To achieve that goal, Brightdrop recently acquired Marain, a technology startup based in California. The idea is to use its AI-driven software to make Brightdrop’s systems better at analyzing, forecasting, and identifying multi-modal solutions for fleet customers as they plan their journey to full-fleet electrification.
Bank of International Settlements says 90% of central banks are investigating feasibility of adopting central bank digital currencies. BIS report highlighted ability of current sovereign fiat money to provide price stability and public oversight. Report did highlight crypto's programmable nature and borderless elements of decentralized finance as potential benefits.
Twitter is hosting its first in-person developer conference since 2010. The event will take place in San Francisco on November 16th. The keynote will be streamed live on Twitter for those not attending in person. The company has had a rocky relationship with developers in the past.
Doug Herrington is a 17-year Amazon veteran. He replaces Dave Clark, who led the company's e-commerce and warehousing operations. John Felton, also a longtime senior Amazon leader, will be the company’s new head of operations. Mr. Clark's role had been CEO of Worldwide Consumer.
More than half of Bitcoin (BTC) addresses are still in profit, raising questions about the severity of the current “bear market. BTC price bottoms have tended to coincide with less than half of addresses remaining in profit, and as such, the current downtrend still has a way to go if it is to fit in with historical patterns. In March 2020, for instance, profitable addresses dropped to 41%, and before that, the 2018 bear market also saw a drop below the 50% mark.
Elon Musk says that Tesla is tracking to have a working prototype humanoid robot, Tesla Optimus, by the end of September.
The CEO also teased other things to be unveiled during the event that will position Tesla as more than an automaker and more like a “real-world AI company”, We have these sort of AI Day events to just emphasize that Tesla is a lot more than a car company and that we are, in my view, the leading real-world AI company that exists.
Long-rumoured Apple AR Glass is expected to launch in late 2022 or early 2024. Luxshare will remain one of Apple's main suppliers for devices, says analyst. The AR Glass has entered design development and a prototype will be ready by the end of this year.
WeChat has updated its policies to ban accounts that provide access to crypto or NFT-related services. The move was highlighted by Hong Kong-based crypto news reporter Wu (Colin Wu) on June 20. The Chinese government rolled out a phased ban on the local crypto sector between May and September last year.