Roku Inc is a consumer electronics company that manufactures digital media players for video broadcasting, amongst a variety of streaming services. The company was founded in 2002 with its headquarters in California, USA. Netflix is reportedly an early investor in the company. According to Roku’s report to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, they…
Incognito Blog: Terms of Use
Incognito Blog published its 300th content today, after 8 months, and we are using this opportunity to retrospect our terms of use and educate our readers on the importance of agreements. Terms of service also referred to as Terms of use and Terms and conditions, are agreements between a service provider (incognito blog) and the…
China: Baidu Finally Rolls Out AI Chatbot
Baidu is a multinational technology company that offers cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and internet services including products like a search engine, amongst others. The holding company is incorporated in the Cayman Islands with their headquarters in Beijing China. Baidu is reportedly one of the largest internet companies in the world. As announced by The Verge,…
Google at 25
Founded as a research project by Computer Scientists Larry Page and Sergey Brin on September 4 1998 during their PhD in Computer Science, Google is one of the largest technology companies in the world. They specialize in search, online advertising, artificial intelligence, cloud storage, video sharing (YouTube), self-driving cars and smart home technology. Google has reported a…
Microsoft: WordPad Removed from OS
WordPad is a free computer program used for writing and editing text on Microsoft’s windows system. It has more formatting options than a Notepad, and less options than Microsoft Word. WordPad was initially released in 1995 and has been available on every version of the OS starting from Windows 95. According to Microsoft, WordPad is…
Hyundai & LG Energy Solution Partnership
Hyundai is an automotive manufacturer headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, and LG Energy Solution Limited is one of the largest battery producers in the world, a subsidiary of LG Chem Limited, a chemical company founded in 1947, in Seoul, South Korea. Both companies have announced a battery manufacturing plant and an electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing…
India: Mission to the Sun
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is India’s national space agency, founded in 1969 as the research and development division of the country’s Department of Space (DoS). The organisation is responsible for international space cooperation and space exploration missions. As reported by the BBC today, ISRO launched a spacecraft, Aditya-L1, to the Lagrange point 1 (the point…
UBS to Layoff 3,000
UBS Group AG is a financial services company that offers a variety of services that include investment banking, wealth management, private equity, private & corporate banking, asset management and mortgages, etc. UBS (formerly Union Bank of Switzerland) was founded in 1862 as the Bank in Winterthur, and today’s UBS was formed in 1998 through a…
United States: $15.5 Billion EV Investment
The United States of America, through its Department of Energy (DOE) has announced a $15.5 billion USD funding opportunity for auto manufacturers and organizations focused on electric vehicle (EV) production, vehicle assembly, as well as battery materials. The program aims to expand the country’s production of hybrid, hydrogen fuel cell, plug-in hybrid and plug-in electric…
Malwarebytes to Layoff 100+
Malwarebytes is a software that finds and removes malicious files and other threats from various operating systems including iOS and windows. Developed by Malwarebytes Inc, a private internet security company that was founded in 2008 with its headquarters in Illinois, USA. According to TechCrunch, the company will be laying off over 100 people within its…