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SUNNYVALE, CA and CALGARY, AB — Plug and Play has announced a partnership with WestJet, Canada’s second largest airline in both their Silicon Valley and Alberta, Canada locations. The partnership will focus on leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning across the airline’s business through Plug and Play’s Travel and Hospitality program. “In our expansive travel and hospitality industry, access to […]
NVIDIA is teaming up with Microsoft to build one of the most powerful AI supercomputers in the world. The machines will be powered by Microsoft Azure’s advanced supercomputing infrastructure combined with NVIDIA GPUs, networking and full stack of AI software to help enterprises train, deploy and scale AI, including large, state-of-the-art models. Azure’s cloud-based AI […]
Palo Alto Police are looking for a crew of home burglars with 11 cases since October 9, where the burglars are stealing jewelry and other valuables from unoccupied homes during the dinnertime hours. No arrests have been made but officers and detectives are actively investigating the cases. The trend indicates the crimes are occurring in […]
New data from Synergy Research Group shows that Q3 enterprise spending on cloud infrastructure services exceeded $57 billion. This was up by well over $11 billion from the third quarter of last year despite two fierce headwinds – historically strong US dollar and a severely restricted Chinese market. That incremental spending represents year-on-year growth of 24%. If exchange rates had remained constant over […]
Amazon users will seen be able to pay for their orders with Venmo on Amazon.com and on the Amazon mobile app. Venmo is owned by PayPal and has nearly 90 million active customers in the U.S. Starting to rollout to select Amazon customers, Venmo will be available to United States customers by Black Friday. Venmo […]
Best Buy is launching the first ever subscription program for Mac laptops from Apple. The upgrade program, called Upgrade+ powered by Citizens Pay, makes it easy and affordable for customers to experience and upgrade to the latest Mac laptops with Apple silicon, including all MacBook Air and MacBook Pro models. Through Upgrade+, customers can apply […]
Toyota is introducing an all-new version of its Crown sedan in early 2023. With massive wheels, a flowing silhouette and unique paint options, it is a ride that is ready to stand out from the crowd. Toyota Crown brings ample style and the added confidence of standard AWD and the choice of two electrified Toyota […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Security company Cloudflare, Inc. recently announced a new funding program for startups in partnership with 26 leading venture capital investors. The Workers Launchpad Funding Program will provide up to $1.25 billion of financing to startups building applications on Cloudflare Workers, a highly-scalable serverless computing platform that allows developers to build or augment […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Swift Navigation, a tech firm developing GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) and precise positioning technology for automotive ADAS (advanced driver-assistance systems) and autonomy, industrial machine control, commercial transportation, mobile and emerging mass-market applications, has completed a $100 million financing round. The Series D Round was led by SK Inc. and Potentum Partners […]
SAN JOSE, CA & BENTONVILLE, AR – Roku is launching a new suite of smart home products exclusively for sale in Walmart, including security cameras, video doorbells, lighting, plugs, and more. This expansion of Roku’s product line provides a broad offering affordable smart home devices, available in nearly 3,500 Walmart stores. “As the #1 selling smart TV OS […]
Ticket marketplace StubHub says demand for NBA tickets is up 65% this year with every team seeing increased interest. Core players returning to New York and Los Angeles teams are driving huge demand and prove both cities are epicenters of the sport, while the Celtics and Warriors – fresh off their Finals matchup in June […]
Is Stephen Curry ordering dinner via Doordash?? The 2022 NBA Champion Golden State Warriors have announced multi-year partnership with DoorDash, the nation’s leading food delivery service. A key component of the partnership will allow fans attending games and events at Chase Center to order in-arena food and beverage items using the DoorDash mobile app. Additionally, […]