July 28, 2021 The shifting of where compute functionality occurs has varied over the past few decades from centralized (remember platforms like mainframes and thin clients?) to distributed. Of late, there has been a lot about the rise of Edge Computing. Rather than an end state, this is just another milestone in the ongoing evolution…
The digitization of your haircut may not have been on your 2020 bucket list, but 2021 has an even more surprising line item: Tech-powered barbershops are now a business proposition valued at nearly a billion dollars. Squire is a back-end barbershop management tool for independent businesses. I first covered it in the early months of…
Chinese ride-hailing giant DiDi has denied a report that it’s considering going private to appease the country’s authorities. Shares in DiDi (DIDI) spiked by around eight percent following the report from the Wall Street Journal as investors bet on a smoother ride for DiDi going forward. DiDi, which is backed by Apple, has been targeted…
July 28, 2021 The shifting of where compute functionality occurs has varied over the past few decades from centralized (remember platforms like mainframes and thin clients?) to distributed. Of late, there has been a lot about the rise of Edge Computing. Rather than an end state, this is just another milestone in the ongoing evolution…
TuSimple, the self-driving truck company that went public earlier this year, has partnered with Ryder as part of its plan to build out a freight network that will support its autonomous trucking operations. Under the deal announced this week, Ryder’s fleet maintenance facilities will act as terminals for TuSimple’s freight network. TuSimple’s so-called AFN, or…
Chinese ride-hailing giant DiDi has denied a report that it’s considering going private to appease the country’s authorities. Shares in DiDi (DIDI) spiked by around eight percent following the report from the Wall Street Journal as investors bet on a smoother ride for DiDi going forward. DiDi, which is backed by Apple, has been targeted…
July 28, 2021 The shifting of where compute functionality occurs has varied over the past few decades from centralized (remember platforms like mainframes and thin clients?) to distributed. Of late, there has been a lot about the rise of Edge Computing. Rather than an end state, this is just another milestone in the ongoing evolution…
Aron Solomon, J.D., is the head of Strategy for Esquire Digital and the editor of Today’s Esquire. He has taught entrepreneurship at McGill University and the University of Pennsylvania, and was the founder of LegalX, a legal technology accelerator. More posts by this contributor If you don’t want robotic dogs patrolling the streets, consider CCOPS…
Huawei has issued a media statement saying that it has demoted its autonomous vehicle chief following his controversial public comments about Tesla. Su Jing, Director of Intelligent Driving Products at Huawei, was told to clear his current desk after “inappropriate” comments. During the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai earlier this month, Su said: “Everyone…
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