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  • Nvidia sees growth in Q4 with record earnings 15 Feb 2020 23:25 ITP.net Nvidia has bounced back in revenue for it's fiscal quarter of 2020 (4FQ2020) where it earned $3.11 billion. That's 41% year on year growth as compared to 2019. Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, noted the financials as a result of emerging technologies …
  • Hamilton puts autonomous vehicles to the test 15 Feb 2020 22:35 Hamilton Spectator "We've been focusing on 'the no hands part' — the hype is disorienting," Bern Grush, co-founder and chief innovation officer at Harmonize Mobility, bluntly told the conference audience. "If all that stuff gets automated, we' …
  • Anti-coal group cancels protest over false automation claims 15 Feb 2020 14:42 Daily Mercury AN ANTI-COAL group has been forced to cancel a protest after false information was spread on social media about Adani’s Carmichael Mine site. Galilee Blockade had organised a protest in Brisbane on Monday after they claimed staff had told them Rockwell …
  • Trump quietly strengthens U.S. military's ability to wage precision-strike warfare 15 Feb 2020 12:13 Washington Times President Trump this week signed an executive order aimed at strengthening U.S. infrastructure against the disruption of critical services like GPS. Not mentioned by the White House in announcing the order is that the bolstering of precision, navigation …
  • 5G Services Market Research and Technological Advancement 2020-2025 15 Feb 2020 07:01 MarketWatch.com Feb 15, 2020 (Xherald via COMTEX) -- 5G Services market has been thoroughly scrutinized and then carefully demarcated by geographic locations which are based on major economic regions and their topographical regions. Growing competition and the changing …
  • For self-driving startups, revenue is elusive, but miles add up 15 Feb 2020 06:19 Economic Times By David Welch May Mobility Inc.’s boxy white-and-green self-driving shuttle pulls up to a damp corner in downtown Detroit. Its big doors swing out revealing a safety driver and six seats that face each other. It’s more comfortable than a subway car or …
  • AutoNation focuses on used cars as new cars are priced out of reach 15 Feb 2020 04:30 Quad City Business Journal AutoNation, the nation's largest automotive retailer, released sales figures for 2019 showing that used car sales increased significantly for the company while new car sales dipped. (Joe Cavaretta/Sun Sentinel/TNS) Joe Cavaretta/Sun …
  • Israeli LiDAR Startup Innoviz Partners With China's Shaanxi For Autonomous Trucks Briefs 15 Feb 2020 04:01 Shanghai News Innoviz Technologies, a leading Israel-based provider of solid-state LiDAR sensors and perception software, said Wednesday has partnered with China’s Shaanxi Heavy Duty Automobile Co. in Xian, China to deploy 600 autonomous trucks at one of the biggest …
  • Ontario Good Roads Conference Highlights The Latest In... 15 Feb 2020 00:59 SF Gate From climate change affecting our communities, infrastructure, autonomous vehicles, e-scooter demonstrations and Viking Biking, all will take over downtown Toronto in February. OAKVILLE, Ontario (PRWEB) February 14, 2020 Ontario Good Roads Association ( …
  • Realtimecampaign.Com Informs of What to Expect When Completing a Truck Driver Application 14 Feb 2020 23:36 MarketWatch.com Feb 14, 2020 (AB Digital via COMTEX) -- Hopeful truck drivers submit applications with trucking companies when searching for the next step in their career path. The drivers provide important details about themselves and their work experience. Knowing what …
  • Yandex claims 2 million self-driving car miles, double in 4 months 14 Feb 2020 22:34 VentureBeat Yandex claims that its autonomous cars have driven 2 million miles to date, double the figure it reported in October and 4 times the number announced in August. The Russian tech titan revealed the latest milestone in its Q4 2019 financials earlier today. …
  • Roboflow: Popular autonomous vehicle data set contains critical flaws 14 Feb 2020 22:33 VentureBeat A machine learning model’s performance is only as good as the quality of the data set on which it’s trained, and in the domain of self-driving vehicles, it’s critical this performance isn’t adversely impacted by errors. A troubling report from computer …
  • 3 Reasons NVDA Stock Will Beat the Coronavirus 14 Feb 2020 21:40 InvestorPlace Despite fears mounting from the coronavirus from China, some viable companies have dismissed the bearishness. One of those is semiconductor and technology firm Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA). After tumbling in the tail end of 2018, NVDA stock mounted a credible …
