The subsidiary of Google-parent Alphabet – Waymo, that was created to develop technologies for self driving vehicles and similar services, has now decided to increase its reach and customers of ride-sharing company Lyft would now be able to access some of the self-driving minivans from the company. However those Lyft customers in a small region…
The acqui-hire will bring engineering talent to Apple’s own efforts at self-driving technology. Apple Inc has confirmed that it has acquired Drive.ai, a self-driving shuttle startup. Earlier this month, media reports had emerged that Apple was considering the acquisition of the firm as a move to bring aboard some of its engineering talent to boost…
In a world first, France is set to emerge as a clear frontrunner in the quest to regulate online hate speech and fake news. In a significant development that marks changes in Facebook’s behavior, the social media giant has agreed to hand over the identification data of French users suspected of hate speech on its…
Elon Musk, SpaceX’s CEO, described the launch as one of the most challenging in the company’s history. On Tuesday, in a significant development which Elon Musk described as one of the most difficult in the company’s history, SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket lifted-off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida carrying 24 experimental satellites. The text-book…
Nokia should be able to gain stronger traction in the 5G race, given the impact of the U.S.-China trade war on Huawei. According to Markus Borchert, Nokia’s president of Greater China, Nokia Oyj is not immune from the U.S.-China trade war. “The uncertainty has impacted the investor community and the economy at large. At Nokia…
The effort by Futurewei Technologies Inc appears to be aimed at obfuscating its link with its Chinese parent Huawei Technologies Co Ltd. It continues to be owned and funded by its Chinese parent. According to two sources familiar with the matter at hand, the U.S.-based research arm of China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, Futurewei Technologies…
U.S.-Israeli cyber security firm Cybereason has been investigating these hacking attacks by Chinese hackers for the last 9 months. On Tuesday, researchers from a cyber security company Cybereason stated, Chinese hackers have broken into the systems of more than a dozen global telecoms companies and have stolen large amounts of personal and corporate data. According…
The new and yet to be launched cryptocurrency form Facebook called libra is not intended to either kill nor compete with bitcoin, the social media platform has confirmed. Libra and bitcoin can exist side by side with differing use cases, said David Marcus, the person who is heading the crypto attempts of Facebook, and added…
A study that was published last year and which has been taken notice of recently claims that the long time extended use of communication technologies such as the use of smartphones and tablets could be causing the development of horn-like bumps on the skulls of the younger lot of users of such technology. This somewhat…
The fast food giant McDonald’s is befitting after all the trouble it took to stage the turnaround from cow to beef patty. It was more than four years that the company had been attempting to launch fresh beef at McDonald’s. This change also cost more than $60 million to pull off for the meat suppliers…
