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TomTom | July 08, 2020

TomTom (TOM2), the location technology specialist, today announced an extension of its global deal to provide maps and traffic data to Michelin Travel Partner. TomTom will continue to power ViaMichelin, Michelin Travel Partner’s world-renowned digital travel service, and several of the brand’s printed products, including travel guides. ViaMichelin is a mobile app and web-based platform which provides online mapping, navigation, road traffic services and tourist information. TomTom&rs...

Nytimes | May 28, 2020

Tesla confirmed Thursday that CEO Elon Musk will get the first tranche worth nearly $770 million of a stock-based compensation package triggered by the company meeting several financial metrics. The electric car and solar panel maker’s board certified that Musk earned the big payout, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The filing says Musk can buy 1.69 million shares of Tesla stock for $350.02 each, but it wasn’t clear whether he had exercised the ...

MX | August 18, 2020

Economists have long predicted monumental economic change due to modern technological innovation. For instance, John Maynard Keynes wrote in 1930 that modern innovations would result in a 15-hour work week within two generations. And Juanita Kreps, economist and commerce secretary under Jimmy Carter, predicted in 1970 that the rise of computers would enable people to retire at the age of 38. When it comes to banking, predictions have similarly been overblown. For example, in the early 1970s expe...

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iMerit | October 27, 2022

iMerit, a leading AI data solutions company, announced the second annual iMerit ML DataOps Summit, in partnership with TechCrunch, a virtual event focused on the intersection of machine learning data operations and artificial intelligence. The iMerit ML DataOps Summit is a live virtual event taking place on November 8 in the United States and November 9 in Asia-Pacific. Register for free. More than 2,000 data scientists, engineers and machine learning professionals will gather to ...