Author: pekandesigns

 The electric vehicle tax credit won’t die without a stirring defence – major automakers are moving their considerable lobbying might behind defend the credit, according to Automotive News, in the face of its proposed elimination in the new tax plan laid out by Republicans last week. Carmakers have obviously spent a lot of money, time […]

 Music artist Kehlani is getting into the tech business and she’s tapped Arlan Hamilton’s Backstage Capital for funding. Backstage Capital, the venture capital firm focused on funding people of color, has invested $50,000 in Kehlani’s stealth startup, Flora. The idea with Flora is to focus on health and wellness for the artist’s target audience of […]

 Though the world could probably use a few more machine learning experts, there are a lot of non-programming specialists whose expertise could directly benefit ML models. That’s the thinking behind the startup Pienso, an MIT spinoff which its founders hope can make the process of training machine learning models more accessible to non-technical people and […]

 Alexander Nix, the CEO of Cambridge Analytica (CA) plans to publish a book on his firm’s approach to online campaigning, and it’s role in the US election. In an exclusive interview with TechCrunch he says the book will “talk about our methodology and our approach to communications” in technical terms, and go into how the […]

 Mike Butcher (MB): You think that digital advertising agencies have ‘got it coming’, such as the WPPs of this world. What do you mean by that? Alexander Nix (Nix): Actually probably not digital advertising agencies because they’re more progressive. I’m really looking it at the old school traditional creative-led agencies. [For example] within WPP obviously… […]

 Apple’s return to growth in the saturated China smartphone market was echoed by a report from IDC, out this morning, which attributes the rise in Apple’s market share to the strong sales of the new iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus. Apple’s rebound indicates there’s still pent-up demand for iPhones in China, the report also noted. […]

 Intel is working with AMD to produce a chip for notebook computers that pairs an Intel CPU with an AMD graphics processor, with a small, lightweight design that can nonetheless handle heavy graphics requirements for top-tier video games. This team-up may seem like kind of a no-brainer, but AMD and Intel actually haven’t collaborated since […]

 Ink, a Nebraska-based startup focused on revamping on-campus printing, has raised $7M from VTF Capital, SQN Venture Partners, Invest Nebraska and NE Angeles. This brings total funding to $15M, with previous participation from advisors Tony Hsieh of Zappos and Greg Silverman of Warner Brothers. If you’re a college student or recent graduate, you already understand exactly […]

 Kobalt, the music tech startup that has built a platform for rights holders to track incremental and full plays of music across a wide sea of platforms (in order to collect royalties on those plays), is announcing another big step in its bid to put its money where its mouth is. The company’s fully owned […]

 Following rumors over the weekend, chipmaker Broadcom has today confirmed it has approached wireless chipmaker Qualcomm with an acquisition offer that values the company at $130BN (including $25BN of net debt).  Read More Source: New feed