Month: January 2020
Indian ride-hailing firm Ola to launch in London on February 10
Ride-hailing firm Ola will begin operations in London on February 10, it said today as the Indian firm slowly expands into new international markets and widens its competition with Uber, another SoftBank portfolio firm. Ola said it will be “fully operational from day one” in London, where it has signed…
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AI: from experimentation to adoption
There is no doubt that Artificial Intelligence (AI) has captured global imagination and attention. But in the business world, the rate of adoption of artificial intelligence has lagged behind the level of interest through 2019. Even though we hear that most business leaders believe AI provides a competitive advantage, up…
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Samsung to release many foldable phones in 2020 – Galaxy Fold 2, Z Flip, maybe more?
If you were a fan of the Samsung Galaxy Fold from 2019, you can rejoice, because Samsung has not one but multiple foldable phones in the works that will be released over the course of 2020. This news comes from Samsung itself, albeit in a cryptic way. The company recently…
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Gadget Lab Podcast: Byte Video Sharing, and Motorola’s Razr Reboot
On this week’s show, we talk about Vine’s rebirth as Byte, and the new Razr reboot, which now comes with (of course) a folding screen. Source
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Facebook’s trust problem isn’t about being understood
One of the most common and beloved tropes on a reality show comes when a contestant announces, often with a melodramatic flourish, that they are “not here to make friends.” It’s an ingenious and endlessly useful phrase — one that is both recognizably true (the contestant’s only real goal is…
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This long-lost Star Wars TV show clip looks more like Bladerunner
Test footage of the canceled Star Wars TV show Underworld has surfaced on YouTube. The show, which George Lucas apparently wanted to be 100 episodes long, was first discussed after the release of Revenge of the Sith in 2005, and was officially put on hold in 2010 due to budget…
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