The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has announced a new college, backed by a $1 billion commitment to AI. The MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing has been made possible through a foundational gift of $350 million from its namesake. Mr Schwarzman is the chairman, CEO and co-founder of Blackstone, a leading global asset manager.…
Twilio, the ubiquitous communications platform, today announced its plan to acquire the API-centric email platform SendGrid for about $2 billion in an all-stock transaction. That’s Twilio’s largest acquisition to date, but also one that makes a lot of sense given that both companies aim to make building communications platforms easier for developers. “The two companies…
NEWSBYTE IBM has announced a new partnership with AI and GPU hardware giant Nvidia, bringing the latter’s Rapids open source data science toolkit into IBM’s data science platform for on-premise, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments. Rapids will bring GPU acceleration capabilities to IBM’s offerings, taking advantage of an ecosystem that includes the Web-based big data platform,…
Nio, the Chinese electric automaker aiming to compete with Tesla, reported that it delivered 3,268 of its new ES8 vehicles in the third quarter, beating its own target by 9 percent. The company planned to deliver between 2,900 and 3,000 ES8s in the third quarter, according to Nio CFO Louis T. Hsieh. Nio began deliveries of…
Internet of Business says The UK government has launched a new voluntary Code of Practice for the manufacturers of Internet of Things devices, with the aim of securing the consumer IoT. The Code is designed to ensure that devices such as home hubs, smart kitchen appliances, security cameras, wearables, and connected toys are secure against…
The Gillmor Gang — Keith Teare, Esteban Kolsky, Frank Radice, Michael Markman, and Steve Gillmor . Recorded live Friday October 12, 2018. Smartspeaker UI, Post-Advertising micropayments, and other mythical creatures. Produced and directed by Tina Chase Gillmor @tinagillmor @kteare, @ekolsky, @fradice, @mickeleh, @stevegillmor Liner Notes Live chat stream The Gillmor Gang on Facebook Source link…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed Friday in a tweet that the Tesla-branded tequila called “Teslaquilla”—the bottle of liquor that co-starred in his April Fool’s Day joke about the automaker filing for bankruptcy — is “coming soon.” Musk’s tweet was a response to a CNBC article that reported Tesla had filed an application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to…
Despite the usual fanfare, London’s iteration of Google Next 2018 lacked the headline announcements that punctuated the San Francisco event in July. Instead, it served as a platform to reaffirm Google’s mission to ‘organise the world’s information and make it accessible and usable’, and showcase its successful partnerships. Internet of Business says Google Cloud CEO…
In April, TechCrunch broke the news that some of Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook messages were deleted from recipients’ inboxes in what some saw as a violation of user trust and abuse of power since Facebook Messenger doesn’t have an Unsend button. The next morning, Facebook suddenly announced that it would actually build this Unsend functionality for…
Global engineering consultancy Ricardo is working with researchers at Ilika, UCL and the Centre for Process Innovation to develop a solid-state lithium-ion battery for electric vehicles, as Jessica Twentyman reports. Global engineering and environmental consultancy Ricardo has announced that work has begun on a 30-month project that will see it collaborate with a number of…