  • Tool finds software update bugs in hours, not days 14 Feb 2020 20:37 Federal Computer Week Tool finds software update bugs in hours, not days By Vandana Suresh, Stephanie Jones Feb 14, 2020 It’s a common frustration -- software updates intended to make our applications run faster inadvertently end up doing just the opposite. These bugs, called …
  • One-Tank Trips: Gear up to race out to Toronto, Detroit auto shows 14 Feb 2020 20:08 National Post It’s show time as that new car smell permeates auto shows in Toronto and Detroit. For big kids and auto aficionados, there’s the “world’s most-exclusive and expensive Bugatti,” La voiture noire. It makes its debut at the Canadian International AutoShow on …
  • Self-driving car dataset missing labels for pedestrians, cyclists 14 Feb 2020 19:53 Sophos A popular self-driving car dataset for training machine-learning systems – one that’s used by thousands of students to build an open-source self-driving car – contains critical errors and omissions, including missing labels for hundreds of images of …
  • Amid Coronavirus Outbreak, Chinese Internet Firms Could Benefit - Morningstar 14 Feb 2020 19:49 Beijing News We think the main long-term beneficiaries of the coronavirus outbreak are Chinese Internet companies with online products and services that are not yet well penetrated, as they could see an increase in users. This includes companies offering online …
  • Intel’s Jim Brinker: Edge-Level AI Will Support ‘Smart City’, 5G Efforts 14 Feb 2020 19:30 ExecutiveBiz Jim Brinker Jim Brinker, president and general manager of Intel’s federal arm and a 2020 Wash100 winner, has said that edge-level data processing will help drive artificial intelligence implementation for the development of smart cities. Brinker said in a …
  • ‘Disgruntled’ former Waymo self-driving car operator arrested for causing car crash 14 Feb 2020 18:17 The Verge A former Waymo contractor was arrested after allegedly forcing one of the company’s self-driving cars to crash in Tempe last month, according to AZ Central. Police say 31-year-old Raymond Tang drove his Mazda recklessly around the Waymo vehicle, eventually …
  • Beleaguered Biden turns to must-win South Carolina 14 Feb 2020 16:57 The Hill South Carolina had long been viewed as former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenYang: NYC should implement universal basic income Majority of voters say Hunter Biden's job at Burisma was 'inappropriate': poll Impeachment demonstrates dire need …
  • Finland 'sceptical' of US plans to buy out Nokia 14 Feb 2020 16:42 Times Finland's communications minister has denounced the idea of the US buying a controlling stake in Nokia and Ericsson to counter Chinese giant Huawei's dominance of the 5G telecoms market. Last week US Attorney General Bill Barr said the US should …
  • It's 2020, Where Are All Of These Self Driving Cars We Were Promised? 14 Feb 2020 15:56 AutoSpies When it comes to self-driving cars, the future was supposed to be now. In 2020, you’ll be a “permanent backseat driver,” the Guardian predicted in 2015. “10 million self-driving cars will be on the road by 2020,” blared a Business Insider headline from …
  • Yandex races ahead with driverless car plans 14 Feb 2020 15:48 Reuters MOSCOW, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Internet company Yandex, which reported lower growth in fourth-quarter profit on Friday, is poised to test its driverless cars outside Russia this year. Yandex has invested 2.2 billion roubles ($34.66 million) in driverless cars …
  • With all the online ordering, will we soon need delivery robots? 14 Feb 2020 15:19 AroundtheO The continued maturation of the e-commerce market is fueling significant growth in warehousing, changing the nature of brick-and-mortar retail and creating a surge in parcel volumes, which means deliveries are up. Way up. In New York City, for instance, 1. …
  • Intel: Mobileye Pays Off 14 Feb 2020 15:18 Seeking Alpha Since being acquired by Intel (INTC), Mobileye has grown into the leading provider of advanced driver assistance systems for the automotive industry. Mobileye has continued to go its own way under the leadership of its CEO Amnon Shashua, and that has meant …
