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Mitchell Baker Becomes Mozilla’s CEO

Long-time chairwoman Mitchell Baker has officially taken the reigns as Mozilla’s next CEO. The organization’s previous CEO, Chris Beard, resigned at the end of 2019, leaving a vacancy in Mozilla’s leadership. Now, more than three months after Beard left, Baker is taking over the...
Posted On 22 Apr 2020
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You’ve Got To Bail Everyone Out, Says Barry Diller

“You’ve got to bail everyone out,” says Expedia and IAC Chairman Barry Diller. “This is like when you’re picking losers and winners. Everybody is in the same position which is the world stopped for commerce. You see this when you drive down streets and you see big cities and...
Posted On 18 Apr 2020
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Tesla Shares Rise On Record Deliveries

Tesla’s stock rose some 15% in extended trading on news the automaker had its highest number of vehicles deliveries in a single quarter. In a filing with the SEC, Tesla disclosed that it produced 102,672 vehicles, and delivered 88,400. in the first quarter. As Reuters points out,...
Posted On 08 Apr 2020
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Xerox Calls Off Hostile Attempt to Acquire HP

Amid the current health and economic crisis, Xerox has announced it is calling off its attempt to merge with HP. Xerox had been attempting to acquire HP since last year, putting in two separate offers. The first offer was unanimously rejected by HP’s board, leading Xerox to...
Posted On 04 Apr 2020
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Without AI, Real-Time Personalization Would Not Be Possible

“How do we shorten the space between a signal that we get, say in behavioral data that we see show up either in an app or on a website, and then churn through all of the possibilities of what we could present, apply algorithms to determine what is the next best offer and next...
Posted On 30 Mar 2020
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Coronavirus: Amazon’s First Warehouse Case Raises Supply Questions

Amazon has reported its first coronavirus case in one of their warehouses, raising questions about the possible impact on supply lines. The Atlantic is reporting that an Amazon warehouse worker in Queens, New York has tested positive for coronavirus, prompting the company to...
Posted On 22 Mar 2020
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Apple Will Allow Push Notification Advertising

iPhone and iPad users may soon be receiving advertising via push notifications, according to Apple’s latest App Store review guidelines. First reported by AppleInsider, the new guidelines will allow developers to push advertisements using push notifications, as long as the user...
Posted On 07 Mar 2020
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Robotics And AI For Growing Cannabis?

A hundred years ago, hemp was farmed all over the United States by traditional means. Cannabis prohibition shut all those operations down, and while the 2018 Farm Bill legalized the production of hemp across the nation once again, its uses have shifted significantly. Whereas a...
Posted On 26 Feb 2020
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MWC Barcelona Canceled Amid Coronavirus Fears

The annual Mobile World Congress (MWC) Barcelona has been cancelled amid growing concerns about the coronavirus. MWC is one of the premier trade shows for the telecoms industry, organized by GSMA and focusing on the mobile industry. As the date for this year’s conference drew...
Posted On 13 Feb 2020
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EU/U.S. Partnership to Counter Huawei Possible—As Long As Trade War Off Table

Dr. Norbert Röttgen, a senior German lawmaker, has opened the door to a partnership between the U.S. and EU to counter Huawei, but only if a trade war is off the table, according to Reuters. The statement comes amid growing concern over countries’ reliance on Huawei to help build...
Posted On 10 Feb 2020
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