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Apple has acquired Xnor.ai to expand the company's on device AI capabilities. What does the Xnor.ai acquisiton mean for Apple and future Apple Devices.
Marvell is putting the pedal to the metal when it comes to auto ethernet connectivity. While obstacles exist, Marvell’s Automotive Networking portfolio is attractive, for both today’s vehicles and the vehicle of the future. Definitely a space we’ll be keeping an eye on.
What do private space efforts mean for the tech sector? As Elon Musk forges ahead with his plans to colonize Mars and private space exploration becomes a reality, there are both challenges and opportunities ahead. Here are my predictions on what tech sectors could experience a paradigm shift and new revenue streams fueled by private space exploration.
Visa’s acquisition of Plaid is a $5Bn bet on the future of finance, and it’s a smart bet at that. With some 11,000 bank and financial services company clients, covering 200 million consumer accounts, Plaid is currently providing connections for 80 percent of the largest U.S. fintech apps. That’s no small market share — and that’s only the tip of the iceberg. Today, Plaid’s APIs are used by one in four people in the U.S. with a bank account — there’s tremendous opportunity for growth. In addition, this acquisition provides multiple opportunities for Visa. Here’s a look at some of those opportunities, thoughts on what’s ahead for Visa and for Plaid, as well as what we expect in the fintech market in the months ahead.
Microsoft’s commitment to going carbon negative is an important commitment from one of the world’s largest companies. Exploring the implications of the announcement
AWS released AutoGluon, an open source toolkit for automated machine learning, designed specifically for software developers, promising the ability to simplify deep learning for non-experts. If AWS were to release AutoGluon as a commercial solution within its flagship data science DevOps solution, it would be the first of the leading vendors to do so. Here’s what we think is essential moving forward if that’s where this is going.
Could data analytics be poised for a new change? Prescriptive analytics is here to shake up what we know about data and AI.
Performing a digital transformation audit as an annual task—at minimum—would be a worthwhile investment in your organization. Here are 5 steps to reviewing your digital transformation efforts to stay ahead of disruption and drive important change in your company.
With the launch of 2020, certain cybersecurity laws covering “smart” devices go into effect. As local (state) IoT cybersecurity regulation kicks in and federal regulation is looming, what does this mean for members of IoT ecosystems?
Google has acquired small low/code no/code platform AppSheet to expand its platform and appeal to developers looking to build simple apps for cloud tools.
Cloudera has appointed former Hortonworks CEO and current board member Rob Bearden to the role of CEO. What does this appointment mean for Cloudera?
