Nvidia Corp’s acquisition of Arm will harm competition: Elon Musk

Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk has been quoted by the Telegraph as saying, he is concerned over Nvidia Corp’s planned acquisition of British chip designer Arm since it could impact competition. Telegraph’s report also mentions that Amazon.com Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd have also raised opposition to the deal with U.S. authorities. Earlier this year, the US FTC…

Audio chat app Clubhouse launches special audio to make chats more life like

In a statement audio-only chat app Clubhouse said, it will launch a spatial audio feature to make voices sound as if they’re coming from different directions, in efforts aimed at making virtual conversations and performances feel more life-like. Backed by venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz Clubhouse, jumpstarted the social audio trend last year and became…

Toyota Stops Use Of Self-Driving E-Palette Vehicles After Accident In Paralympic Village In Tokyo

All of its self-driving e-Palette transportation pods at the Tokyo Paralympic Games village were suspended by Toyota Motor on Friday after a visually impaired pedestrian was injured in a collision with one of the vehicles. Apologizing for the accident, Toyota Chief Executive Akio Toyoda, in a YouTube video, said that he had tried ot meet…

Nvidia Likely To File For EU Approval Of Its $54 Bln Arm Acquisition Next Month

Even as antitrust regulators of the European Union are expected to launch a full-scale investigation of the acquisition of British chip designer Arm by Nvidia after an initial review, Nvidia is likely to file for approval of the $54 billion takeover deal with the EU antitrust regulator early next month, said reports quoting sources with…

YouTube suspends payments to 14 Brazilian channels over spreading fake news

In a statement YouTube said, it had suspended payments to 14 channels accused of spreading fake news on Brazil’s next year’s election by the country’s federal electoral court, the TSE. The bulk of these channels regular provide full support Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, a far-right former army captain who has been sowing doubts about the…

China’s Xiaomi Acquires Self-Driving Firm As It Diversifies Into Electric Vehicle Business

An autonomous driving start-up has been acquired by the Chinese electronics giant Xiaomi which has put the company into an industry that is fast becoming extremely competitive. The company said this move is a part of its strategy to further diversify its business from making smartphones and other electronic consumer durables. The autonomous driving startup…