Amazon‘s cloud computing arm is looking to make it easier for customers to use blockchain with a new partnership announced Tuesday. The cloud computing giant will team with a new start-up launching Tuesday called Kaleido, which was born out of leading blockchain incubator known as Consensys. The company is aiming to give AWS customers an […]
Read moreStrong demand and a slim supply of affordable, existing homes for sale has the nation’s homebuilders feeling better about their business. A monthly index of builder sentiment rose two points in May, one point higher than analysts expected. The National Association of Home Builders sentiment index now stands at 70. Anything above 50 is considered […]
Read moreMark Zuckerberg likely won’t testify before Parliament, according to UK officials. Members of Parliament had previously said they would summon the Facebook CEO to testify on the Cambridge Analytica data leak the next time he arrived in the country — but Facebook officials have now responded that Zuckerberg has no plans to do so. “It […]
Read moreIntel said on Tuesday it had submitted plans to expand its production operations in Israel, with the government saying the U.S. chipmaker would invest about $5 billion. Intel is one of the biggest employers and exporters in Israel, where many of its new technologies are developed. The new investment will upgrade its Kiryat Gat manufacturing […]
Read moreTurkey’s economy is overheating and if the government doesn’t act then the country is in trouble, according to several analysts. “The government has no intention of tackling imbalances or overheating,” Marcus Chevenix, global political research analyst at TS Lombard, said in a research note this week. “It is this unwillingness to act that leads us […]
Read moreTesla may be on the verge of a pretty big leap in Model 3 production this week, reported electric car blog Electrek, citing a leaked email from CEO Elon Musk to employees. The email said it is “quite likely” Tesla will make more than 500 Model 3 cars per day this week, which would be […]
Read moreGaming stocks jumped after the Supreme Court’s ruling on sports gambling but Wall Street found only a couple of betting companies are going to see a notable boost. Regionally-focused Boyd Gaming and Penn National “are likely the biggest beneficiaries in our coverage given their smaller market caps and exposure to numerous states,” Morgan Stanley analysts […]
Read moreA jolt of electricity is delivered to a body with bolts attaching its head to its neck. It’s a scene straight out of a horror movie, but it is eerily close to Italian neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero and Chinese surgeon Xiaoping Ren’s plan to transplant a human head — down to the neck bolts and electricity. […]
Read moreSamsung is in talks with several smartphone makers including China’s ZTE to supply mobile processor chips, a senior executive said, a move that will bring it in more direct competition with larger rival Qualcomm. The South Korean tech giant generates the bulk of its profit from its bread and butter memory chips and has been […]
Read moreIn seeking regulatory approval for a new smoking device called iQOS, Philip Morris International is claiming the electronic gadget is less likely to cause disease than traditional cigarettes. But the iQOS holds another, less obvious advantage over regular smokes: the ability to harvest personal data about users’ smoking habits. The tobacco giant is already building […]
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