Apr 29, 2021 | 5G, Business, Telecommunications
AT&T said Wednesday it will supply all 19,000 Delta Air Lines flight attendants with iPhone 12 devices so they can use AT&T’s 5G network in an effort to improve the travel experience. Augmented reality on the phones is expected to help the...
Apr 15, 2021 | Artificial Intelligence, Business
There’s nothing subtle about Microsoft’s $19.7 billion, all-cash acquisition of Burlington-based Nuance Communications. It’s a bold statement that Microsoft intends to be the dominant provider of speech-based artificial intelligence systems to the world’s biggest...
Apr 7, 2021 | Autonomous Vehicles, Business, Featured
Apple chief Tim Cook portrayed self-driving cars as an ideal match for the technology giant during an interview released Monday by the New York Times. Talk of an autonomous vehicle bearing the Apple brand has long been among rumours swirling around the iPhone...
Mar 25, 2021 | Batteries, Business, Electric Vehicles
Consumer, lawmaker and, most recently, auto manufacturer sentiment is shifting toward electric and hybrid vehicles. General Motors has announced an ambitious plan to have 30 electric vehicles for sale by 2025 and imagines an “all-electric” future. The...
Mar 25, 2021 | Autonomous Vehicles, Business
Self-driving vehicles should ideally accomplish a few things: convenience for operators/owners of vehicles, cost reduction for commercial vehicles (no driver), and safer roads (fewer and less severe crashes). This last item, if true, will significantly lower the risks...
Mar 18, 2021 | Autonomous Vehicles, Business, Featured
Cruise, a majority-owned subsidiary of General Motors, will acquire self-driving startup Voyage in another major autonomous vehicle merger. The announcement came less than a week after news first surfaced that the two companies were in talks about an acquisition. The...
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