The hiring is likely to boost safety issues in Waymo’s self-driving cars. Waymo, Alphabet Inc’s self-driving unit stated, it has hired Matthew Schwall. Schwall was Tesla’s main technical contact with U.S. safety investigators. Schwall now joins Waymo’s safety team led… Read More ›
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Alphabet names Dinesh Jain as CEO of Access, its internet service company
Alphabet’s Access is seeing a high turnover in human resources: Jain’s appointment as CEO is the third in less than two years. The unit has also laid employees since 2016. On Wednesday, Alphabet Inc named Dinesh Jain, a former chief… Read More ›
Ford Motor’s Chariot minibus service to expand to 6th U.S. city shortly
A traditional carmaker, Ford Motors is diversifying in the mobility services segment with changing consumer tastes of not wanting to own a vehicle. As per an executive from Ford Motors, the carmaker is set to launch its Chariot minibus services… Read More ›
U.S. tech giants report phenomenal jump in quarterly earnings
In a paradigm shift, businesses are increasingly shifting from owning data centres to cloud computing, which is creating the basis for a new bull run. The combined revenues of Alphabet, Amazon and Microsoft have totaled to more than $100 billion… Read More ›
Google to acquire a stake in HTC for $1.1 billion
The deal deepens Google’s investments in its Pixel line up. On Thursday, in a joint statement, Alphabet Inc’s Google and HTC, have said, the former will acquire a stake in HTC’s smartphone operations for $1.1 billion. As part of the… Read More ›
FCA joins BMW, MobileEye and Intel led alliance for self-driving vehicle technology
Joining the alliance is a strategic move since it will give FCA a leg up in sharing the enormous cost burden of autonomous self-driving vehicle technology. Fiat Chrysler has become the latest carmaker to join the self-driving alliance led by… Read More ›
Symantec exploring sale of its web certification business: Sources
Symantec is exploring to divest its web certification business which generates $400 million in annual turnover. According to sources familiar with the matter at hand, U.S. cybersecurity company Symantec Corp is considering to sell its website certification business in a… Read More ›
Glitches causes prices of stocks to appear off on some websites
The prices of these stock on Nasdaq’s website weren’t however affected. In a major glitch stemming from the market data that is largely run on automated markets, the prices of several big names on the Nasdaq listed stock exchange appeared… Read More ›
Apple testing smart cars on Lexus RX450h SUVs
With weakening sales of its flagship smartphone, self-driving car technology could potentially lift the company’s future. Apple is said to have leased a small fleet of cars from Hertz Global Holdings Inc, a rental company, to test advances in its… Read More ›
Uber fires its self-driving tech chief – Anthony Levandowski
In a strategic legal move, by firing Anthony Levandowski from Uber Technologies, the company is aiming to protect itself from Waymo’s lawsuit which revolves arounds Levandowski illegally downloading 14,000 documents, Waymo’s trade secrets, before he left his job at Waymo…. Read More ›