showed a decline in Windows 10 market share, while Windows 7 saw an increase. Today, Valve have released their latest Steam Hardware & Software survey, which shows overall usage of desktop operating systems on its Steam gaming platform,
Microsoft is boosting security through Windows 10 hardware
The burden of Microsoft’s efforts to secure Windows 10 is now falling on PC, tablet and smartphone makers. Microsoft is making a hardware-based security feature called TPM (Trusted Platform Module) 2.0 a minimum requirement on most Windows 10 devices. Starting July 28, the company will require device