Murthy Renduchintala is out, and the struggling Technology group gets new leadership. The past few years have been tough times for Intel, and after last week’s news that intel’s 7nm parts had been delayed (again), this week the company is announcing a shakeup to the executive team. The biggest news is that Intel’s chief engineering officer, Murthy Renduchintala, is … Continue reading Heads roll at Intel after 7nm delay Continue Reading
The cabin design looks nice. But why are these renderings? Virgin Galactic has released the first images of what the interior of its VSS Unity spacecraft will look like. The design shows a seating capacity for up to six passengers who will fly on board the rocket-powered space plane, crest at an altitude above 80km, and … Continue reading Virgin Galactic’s spacecraft has six passenger seats and lots of windows Continue Reading
Flipkart on Tuesday launched a hyperlocal service in suburbs of Bangalore, four years after the e-commerce group abruptly concluded its previous foray into this category. The e-commerce group, owned by Walmart, said Flipkart Quick leverages the company’s supply chain infrastructure and a new location mapping technology framework to deliver more than 2,000 products across grocery, perishables, smartphones, electronics accessories, … Continue reading India’s Flipkart gives hyperlocal delivery service another try Continue Reading
The latest startup to see an uplift in inbound interest flowing from the remote work boom triggered by the coronavirus pandemic is Berlin-based Everphone, which sells a ‘mobile as a service’ device rental package that caters to businesses needing to kit staff out with mobile hardware plus associated support. Everphone is announcing a €34 million Series B funding round … Continue reading As remote work booms, Everphone grabs ~$40M for its ‘device as a service’ offer Continue Reading
The world’s hardware haven is taking a digital leap for pets. In May, China’s southern city Shenzhen announced that all dogs must be implanted with a chip, joining the rank of the U.K., Japan, Australia and a growing number of countries to make microchips mandatory for dogs. This week, city regulators began to set up injection stations across their partnering pet … Continue reading All dogs in Shenzhen, China will get microchipped by 2020 Continue Reading
Image Credits: Tek Image Science Photo Library (opens in a new window)/ Getty Images The growth of digital banking has opened up a wealth of opportunities for making the world of finance more accessible and transparent to a greater number of people. But the darker underbelly is that it has also created more avenues for illicit activity to … Continue reading ComplyAdvantage nabs $50M for an AI platform and database to detect and stop financial crime Continue Reading
ClimaCell, the weather forecasting and intelligence service that is using a number of interesting new techniques to gather weather data, today announced that it has raised a $23 million Series C round co-led by new investor Pitango Growth and existing investor Square Peg Captial. With this new round, the Boston- and TelAviv-based company’s total funding now exceeds … Continue reading ClimaCell raises $23M Series C for its weather intelligence platform Continue Reading
It’s broadly accepted that there’s a close relationship between development and access to information. One of the first economists to make the link was Amartya Sen, who won the Nobel Prize in 1998 for his contributions to welfare economics. Increasingly over the past two decades, the internet has been a major factor affecting the right to … Continue reading A history of internet shutdowns in Africa and their impact on human rights Continue Reading
But we’re still a long way away from iPadOS Photoshop Mecca I’ve been on an iPad journey the last couple of months. I hadn’t used one of Apple’s tablets regularly for almost a decade, giving me a lot to catch up on. And one of those things was the iPad Photoshop app. When I last used Apple’s … Continue reading Designers rejoice! Photoshop’s iPad app makes it way easier to select subjects Continue Reading
Writing an all-encompassing book on Python machine learning is difficult, given how expansive the field is. But reviewing one is not an easy feat either, especially when it’s a highly acclaimed title such as Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn, Keras, and TensorFlow: Concepts, Tools, and Techniques to Build Intelligent Systems, 2nd Edition. The book is a best-seller … Continue reading Embarking on a Python journey? Then ‘Hands-on Machine Learning’ is a must read Continue Reading