Research teams from energy giant ExxonMobil and IBM have been working together to find quantum solutions to one of the most complex problems of our time: managing the tens of thousands of merchant ships crossing the oceans every day to deliver the goods that we use every day. The scientists lifted the lid on… Continue reading IBM and ExxonMobil are building quantum algorithms to solve this giant optimization problem
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Indo-Pacific tech sector ‘ripe for investment’ and cyber defence cooperation: Research
The Indo-Pacific region’s tech sector is “ripe for investment”, according to Trisha Ray, an associate fellow with the Observer Research Foundation’s Technology and Media Initiative. “Rare earths, which go into all our devices, computers, electric vehicles, and so on, alternatives to untrusted 5G vendors, even basic infrastructure investment in fibreisation of networks, all of these… Continue reading Indo-Pacific tech sector ‘ripe for investment’ and cyber defence cooperation: Research
Akamai tops Q4 expectations, announces reorganization and new CTO
Akamai reported better-than-expected fourth quarter financial results after the bell on Tuesday. The cloud services provider delivered fourth quarter net income of $113 million, or 68 cents a share, on revenue of $846 million, up 10% from a year ago. Non-GAAP earnings for the quarter came to $1.33 a share. Wall Street was looking for… Continue reading Akamai tops Q4 expectations, announces reorganization and new CTO
Shopify’s online checkout service Shop Pay to integrate with Facebook, Instagram
Shopify announced Tuesday that it’s expanding its online checkout service Shop Pay to merchants selling on Facebook and Instagram. The e-commerce platform provider said the move marks the first time Shop Pay will expand beyond Shopify merchant stores. Shopify released its one-tap checkout system under the name Shopify Pay in 2017 with an aim to… Continue reading Shopify’s online checkout service Shop Pay to integrate with Facebook, Instagram
The Rust programming language just took a huge step forwards
Programming language Rust now has the backing of the Rust Foundation, an independent organization that will steward the language’s future as more developers begin using it. Rust, hatched at Mozilla as a safer alternative to C and C++, has quickly become one of the most favored languages for system development, even though it’s not widely… Continue reading The Rust programming language just took a huge step forwards
If Bing is the answer then Australia is asking the wrong question
Image: DuckDuckGo Australia looks set to become the sort of Microsoft monopoly that Redmond has only dreamt about, but rather than being in an area Microsoft is known for — office suites, Windows, Surface products — the country is turning to the eternal bridesmaid of search engines, Microsoft Bing. This is all a result of… Continue reading If Bing is the answer then Australia is asking the wrong question
Qualcomm aims to consolidate auto systems, expands GM, Amazon Alexa partnerships
Qualcomm Qualcomm on Tuesday outlined a broad strategy to advance its Snapdragon platform in the auto industry as it aims to expand in the cockpit as well as a bevy of subsystems. The Qualcomm playbook for the automotive industry rhymes with its plans for IoT, artificial intelligence and compute. That strategy revolves around using 5G… Continue reading Qualcomm aims to consolidate auto systems, expands GM, Amazon Alexa partnerships
BMW, Ford back development of vehicle ‘birth certificates’ built on the blockchain
BMW, Ford, and major technology companies have indicated their support for a new blockchain project to assign “birth certificates” to vehicles. Announced on Tuesday, the initiative is focused on developing technologies able to track a car from its manufacture and beyond, including when the vehicle has changed hands, its maintenance history, and records of mileage… Continue reading BMW, Ford back development of vehicle ‘birth certificates’ built on the blockchain
BMW just cursed and insulted old people (and mocked old BMWs)
What’s going on? Screenshot by ZDNet I miss the noise of CES. more Technically Incorrect I miss the shiny stands. I miss the salespeople, shiny and standing there for interminable hours, invented smiles beaming. Most of all, I miss the companies trying to make news in whatever way they can. At this first virtual CES,… Continue reading BMW just cursed and insulted old people (and mocked old BMWs)
CES 2021: Intel’s Mobileye touts new Lidar silicon chip for autonomous vehicles
Intel’s autonomous driving subsidiary Mobileye detailed its AV strategy and latest technology gains as part of its virtual appearance at this year’s all digital CES 2021. Mobileye CEO Amnon Shashua said the company has been focused on a technology trinity that includes Mobileye’s automatically generated, crowdsourced high-definition maps; a driving policy based on Responsibility-Sensitive Safety… Continue reading CES 2021: Intel’s Mobileye touts new Lidar silicon chip for autonomous vehicles