Dec 12, 2019 | Artificial Intelligence, Robots & Drones
Last week, the House Financial Services Committee’s Task Force on Artificial Intelligence conducted a meeting with university academics and Wall Street financial services professionals to discuss the impact of AI on trading, robo-advisory, market surveillance and...
Dec 12, 2019 | Autonomous Vehicles
Semi-Autonomous vehicles, that can accelerate, steer, decelerate, stop and change lanes without human involvement. They are able to keep in lane and even change lanes, and they may also be able to park themselves, but they are not driverless vehicles. The first...
Dec 12, 2019 | Autonomous Vehicles, Business, Featured, Robots & Drones
The world’s largest retailer said Tuesday it has teamed up with Nuro, a Mountain View, California-based autonomous vehicle startup, to pilot grocery deliveries in Houston. Nuro, founded in 2016, has already raised $1 billion in funding, according to...
Dec 5, 2019 | Industrial Automation, Internet of Things
Harnessing the industrial internet of things (IIoT) has arguably become the biggest strategic priority for industrial companies in the race to gain competitive advantage through digital transformation. Through the implementation of IIoT systems, industrial companies...
Dec 5, 2019 | Climate, Electric Vehicles, Government
The plan is to produce a 25% drop in air pollution by the time the Olympics arrive in Los Angeles. What becomes of California’s waiver process and its ability to set stricter emissions and fuel economy standards will be up to the courts, following moves by the...
Dec 5, 2019 | Business, Featured, Mobility
May Mobility, a Michigan-based startup that is operating autonomous shuttle services in three U.S. cities, has raised $50 million in a Series B round led by Toyota Motor Corp. The funding, which comes less than a year after May Mobility raised $22 million, will be...
Dec 5, 2019 | Aeronautics, Defense
Michigan-based in-space propulsion startup Orbion is working with a major new partner: The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD). Orbion has secured a research contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s Propulsion Directorate, specifically aimed at helping the...
Dec 5, 2019 | Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security
AI is reshaping the landscape of cyber defense. As new security fissures open up, threat analysts deploy more powerful tools to prevent and respond to attacks. Nicole Eagan, CEO of Darktrace, joins Azeem Azhar to discuss the escalating arms race in this new...
Dec 5, 2019 | Autonomous Vehicles
Bellevue made national news earlier this year when Amazon surprised the country by announcing it would relocate its worldwide operations team, and thousands of jobs, to Bellevue by 2023. Like many other cities around the country, Bellevue had thrown its hat in the...
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