This is welcome news for Britain: despite Brexit it is continuing to be the recipient of funds to create new technologies. Amazon plans on opening a new centre in Cambridge wherein it plans on deploying scientists and technicians to develop its future technologies, including ones for Alexa, its digital assistant that it currently uses in…
With the already announced aim of providing high-speed internet to Earth, Elon Musk’s SpaceX plans to start launching satellites into orbit in 2019. In a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) filing in November, the company outlined plans to put 4,425 satellites into space. But very little detail was available about the planned timeline in the document. However,…
Shaking off “fake news” controversy and posting revenue that topped estimates, Facebook smashed analysts’ earnings estimates in the first quarter of the year. Even as ad revenue popped 51 percent from a year ago, the company added 80 million monthly users in the first few months of the year. But as investors digested a new format for…
It is likely to be the first U.S. company to receive the anti-corruption compliance certificate from the world certification body Wal-Mart is considering getting certified under a new international program that is designed to help companies defend themselves against stray cases of poor business practices or corruption. Wal-Mart aims to be the first U.S. company…
Turns out, this is key in ensuring a more healthy business. The head of the VW brand has told a German newspaper that VW needs to boost the productivity at its plants in order to catch up with rivals. “There’s no avoiding it, the plants have to become much more productive in the coming years…
When they get a Facebook notification informing them their latest snap has been ‘liked’, many people get a buzz of excitement. And yet, a recent new study reveals that nothing to improve people’s self-esteem or their mood if they feel low, is done by receiving so-called ‘likes’ on the social media channel. The study noted that…
A tiny grower of cannabis is the next stock pick for Tribeca Investment Partners Pty which was the owner of the world’s best-performing hedge fund last year. According to Ben Cleary, who co-manages the Tribeca Global Natural Resources Fund with Craig Evans, powered by a federal government license to cultivate marijuana for medicinal purposes, Cann Group…
Although Google dominates the education marketplace in the U.S., to maintain its rank it will have to strengthen its position in classrooms overseas, and make educators see the impetus in embracing its technology ‘en masse’. Google has made significant inroads in U.S. classrooms in recent years with its Chromebook being the computer of choice for…
The office of Director of National Intelligence has reported that the NSA did collect 151 million records of metadata from U.S. citizens in 2016. U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly stated that he was spied upon, according to Democrats and Republican members who sit on the congressional intelligence committee, there is no evidence to support…
At least, for now, money is trickling into Appalachia region in the U.S. again like a mountain stream reviving after a drought. Investor bets that have, over the last year, doubled the market value of publicly traded U.S. coal companies, to $15 billion, U.S. President Donald Trump’s anti-regulatory policies and Chinese production curbs are a trio…
