Panasonic has announced plans to invest $ 150 million in machine learning technology and artificial intelligence systems based on neural networks.
The Japanese electronics manufacturer plans to invest part of the funds allocated under the venture fund Conductive Ventures II in promising developers of software and equipment for various industries, incl. autopilot, finance, digital healthcare, the future of labor, commerce, manufacturing technology and more.
At the moment, Google, Facebook, Baidu, ABBYY, Cognitive Technologies and other companies are actively working and conducting research in the field of artificial intelligence. The field of application of neural networks is quite diverse – these are text recognition and human language comprehension, semantic search, computer vision, big data analytics, robotics, expert systems, linguistics and much more.
IT giant Google and Singapore’s state-owned investment company Temasek have invested in Indonesia’s largest online store Tokopedia, writes Nikkei Asian Review. The amount of investments is not disclosed. In October, Bloomberg reported that Tokopedia was going to raise about $ 350 million from Google and Temasek. This is Google’s second investment in the Indonesian unicorn. […]
The French company has developed an augmented reality application for digital makeup. The Signature Faces application allows you to apply filters to your face in real time. “We believe that everyone is beautiful by themselves, but in a world where the camera is always on, it’s normal to want to “play” with filters. We want […]
Shares of Amazon, which rose by 73.8% since the beginning of the year (more than the growth of Apple, Microsoft, Google and Facebook), fell 2% after closing trading on Thursday, when the company released a report for the 3rd quarter, which ended September 30. Amazon set a new revenue record, e-commerce increased sales by 57% […]
Shares of Alphabet, which rose 18.2% over the past 6 months, rose 9% after closing trading on Thursday when the global advertising giant announced significant improvements in the reporting quarter. Google’s parent financial report far exceeded analysts’ expectations and showed a resumption of advertising revenue growth after reporting a drop in revenue for the first […]
According to trading data, securities of the microblogging service Twitter Inc. after the close of the main trading session in the US fell in price by more than 17%, also according to financial statements, in the red were the shares of US technology giants Amazon, Apple and Facebook, only Alphabet reporting pleased investors. Thus, shares […]
Apple has intensified work on its own search service, which will become a competitor to Google, writes the Financial Times, citing interlocutors in the mobile industry. One of the signs of this, the interlocutors called the fact that after updating the iOS operating system, Apple began to show its own search results and provide direct […]
In the last week of October, investors expect a lot of news, as more than one-third of the components of the S&P 500 index, or 186 companies, must report financial results for the third quarter. The information field is even richer given the election race in the United States, the situation with the pandemic and […]
French oil and gas company Total and Google Cloud developed technology based on artificial intelligence to assess the potential use of the solar energy in homes. This is stated in the message of the Total. “Total and Google Cloud pooled their expertise to jointly develop innovative tools of the Solar Mapper, which aims to accelerate […]
Recently, foreign automobile corporations are increasingly exposed to multi-million dollar fines from regulators. The reason is negligence of manufacturers who violate the road safety legislation at the stage of cars’ production. Scandals accompanied by multi-million dollar fines recently occurred in companies BMW, Volkswagen, and Fiat Chrysler, which subjected the charges from the regulatory authorities for […]
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By the last calculations, Donald Trump has won in the USA elections . The majority of world editions have reported already about it which reputation don’t allow doubting the validity of this information . As the Air Force reports, for the time being, the candidate of republicans has collected 278 votes of delegates. Hilary Clinton […]
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In the course of the global restructuring, ASUS in Ukraine closes entity which hasn’t worked for several years. Asus Technology PTE Limited Company (registered in Singapore) announced the cancellation of registration through the liquidation of its office Asus Technology PTE (Kiev). This is stated in a message of the government publication Governmental Courier. The head […]
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The value of bitcoin for the first time since December 2017 exceeded the mark of $ 18 thousand. The cryptocurrency rate reached $ 18,174. For the first time since December 2017, the bitcoin exchange rate exceeded 18,000. This is evidenced by data from the electronic cryptocurrency exchange Coindesk and the portal CoinMarketCap. So, on the […]
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The Tesla Motors will conclude the bargain with the Grohmann Engineering GmbH complex. The representatives of the American company which are engaged in a construction of electro cars intend to redeem 100% of the systems European developer shares for batteries release. They are going to close the deal until the end of 2017. The cooperation […]
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American video game company, Roblox Corporation, is working with the investment banks on the preparation for listing on the US stock exchange, which may happen early next year. According to the Reuters, such step should help Roblox to take advantage becoming popular during the pandemic. The company expects to be able to double its recent […]
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The American company Pfizer, which developed in partnership with the German BioNTech vaccine against coronavirus COVID-19, expects revenue from sales of this drug in 2021 for $ 15 billion. This year the company hopes to produce 2 billion doses of coronavirus vaccine. The drug is expected to generate a quarter of Pfizer’s total revenue, which […]
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In London is being heard the case about the manipulation of European interbank rates Euribor. The defendants are 11 former employees of large financial companies such as Deutsche Bank, Barclays and Societe Generale. This trial is characterized like atypical, because for the first time in the case of manipulation of the bidding Euribor defendants are […]
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Savvy entrepreneurs use these strategies to ensure every business partnership is a match made in heaven. Great businesses are founded on great partnerships. But great businesses can also be destroyed by bad partnerships. These entrepreneurs—and members of The Oracles—share their hard-won wisdom about what to watch out for before joining forces with a business partner. […]
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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) intends to invest in a number of important projects in Ukraine, including the modernization of transport infrastructure and the energy sector. This was discussed during a meeting between Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko and EBRD President Odile Reno-Basso, the press service of the Ministry of Finance reports. Odile […]
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In the first six months of 2021, Ukraine’s trade increased by a quarter compared to the same period last year, according to the State Statistics Service. Thus, exports of goods and services increased by 25.5% and amounted to 34.870 billion dollars, and imports increased by 27.6% to 34.456 billion dollars. Thus, the positive balance of […]
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The German company Leoni AG will build a plant in Kolomyja, Ivano-Frankivsk region. This was reported by Dmitry Romaniuk, the head of the department of European integration and the development of tourism in Ivano-Frankivsk Regional State Administration. “The German company Leoni AG will build a new plant in Ivano-Frankivsk region (Kolomyja) and will create 8150 […]
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The savings of Ukrainian citizens outside the banking system are estimated at $ 30-35 billion. This estimate was given by the chairman of the National Bank Kyrylo Shevchenko during the Kyiv Economic Forum. There are different estimates of the “gray” economy. We in the National Bank believe that this is up to 30% of GDP. […]
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A few days ago the official Facebook-community of one of the Ukraine’s largest shopping clubs LeBoutique was unavailable. The community is quite popular; about 35 000 users signed for the page. As reported in AIN.UA shopping club, the community was blocked by administration of the social network for the use of someone else’s trademark. The […]
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Closing a topic of legal relations registration niceties with the builder, we have approached to the last which LDaily so-called as a”scheme” of investment attraction. It is apartment purchase through securities. This method deserves a special attention because it is simple, reliable and becomes more and more popular. Therefore builders practice the conclusion thicket and […]
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Telegram Group of businessperson Pavel Durov placed five-year convertible dollar bonds on the market for the first time and raised $ 1 billion. The bond rate was 7% per annum, Forbes reported on Monday, March 15, citing one of the executives involved in the placement. “Holders of Telegram bonds will be able to convert them […]
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