Seagate with Nvidia and HP Enterprise are developing AI manufacturing platform

Seagate with Nvidia and HP Enterprise are developing AI manufacturing platform

Seagate announces partnership with HP Enterprise (HPE) and Nvidia to Develop Project Athena’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) production platform to reduce Hard Drive (HDD) costs by 20% and Production Processes by 10%. Jeffrey Nygaard, executive vice president and general manager of...
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BMW lowered profit estimate, shares tumbled

BMW lowered profit estimate, shares tumbled

BMW stock exchanges on European stock exchanges fell by almost 5% to around 72 euros after BMW management pointed to a decline in profits, announcing a € 12 billion savings plan to compensate for any damage caused by trade wars...
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FAA and Boeing 737 MAX Certification Story

FAA and Boeing 737 MAX Certification Story

The Seattle Times: Managers of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have put pressure on their engineers to delegate broad responsibility for Boeing 737 MAX safety assessment to Boeing itself. Security engineers who are familiar with the documents have po...
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IBM ramps up (pseudo)crypto cross-border payments

IBM ramps up (pseudo)crypto cross-border payments

The cryptocurrency-based cross-border payments competition is cranking up. IBM Corp. said today its Blockchain World Wire initiative, a global payments network for regulated financial institutions, has entered production and will support instantaneous foreign...
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Oil major Shell wants to be the world’s largest electricity provider by 2035

Oil major Shell wants to be the world’s largest electricity provider by 2035

Widely nown as Shell, Royal Dutch Shell is one of the biggest oil and gas company in the world. The plans of the British-Dutch giant for the coming years have surprisingly deviated from the current course. “The amount of clean...
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‘Jackscrew’ found at crash site confirms Ethiopian Boeing 737 Max was set to dive

‘Jackscrew’ found at crash site confirms Ethiopian Boeing 737 Max was set to dive

A screw-like device found in the wreckage of the Boeing Co. 737 Max 8 has provided investigators with an early clue into what happened: The so-called jackscrew, used to set the trim that raises and lowers the plane’s nose, indicates...
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US markets: New-home sales fell 6.9% in January

US markets: New-home sales fell 6.9% in January

Sales of new homes in the U.S. tanked 6.9 % in January, a probable sign that buyers paused during the government shutdown. The Commerce Department said that new homes sold at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 607,000 in January,...
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Large-size panel global output to grow 12% in 2019

Large-size panel global output to grow 12% in 2019

The availability of new LCD and OLED fabs and capacity ramps at existing lines are likely to result in an annual growth about 12% in large-size panels sector in 2019, according to industry sources. A total of four fabs dedicated...
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Trump orders grounding of all Boeing 737 MAX planes

Trump orders grounding of all Boeing 737 MAX planes

President Donald Trump said the U.S. is grounding flights by Boeing Co.’s 737 MAX aircraft “effective immediately” following the model’s second crash in five months on Sunday. “Planes that are in the air will be grounded…upon landing at t...
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Verizon will switch on mobile 5G in Chicago and Minneapolis April 11th

Verizon will switch on mobile 5G in Chicago and Minneapolis April 11th

Verizon’s 5G network is en route. After weeks of vague statements, the telecommunication giant has finally announced that its 5G network will launch on April 11th in Chicago and Minneapolis, making it the first publicly available 5G network on the...
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Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, China grounded the Boeing 737MAX. The Cannibal Isles and Czech SmartWings continue flying

Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, China grounded the Boeing 737MAX. The Cannibal Isles and Czech SmartWings continue flying

In connection with the second tragic accident of the all-new Boeing 737MAX just after the start, more and more airlines and countries are issuing regulations to ground this new Boeing model. Boeing has announced that it will “release a software...
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Boeing in pre-market 10% down, hundreds 737s grounded and 777X ceremony canceled

Boeing in pre-market 10% down, hundreds 737s grounded and 777X ceremony canceled

Boeing shares Fall 10% at pre-market as hundreds of 737s grounded, following 2nd deadly crash of new model B-737MAX. Boeing also cancels 777X launch event after Ethiopian Airlines’ MAX 8 crash. Boeing ADRs traded on Germany’s Tradegate exchange slumpe...
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The EC wants a fine of 1 billion euros for BMW, Daimler and Volkswagen

The EC wants a fine of 1 billion euros for BMW, Daimler and Volkswagen

The European Commission (EC) intends to impose a fine of 1 billion euros on BMW, Daimler (Mercedes-Benz) and Volkswagen for their alleged collusion where the illegal agreement was to reduce the efficiency of the exhaust filter system gases. German Der...
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From 2021, US citizens will need a visa to visit the EU and the EU has a good reason

From 2021, US citizens will need a visa to visit the EU and the EU has a good reason

The EU announced on Friday that US citizens would need a new type of visa – the European Travel Information and Authorization System (ETIAS) to visit European countries that are participants in the so-called Schengen Agreement. The so-called “Schen...
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Carneval in Rio de Janeiro: União da Ilha and Portela

Carneval in Rio de Janeiro: União da Ilha and Portela

Photos from Carneval: Grupo Especial in Rio: União da Ilha and Portela Samba school União da Ilha First flag-bearer duo at União da Ilha: Philipe Lemos and Dandara Ventapane Dandara Ventapane has been a flag-bearer at União da Ilha since 2013   &nb...
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