  • NVIDIA (NVDA) Q4 Earnings & Revenues Beat Estimates, Up Y/Y 14 Feb 2020 14:23 Investing.com NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) reported fourth-quarter fiscal 2020 non-GAAP earnings of $1.89 per share that beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 13.9% and increased a whopping 136% year over year. The bottom line also grew 6% sequentially. Revenues of $3.11 billion …
  • Nvidia shares surge on signs of machine learning boom 14 Feb 2020 13:48 Investing.com (Reuters) - Shares of Nvidia Corp (O:NVDA) rose 6% on Friday after the chipmaker stunned analysts with strong quarterly results and joined rivals Intel Corp (O:INTC) and Advanced Micro Devices Inc (O:AMD) in predicting strong demand for chips used in the …
  • A growing presence on the farm: Robots 14 Feb 2020 13:21 Indian Express A photo provided by the University of Illinois shows a TerraSentia robot in a research field in Farmer City, Ill. The robot is designed to generate the most detailed portrait possible of a field, from the size and health of the plants, to the number and …
  • How Yandex.Taxi is using automation to detect drowsy and dangerous drivers 14 Feb 2020 13:12 VentureBeat In its two decades in business, Yandex has been called the Russian Google, Amazon, and Spotify, mostly due to the Moscow-based tech giant’s expansive reach into every nook — including online search, music streaming, email, maps and navigation, video, and …
  • Sirens and app alerts: How GR warns of emergency vehicles 14 Feb 2020 11:13 WOOD GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — So you think battling big flames is a firefighter’s biggest concern? No: It’s the highway. “Believe it or not, operating on US-131 almost makes us more nervous than operating in a house fire, mainly to do with distracted …
  • Nvidia reports record data centre revenue - up 42 per cent 14 Feb 2020 10:17 HEXUS.net Nvidia has published its latest set of financials. These results cover the fourth quarter of the 2020 fiscal year and they have been warmly welcomed by investors, with Nvidia's share price up by over six per cent in afterhours trading. The headlining …
  • Forth Road Bridge must be for cars in emergencies only - Alastair Dalton 14 Feb 2020 09:08 Scotsman The Forth Road Bridge could be used as a diversion route during future closures of the Queensferry Crossing but that could increase calls for it to take the pressure off its replacement. Much of Scotland depends on bridges to get about, but those over the …
  • Meet The Manufacturer Top 100 2019 Exemplars – 6: Ayesha Lumsden 14 Feb 2020 08:58 The Manufacturer.com The Manufacturer Top 100 is a project that showcases the most dynamic leaders, young pioneers and unsung heroes working in UK manufacturing, all of which have been nominated by their peers. Among the Top 100, however, our judging panel chose 20 individuals …
  • US charges Huawei with racketeering, adding pressure on China 14 Feb 2020 08:57 BD News 24 In a federal indictment unsealed Thursday in the Eastern District of New York, the Department of Justice accused Huawei and its affiliates of a “pattern of racketeering activity” and said the companies had worked to steal trade secrets from six US firms. …
  • First license plate issued for driverless vehicle trial 14 Feb 2020 07:18 Taipei News The government has issued the first vehicle license plate to be used in autonomous vehicle trials since it began to enforce the Act for Uncrewed Vehicle Technology Innovations and Experiments (ç„¡äººè¼‰å…·ç§‘æŠ€å‰µæ–°å¯¦é©—æ¢ ä¾‹) in October last year, …
  • Viewpoint: The Role of Driver-Assistance Technology in Accident Reconstruction 14 Feb 2020 06:51 ClaimsJournal.com Self-driving cars aren’t here yet, but Advanced Driver Assist Systems (ADAS) are widespread. These systems can independently warn drivers of potential risks, steer, brake and accelerate. f can already see the influence of ADAS in the crash data downloaded …
  • Transportation Expo recap: Here’s what you can expect for the future of getting around Washington County 14 Feb 2020 06:04 St. George Utah ST. GEORGE — From showcasing the potential of autonomous vehicles to highlighting proposed improvements to state Route 9 and expanding SunTran bus service into Washington City, the 2020 Dixie Transportation Expo highlighted what the public can expect …
  • From Process Automation To Autonomous Process 14 Feb 2020 05:31 Forbes Process automation Getty While automation is definitely part of the goals of artificial intelligence, and in particular automating things that require human cognitive capabilities, simply automating things doesn't make them intelligent.  Have a good …
