Anthony Levandowski’s new Pronto.ai startup has already autonomously driven 3099 miles cross country
Anthony Levandowski has had quite the run recently. The autonomous driving prodigy worked at Google for almost a decade and was an integral part of its autonomous driving efforts that spun from Google (X) into Waymo. In 2016, he exited from Google’s Waymo to found a startup called Otto which was snapped up by Uber […]
Why VMware is betting big on containers, edge computing and IoT
With the server virtualisation game won, VMware is having to diversify into new areas, with cloud-native computing emerging as a top area of interest for the firm VMware recently celebrated its 20th birthday, during which time it has popularised the twin notions of hypervisor technology and server virtualisation. It is fair to say that without […]
You can now ask Alexa to play Apple Music on your Amazon Echo — here’s how
You can now ask your Amazon Echo to play tunes from Apple Music. It’s a significant step, because the Echo has long supported Apple Music’s rivals, like Spotify, allowing users to request songs and playlists from Alexa by voice. As Apple continues to focus more on services — it reported $9.98 billion in services revenue […]
LG will make OLED TVs will roll up like posters a reality in 2019
LG last January unveiled TV sets that roll up like posters, but that was just a concept that wasn’t ready for an actual commercial launch. However, things will change next year, as the Korean giant is hoping to revive its ailing TV business by bringing this novel form factor to life in the real world. […]
Gold Equities Are Surging as Economic Uncertainty Abounds
The spot price of gold has held above the $1,250 mark as investors await a key rate decision. Today the U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to raise the benchmark rate by 0.25% to 2.5%. President Trump has been critical of the Fed’s moves but there are no indications that the central bank will be allowing […]
Sanchez Energy Corporation (SN) Plunges 11.08% on December 18
Sanchez Energy Corporation (SN) had a rough trading day for Tuesday December 18 as shares tumbled 11.08%, or a loss of $-0.0399 per share, to close at $0.32. After opening the day at $0.36, shares of Sanchez Energy Corporation traded as high as $0.38 and as low as $0.31. Volume was 2.88 million shares over […]
Cardtronics plc (CATM) Soars 6.53% on December 18
Cardtronics plc (CATM) had a good day on the market for Tuesday December 18 as shares jumped 6.53% to close at $27.07. About 565,752 shares traded hands on 6,207 trades for the day, compared with an average daily volume of n/a shares out of a total float of 46.11 million. After opening the trading day […]
AAR Corp. (AIR) Soars 6.59% on December 18
AAR Corp. (AIR) had a good day on the market for Tuesday December 18 as shares jumped 6.59% to close at $42.36. About 383,549 shares traded hands on 4,590 trades for the day, compared with an average daily volume of 246,080 shares out of a total float of 35.04 million. After opening the trading day […]
AI workforce lacks diversity
Canada has the globe’s fifth largest artificial intelligence workforce, but is still far from closing the gender gap in the sector, according to new rankings from the World Economic Forum. The international organization used LinkedIn data to find the size of Canada’s AI workforce is lagging behind the U.S., India, Germany and Switzerland, but beating […]
Who is CSIS watching?
Canada’s spy service collected some information about peaceful anti-petroleum groups, but only incidentally in the process of investigating legitimate threats to projects such as oil pipelines, says a long-secret federal watchdog report. The newly disclosed report from the Security Intelligence Review Committee acknowledges concerns about a “chilling effect,” stemming from a belief that the Canadian […]