Blender has partnered with Canonical to provide enterprise-grade support to Blender users. Blender is an open source 3D animation tool that has been used in the film, TV, tech and science community for years. As an open source platform, however,…
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IBM Introduces Project CodeNet to Aid AI Code Translation
IBM is using its 2021 Think Conference to tout its advances in artificial intelligence (AI), including Project CodeNet. One of the biggest challenges many companies face is translating existing codebases into another language. Artificial intelligence (AI) promises to help alleviate…
Ford, BMW and Honda’s Production Impacted by Semiconductor Crisis
Ford, BMW and Honda are all experiencing major production issues as a result of the global semiconductor shortage. The global pandemic sparked a semiconductor shortage as a result of production issues resulting from lockdowns. In addition, the move toward remote…
Discord Ends Buyout Talks With Microsoft, Will Go Public Instead
Discord has ended talks with Microsoft — over the latter attempting to buy the chat platform — and will focus on going public instead, according to reports. Discord got its start as a place for gamers to chat and communicate.…
Finding the best social media platform for your audience and business
Target your customers and increase your sales with social media marketing. You’ve probably seen the Ocean Spray guy by now — he’s skateboarding down the road while “Dreams” by Fleetwood Mac plays when suddenly he lifts into frame a large…
Qualcomm Finalizes Acquisition of NUVIA
Qualcomm has completed its acquisition of NUVIA, in a bid to challenge Apple’s custom silicon. Arm-based processors power the majority of smartphones and tablets, with Apple and Qualcomm both making their own line of chips. Unfortunately for Qualcomm, Apple’s custom…
Mark Cuban Says Mavericks Will Accept Dogecoin ‘Because We Can’
What began as a joke is increasingly becoming a serious cryptocurrency, as the Dallas Mavericks are the first to accept Dogecoin as payment via BitPay. Dogecoin was created by IBM software engineer Billy Markus and Adobe software engineer Jackson Palmer…
How the GameStop Stock Short Squeeze Cost Wall Street Billions
While most people invest on Wall Street to make money, a Reddit-based group known as Wall Street Bets had a different motive. They saw what wealthy hedge funds were doing to GameStop (GME) stock and decided they wanted to punish…
Pentagon May Cancel JEDI Contract With Microsoft
The Pentagon has warned it may be forced to cancel its $10 billion JEDI contract with Microsoft amid Amazon’s ongoing legal challenges. Microsoft stunned the industry when it won the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure contract, worth $10 billion. Amazon immediately…
Jack Ma Finally Resurfaces After Months Out of View
Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma has finally resurfaced, after being out of the public view for months. Ma’s absence sparked concern, largely because of his recent criticism of China’s regulatory system. There was swift backlash, with Chinese authorities blocking the IPO of Alibaba’s…