Kangaroos, road chaos challenge driverless technology
As companies race to develop the next autonomous breakthrough, the obstacles that are uncovered can help measure progress.
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Day of reckoning for rail commuters arrives in New York
NEW YORK (AP) — The day of reckoning has come for rail commuters into New York City.
Facebook’s Oculus cuts price of virtual reality set, matching rival
Oculus, the virtual reality company owned by Facebook Inc, is temporarily cutting the price of its hardware, as the industry tries to figure out why the technology for immersive games and stories has not taken off among consumers. Oculus is cutting the combined price of its Rift headset and Touch controllers to $399 for six weeks beginning on Monday, said Jason Rubin, Oculus vice president for content. Vive, a virtual reality set developed by HTC Corp, is listed for sale at $799 on its website, and it has not recently cut the price.
Jawbone's demise a case of 'death by overfunding' in Silicon Valley
Consumer electronics company Jawbone had more than enough money to take on Fitbit and other health-tracking devices in the "wearables" market. Top-tier venture capital firms Sequoia, Andreessen Horowitz, Khosla Ventures and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and then a sovereign wealth fund, invested hundreds of millions of dollars in Jawbone, lifting its valuation to $3.2 billion in 2014. Ultimately, all that money couldn't save San Francisco-based Jawbone, which began liquidating proceedings in June after its fitness-tracker product failed to take off.
Gold Prices Crack Finally
Gold prices finally cracked as it broke through the strong support region around 1220 and fell through and continues to trade weakly as of this writing. We have been talking about the weakness in the gold prices for long and we had also mentioned about how crucial the gold support around 1220 would be and … Continue reading Gold Prices Crack Finally
Trump throws cold water on forming ‘impenetrable Cyber Security unit’ with Russia hours after tweeting about the possibility
President Donald Trump suggested on Sunday that he will not pursue a joint cybersecurity...
GBP/USD Daily Fundamental Forecast – July 10, 2017
The GBPUSD pair weakened on Friday on the back of some weak manufacturing production data from the UK which missed the expectations and also a slightly stronger dollar which was brought about by a better than expected NFP data. This led to a quick correction in the pair and it has to be said that … Continue reading GBP/USD Daily Fundamental Forecast – July 10, 2017