Countries in sub-Saharan Africa have been worst-affected by Meta’s plan to discontinue its low-cost Express Wi-Fi internet, launched five years ago to drive connectivity in underserved regions. Meta (formerly Facebook) quietly issued this notice saying that it plans to wind down the program later this year. In countries like Kenya, however, the service has been…
Three-quarters of executives are expecting their sector to be disrupted by automation within 12 months. The findings come from research firm GlobalData which calls automation “no longer a distant dream”. Undoubtedly, the pandemic has sped up the adoption of automation as leaders seek to shelter their businesses in uncertain times and adapt to lasting societal…
February 3, 2022 Source: AI Trends Staff | AI Trends The auto industry is transforming into a value network, driven by the technological development of electric-connected autonomous and shared (ECAS) vehicles architectures, systems intelligence, new computing paradigms at the edge and swarm capabilities into vehicle domains. That is from a report from the journal Frontiers in…
Welcome to my new weekly fintech focused column. I’ll be publishing this every Sunday, so in between posts, be sure to listen to the Equity podcast and hear Alex Wilhelm, Natasha Mascarenhas and me riff on all things startups! And if you want to have this hit your inbox directly once it turns into a…
Three-quarters of executives are expecting their sector to be disrupted by automation within 12 months. The findings come from research firm GlobalData which calls automation “no longer a distant dream”. Undoubtedly, the pandemic has sped up the adoption of automation as leaders seek to shelter their businesses in uncertain times and adapt to lasting societal…
February 3, 2022 Source: AI Trends Staff | AI Trends The auto industry is transforming into a value network, driven by the technological development of electric-connected autonomous and shared (ECAS) vehicles architectures, systems intelligence, new computing paradigms at the edge and swarm capabilities into vehicle domains. That is from a report from the journal Frontiers in…
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a record number of downloads and consumer spending across both the iOS and Google Play stores combined in 2021, according to the…
Three-quarters of executives are expecting their sector to be disrupted by automation within 12 months. The findings come from research firm GlobalData which calls automation “no longer a distant dream”. Undoubtedly, the pandemic has sped up the adoption of automation as leaders seek to shelter their businesses in uncertain times and adapt to lasting societal…
February 3, 2022 Source: AI Trends Staff | AI Trends The auto industry is transforming into a value network, driven by the technological development of electric-connected autonomous and shared (ECAS) vehicles architectures, systems intelligence, new computing paradigms at the edge and swarm capabilities into vehicle domains. That is from a report from the journal Frontiers in…
ACME Capital, an early-stage venture firm that’s run by industry insiders Scott Stanford and Hany Nada, has just closed two funds totalling $300 million in capital commitments, including a $240 million early-stage fund and a $60 million vehicle for later-stage bets. The money is significant given that the outfit’s last fund closed with $181 million…
