It turns out, in the age of self-driven cars, car rental companies do have a future, albeit with a change in their business model. The self-driving car unit of Alphabet Inc, Waymo, has disclosed that it has signed a multi-year agreement with the Avis Budget Group Inc, a car rental company, for managing its growing…
The efforts of Facebook, Google and Twitter in removing violent jihadist content from online repositories which had acted as breeding ground, have yielded significant results. In efforts aimed at containing the growing threats of extremism in the UK, Facebook has launched a program in the country through which it will train and fund local organisations…
The new fund will provide funding to both public and private firms for products that have already reached mid-stage Phase II clinical development, providing them with a new source of growth capital. In a move that underscores the wide net Google has cast across industries, the search engine giant has sunk in $300 million in…
With the purchase SoftBank is positioning itself for the coming data “gold rush”. On Friday, the SoftBank Group Corp stated it would be acquiring two firms that build robots that could walk from Alphabet Inc. The purchase marks an increase of artificial intelligence companies in the group’s portfolio. The Japanese conglomerate will be acquiring U.S.-based…
Uber will most likely have to handover its due diligence document. However, it isn’t clear whether it will hand over the complete document or only portions of it. It still has a card to play. In what could potentially lead to a significant development, a magistrate has ruled that Uber Technologies Inc will necessarily have…
While the Obama Administration’s focused on safety issues vis-à-vis self-driving vehicles, the current administration aims to ease the rules of business. On Monday, the head of the U.S. Department of Transportation stated that U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration will unveil revised guidelines for self-driving vehicles in the coming months. The announcement follows calls by auto…
Through Waze and Waymo, Alphabet’s strategy of positioning itself as a key player in the transportation industry becomes clear. In what is seen as the largest ever rollout of Alphabet-owned Waze, starting from next week, the navigation app will expand its carpool service throughout California, including the key car hub of Los Angeles. The ride…
Tech giants are locked in a bidding war for academics who specialize in artificial intelligence. As per a report from Research firm CB Insights, 34 artificial intelligence startups were acquired in the first quarter of 2017, which is double the of the previous year of the same quarter. This insight is likely to be significant,…
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…
There is a significant rise from its last funding round which had valued the company at $5.5 billion. In a major milestone for Lyft Inc, in the latest funding round of the ride services company, it has mopped up at least $500 million thus bringing about its valuation to $7.5 billion, said a source close…
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