Vay, a startup that made a teleoperated breakthrough in car-sharing in Berlin and Las Vegas, is expanding into commercial and business-to-business services supported by recent deals with French carmaker Peugeot and Belgium-based Poppy. Vay is not a traditional ride-hailing or car-sharing startup,…Read More »
These two technology leaders are leveraging artificial intelligence to fuel further growth. Artificial intelligence (AI) is quickly becoming the most important narrative in the technology industry as companies recognize the massive opportunities it creates, from business productivity to cybersecurity. Already, a handful…Read More »
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and a Crew Dragon spacecraft are ready to launch the Polaris Dawn commercial astronaut mission from Launch Complex 39A. Liftoff from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center is set for no earlier than 3:38 a.m. EDT (0738 UTC) on…Read More »
A Falcon 9 rocket soars through the skies over Florida’s Space Coast during the Starlink 8-10 mission. This was SpaceX’s return to the flight mission, following a failed booster landing on Wednesday. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now Update 4:04 am EDT: SpaceX has…Read More »
First announced at Google’s I/O developer conference in May, Google Photos’ AI-based search feature, “Ask Photos,” rolled out to users starting Thursday. The feature, which allows users to ask AI to find photos with more complex questions, will initially be available in…Read More »
A Starlink 8-6 mission strip showing the Falcon 9 rocket flying away from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on August 28, 2024. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket has been grounded by the Federal…Read More »
The advancement of generative AI tools has created a new problem for the internet: the proliferation of images of synthetic nudes that resemble real people. On Thursday, Microsoft took a big step to give victims of revenge porn a tool to prevent…Read More »
For more than two decades, Jay Chandarana relied on commercial banks to meet the day-to-day working capital needs of his family business, sesame seed exporter Dhaval Agri. It was an agreement that basically worked: the company grew to have a share of…Read More »
Sentinel-2 in the Vega launch tower. Image: ESA-CNES-ARIANESPACE/CSG-T video optics. Leduc Update 10:52 pm EDT: Arianespace has confirmed the successful deployment of the Sentinel-2C spacecraft. The European Space Agency (ESA) has completed its transition to its Vega-C mission with the final launch…Read More »
Diversification can be a useful way to manage risk in the financial sector. Warren Buffett led Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A -0.99%) (BRK.B -1.18%) reached a new milestone in August, surpassing $1 trillion in market capitalization for the first time. Although Berkshire is known…Read More »