The computing center is of strategic importance since it will provide self-driving cars the required computing power to analyze real-time data including road and traffic conditions. On Friday, BMW stated, it is partnering with China’s Tencent Holdings to launch a computing center in China which will help develop self-driving cars. The computing center is expected…
Amazon has come under scrutiny over its dual role as a marketplace for merchants as well as their competitor. In a significant development, antitrust regulators in the European Union are increasing their scrutiny on Amazon over its usage of merchants’ data. The development underscores increasing regulatory scrutiny over how tech companies exploit customers’ information. Facebook,…
The electrification of the auto industry is taking place at a neck breaking speed. Much of its success will depend on cost effective access to batteries which will power these electric vehicles. In a significant development, Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp has agreed to partner with China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd (CATL) to supply and…
Given that drones can take footage of sensitive sites, and that China has a market share of around 75% of the global drone market, there are legitimate concerns of privacy and national security. The world non-militarized drone market, dominated by Chinese manufacturers such as DJI, is said to triple in size to $14.3 billion in…
This is a milestone in the practical implementation of cryptocurrency, which is slated to be the future of money. On Thursday, in a significant development, the government of Japan stated, it is leading a global push to install an international network for cryptocurrency payments, just like the SWIFT network used by banks. The effort is…
The World Health Organization has declared the most recent and fatal Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as a global emergency. It was just days ago that researchers were able to confirm a case of an individual being affected by the virus in the Congo city of Goma that is close…
General Motors Co, the largest auto maker of the United States, is all set to take on the high-performance European cars as it announced the launch of its newly designed mid-engine 2020 Corvette, even as the company faces headwinds of a slowdown in global vehicles demand and an uncertain trading environment. The new vehicle, being…
Renault move is aimed at tapping China’s growing electric vehicles market. In a deal which sees French carmaker Renault taking a 50% stake, the carmaker has formed a joint venture partnership with China’s Jiangling Motors Corporation Group (JMCG) to target the Chinese electric vehicles (EV) market. In a statement Renault said, it would increase its…
Korean workers who were once forced to work for the Japanese company Mitsubishi during the colonial-era now want a court to pass a verdict which would allow compensation of their ordeals for forced labor back then from the sale of assets of their former Japanese employer. It has been years that the issue has been…
The rising trend of a large section of health conscious consumers who want to stay away from sugar is forcing many companies to adapt. The global soft drinks industry is one such example which is striving to offer new products that have much less sugar compared to earlier products. And now this trend is being…
After France decided to impose a tax on tech giants for revenues made in the country – which would impact American tech companies such as Google and Facebook, and Britain introducing a very similar bill in its parliament, a formal investigation into some activities of the American e-commerce giant Amazon has been now launched by…
The plan of United States tech giant Google to launch a search engine limited by censorship in China has been cancelled by the company, said an official of the company. The project faced criticism from various corners including in the US and had collected some controversy. While there were reports that had suggested that the…
