Microsoft announced this week that its Workplace Chat Software Teams will no longer be available on Internet Explorer as of November 30, and its 365 apps, including Office products, will no longer work on IE starting August 17, 2021. It’s an enormous decision that adds yet another nail in the …
Read More »EV developer Canoo to go public via reverse merger with ‘blank check’ company Hennessy Capital Acquisition
Acquisition of special purpose, as company “blank check”, Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. HCAC, -80% has jumped on the bandwagon of electric cars as it announced a reverse merger with EV maker Canoo Holdings Ltd. The deal will provide $ 600 million in gross revenue to Canoo, which will be used …
Read More »10 years ago, Elon Musk took Tesla publicly. These days he wants to take us to Mars
He gave interviews outside the Nasdaq Stock Exchange on the day of Tesla’s first public offering, June 29, 2010. We stood in front of a shiny new fire red Tesla Model S. At the time, it was the cutting edge of auto technology. He told me that the IPO would …
Read More »Facebook and NYU use artificial intelligence to make MRI scans four times faster
If you have ever had an MRI scan before, you will know how unsettling the experience can be. You are placed in a claustrophobia-inducing tube and asked to remain completely still for up to an hour, while invisible hardware, cripples and hugs around you look like a medical poltergeist. However, …
Read More »Big Ten players try to make conference ‘uncomfortable’ over decision to suspend football season
Randy Wade and other parents of Big Ten College football players want answers as to why the league postponed the fall football season so early. They go straight to the source. Wade, the father of Ohio State defensive back Shaun Wade, plans to visit Big Ten headquarters in Rosemont, Illinois …
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