Uber Launches A.I. Labs After Geometric Intelligence Acquisition
Online transportation company Uber has acquired startup Geometric Intelligence. However, the financial details of the deal have not been disclosed.
Online transportation company Uber has acquired startup Geometric Intelligence. However, the financial details of the deal have not been disclosed.
The aging Telnet and FTP networking protocols are considered obsolete and unsafe by many security experts. Due to this advisory, tech company HP has decided to close access to network prints through this remote access ports.
Nikola Motor has unveiled the company's first 18-wheeler trailer truck, which is fully powered by a hydrogen fuel cell. The startup said that the truck has a range of 800 to 1,200 miles and can haul up to 80,000 lbs. of cargo.
According to a survey involving about 700 startup founders, 23 percent of them voted for Elon Musk, the head of Tesla and SpaceX, as their source of admiration, more than any other tech leader. Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder and CEO, came second with 10 percent of the respondents giving him the top spot. He was followed by Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg with six percent, and Apple co-founder Steve Jobs (who passed away more than five years ago) at five percent.
Ola investor SoftBank's Chairman Masayoshi Son has said that the ride-hailing startup may introduce a fleet of one million electric cars. The vehicles will be locally manufactured to support the government's 'Make in India' campaign, he added. SoftBank has already invested $2 billion in Indian startups like Ola, Snapdeal, Oyo Rooms, and Grofers among others.
A team from San Francisco have created an app that listens to a user's voice and analysis his/her emotions in real-time. The app, called "Emotion Journal," also records the user's voice, stores it and colour-codes the logs over time so that users can track their recent emotions as well as those from the past at a glance.
Toyota Tsusho is expanding its business with the latest investment worth $3 million to a Kenyan information technology firm, Seven Seas Technology.
CNN has acquired Beme, a video sharing app developed by YouTuber Casey Neistat and Matt Hackett. While Neistat is a prolific vlogger, Hackett is a former president of engineering at Tumblr. The terms of the deal have not been disclosed, but 11 Beme team members will be absorbed by CNN as part of the collaboration.
Theranos is getting deep in trouble as it has been hit with another lawsuit. The embattled firm has already been sued by Walgreens and Partner Fund Management. The latest case is the first class-action suit against the company.
Lucid Motors announced at a recent press conference that it would start building a manufacturing facility in 2017. Although the company's facility will be situated in Casa Grande, Arizona, its headquarters will remain in San Francisco.