  • Spring Arts & Entertainment Guide 2020 14 Feb 2020 04:37 Washington City Paper Illustration by Maia Wyler ANNA OF THE NORTH You can thank Anna of the North later, after she brings D.C. a performance of her quintessential breakup and comeback album. Despite songs titled “Time To Get Over It” and “Leaning On Myself,” her sophomore …
  • NIPPON Passport Secures 200 Million JPY in Pre-Series A Funding 14 Feb 2020 03:53 Odessa American TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb 13, 2020-- NIPPON Passport Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Tokyo, Japan, CEO: Nao Hashiguchi) announced that it has closed 200 million JPY in a pre-series A funding. The funding was led by private investors and business companies …
  • NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang on Q4 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript 14 Feb 2020 03:03 Seeking Alpha NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) Q4 2020 Earnings Conference Call February 13, 2020 5:30 PM ET Company Participants Simona Jankowski - Vice President of Investor Relations Jensen Huang - President & Chief Executive Officer Colette Kress - Executive …
  • Global HD Map Market Outlook 2020: Demand, Types, Top Trends, Features, Size and Share, Growth Analysis, Comprehensive Study & Regional Outlook 2024 14 Feb 2020 02:58 MarketWatch.com Feb 13, 2020 (Daily Market Journal via Comtex) -- This Global HD Map Market Report by Orbis Research, covers key manufactures, industry chain analysis, competitive insights, and macroeconomic analysis. The forecast information, SWOT analysis, and …
  • Postal Service OIG report takes a long look at impact of same-day delivery and next-day, too 14 Feb 2020 02:25 Modern Materials Handling Even though e-commerce continues to gain more and more traction by the day, consumers ordering items online and wanting (or expecting?) same-day delivery of these online orders are not in the majority, with the exception of millenials, of course. That was …
  • Nvidia sees Q4 2019 revenues jump 41% to $3.11 billion 14 Feb 2020 02:25 VentureBeat A broad recovery in datacenter sales helped Nvidia beat expectations for earnings for the fourth-fiscal quarter ended January 26. Nvidia reported non-GAAP net income per share of $1.86 on revenues of $3.11 billion, compared with net income per share of 80 …
  • Nvidia shocks Wall Street with surging data-center sales 14 Feb 2020 02:21 MarketWatch Nvidia Corp. saw a huge turnaround at the end of a rough year, powered in large part by a surge in sales of its graphics processors into the data-center market. Nvidia NVDA, -0.65%  reported record quarterly data-center sales of $968 million Thursday, an …
  • Nvidia caps off solid year with record data center revenue 14 Feb 2020 02:11 SiliconANGLE Nvidia Corp. today posted fourth-quarter financial results that easily beat Wall Street’s expectations, though it was forced to lower its guidance for the next quarter thanks to uncertainties over the coronavirus. Despite that lower forecast, investors …
  • Draft of bipartisan driverless car bill offered by House panel 14 Feb 2020 01:16 Tucson.com An Optimus Ride employee sits in the driver seat as he monitors the company's six-seater shuttle bus as it drives through the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York during an August 2019 demonstration. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/TNS) Drew Angerer/ …
  • Nvidia caps off a solid year with record-breaking data center revenue 14 Feb 2020 00:17 SiliconANGLE Nvidia Corp. posted fourth quarter financial results that easily beat Wall Street’s expectations, though it was forced to lower its guidance for the next quarter due to uncertainties over the coronavirus. The maker of chips for computer graphics and …
  • U.S. Charges Huawei With Racketeering, Adding Pressure on China 13 Feb 2020 23:56 International Herald Tribune WASHINGTON — The U.S. government has charged Huawei and two of its subsidiaries with federal racketeering and conspiracy to steal trade secrets from American companies, a significant escalation in the Trump administration’s legal fight with the Chinese …
  • Meet the material of the future that's 200 times stronger than steel 13 Feb 2020 23:21 euronews Graphene has been dubbed the material of the future for its unbelievable strength and the myriad of potential applications it offers and European researchers have just released the first-ever manual on how to produce it. The manual was released by the …