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Mozilla, Nvidia team up with $1.5 mil investment into voice data project

Popular web browsing developer Mozilla announced on Monday a $1.5 million investment into their voice recognition project called ‘Common Voice’ from U.S. chipmaker Nvidia. Both tech companies consider that over the next decade, speech is expected to become the primary way people interact with devices — from laptops and phones to digital assistants and retail […]

Microsoft buying speech recognition firm Nuance in $16B deal

Microsoft, on an accelerated growth push, is buying speech recognition company Nuance in a deal worth about $16 billion. The acquisition will get Microsoft deeper into hospitals and the health care industry through Nuance’s widely used medical dictation and transcription tools. Microsoft will pay $56 per share cash. That’s a 23% premium to Nuance’s Friday […]

Biden sees `win' for US in electric vehicle battery deal

Two big South Korean electric vehicle battery makers said Sunday they have settled a long-running trade dispute that will allow one company to move ahead with plans to manufacture batteries in Georgia. President Joe Biden called it “a win for American workers and the American auto industry.” The agreement between LG Energy Solution and SK […]

Fed's Powell: US nears full reopening to 'different economy'

The U.S. economy, boosted by quickening vaccinations and signs of rapid hiring, is headed toward a strong recovery, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Thursday. But he cautioned that not all will immediately benefit. “There are a number of factors that are coming together to support a brighter outlook for the U.S. economy,” Powell said […]

Virgin Media CEO to head joint venture between VM and O2 UK

Head of Virgin Media Lutz Schuler will head a merger between both VM and O2 UK, making it the UK’s largest mobile network operator, as it seeks regulatory approval by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for the $42.67 billion tie-up, both companies said on Wednesday.  Schuler’s appointment, who joined Virgin Media in 2018 as […]

Electric Chevy pickup to get estimated 400 miles per charge

An electric version of the Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck will get an estimated 400 miles of range per charge, General Motors says. The company announced the range in a webcast on Tuesday and said the truck would be built at a factory straddling the border of Detroit and the enclave of Hamtramck. It also announced […]

High court sides with Google in copyright fight with Oracle

Technology companies sighed with relief Monday after the Supreme Court sided with Google in a copyright dispute with Oracle. The high court said Google did nothing wrong in copying code to develop the Android operating system now used on most smartphones. To create Android, which was released in 2007, Google wrote millions of lines of […]

Japan's Hitachi acquires GlobalLogic for $9.6 billion

Hitachi Ltd. is buying U.S. digital engineering services company GlobalLogic Inc. for $9.6 billion, the Japanese industrial, electronic and construction conglomerate said Wednesday. Tokyo-based Hitachi said the acquisition of the Silicon Valley company will strengthen Hitachi’s digital operations in a wide range of businesses, including IT, energy, industry and mobility. It will speed up efforts […]