Month: November 2020
EV bus and truck maker The Lion Electric to take SPAC route to public markets
Canadian electric truck and bus manufacturer The Lion Electric Company said Monday it plans to become a publicly traded company via a merger with special purpose acquisition company Northern Genesis Acquisition Corp. The combined company, which will be listed on the New York Stock Exchange, will have a valuation of…
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ServiceNow is aiming to bring AI to more businesses with Element AI deal digital transformation
The cloud-based IT services firm ServiceNow is committed to building the world’s most intelligent workflow platform to enable employees to work smarter and faster and one of the ways the company believes it can do this is through artificial intelligence. This is why ServiceNow has announced that it has signed…
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Daily Crunch: Facebook acquires Kustomer for $1B
Facebook makes a billion-dollar acquisition, we learn more about Twitter’s Clubhouse-style feature and Moderna applies for emergency authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine. This is your Daily Crunch for November 30, 2020. The big story: Facebook acquires Kustomer for $1B Kustomer says it can give customer service teams better data and…
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Photokina has been suspended indefinitely as camera industry struggles Photokina
The organizers of Photokina have announced that the world’s biggest photography and imaging trade fair has been indefinitely suspended. According to a public statement, Photokina organizers have cited “the continuing steep decline” of the camera and imaging market as the main cause of the cancellation of the trade show,…
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Enterprising developers are emulating PS2 games on the Xbox Series S and X
Developers have now made it possible to emulate PS2 games on the Xbox Series X and S using the RetroArch emulator — something that the PlayStation 5, a successor to the PS2, can’t. Thanks to the Xbox Series X / S consoles’ “Developer Mode,” the emulation software can be added…
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Component failure in NASA’s deep-space crew capsule could take months to fix
Engineers are racing to fix a failed piece of equipment on NASA’s future deep-space crew capsule Orion ahead of its first flight to space. It may require months of work to replace and fix. Right now, engineers at NASA and Orion’s primary contractor, Lockheed Martin, are trying to figure out…
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