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Kneron launches its new AI chip to challenge Google and others

Fresh off a $40 million Series A round, edge AI specialist Kneron today announced the launch of its newest custom chip, the Kneron KL 720 SoC.With funding from the likes of Alibaba, Sequoia, Horizons

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Protests at PM-General's DC home over Trump support and mail-in voting

Full-blown protest on a Saturday morning outside Trump donor/Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's DC condo. /Social Media Protesters gathered outside of US Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's home in

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Facebook joins attack on Apple over App Store commission

/VCG Facebook on Friday joined the attack on Apple's operation of its App Store after the iPhone maker refused to forgo its commission on live online events hosted on the social network that a

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Do you like Joe Biden's V.P. pick?

01:24 Joe Biden, the U.S. Democratic presidential candidate for 2020, picked Senator Kamala Harris of California as his vice-presidential running mate on Tuesday.Harris is the first Bl

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Israel's PM calls to avoid new elections

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Monday to do "every effort" to avoid a new round of elections amidst a looming coalition crisis. "We should make every

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Ambassador Andrei Kelin: UK-Russia relations 'very difficult'

19:39 In an exclusive interview with The Agenda with Stephen Cole, Russia's Ambassador to the UK Andrei Kelin gives insight into his, and Russia's, view of geopolitics in 2020.He outli

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Robinhood’s Q2 soars

Robinhood’s huge, two-part Series F round came partially in Q2 and partially in Q3. The app-based trading platform announced the first $280 million in early May, valuing the company at around $8

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Go public now while software valuations make no sense

Software valuations are bonkers, which means it’s a great time to go public. Asana, Monday.com, Wrike and every other gosh darn software company that is putting it off, pay attention. Heck, even

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Tokyo's Paralympic competition schedule will remain the same for 2021

The Tokyo 2020 Paralympic schedule remains essentially unchanged for the event that has been postponed until next year, organizers said on Monday.Tokyo organizers made a similar announcement sever

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Interview: China sets clear course for economic recovery in wake of pandemic, says expert

Chinese President Xi Jinping has outlined a clear course for China's economic recovery in the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic, a Cuban expert on China said Tues

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Italy's opposition leader hits at govt on its handling of COVID-19

Italy's opposition leader Matteo Salvini. /Reuters Italy's opposition leader Matteo Salvini lashed out at the government after more than 100 migrants tested positive for the coronavirus at a c

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Tech giants' top executives grilled by lawmakers in antitrust hearing

Top executives of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google on Wednesday testified virtually before the U.S. House Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law Subcommittee, which hit them with tough qu

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New NASA research projects probe COVID-19 impacts

NASA has initiated new research projects focused on how the human response to COVID-19 has affected the environment, like how air quality has improved in the wake of r

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Nielsen is revamping the way it measures digital audiences

Audience measurement company Nielsen announced today that that it plans to change the methodology behind its digital products, including Digital Content Ratings, Total Content Ratings, Digital in TV

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eBay reportedly getting close to selling its classified-ads unit to Adevinta

eBay is reportedly getting close to a deal to sell its classified-ads business to Adevinta, a Norwegian company that runs online marketplaces across Europe and Latin America. According to a Wall Stree

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Apple says it’s ‘committed’ to supporting Thunderbolt on new Macs after Intel details latest version

Earlier today, Intel offered some key insight into Thunderbolt 4, following an initial unveil at CES back in January. The latest version of the connection standard isn’t actually faster than its prede

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England scraps quarantine for select 'low risk' countries, regions

00:53 Britain has unveiled a list of more than 50 countries and regions around the globe that are deemed "low risk" and could be exempt from the 14-day travel quarantine upon arriving