Monday, December 10, 2018
The Turing Test, which is considered one of the best ways to identify artificial intelligence (AI), requires that a human being is unable to distinguish a computer from another human being when asking both of them the same questions. It’s a great academic exercise, but not especially helpful in determining which company in the AI […]
If you ask some of the analysts on Wall Street what company is winning the race to build a successful autonomous vehicle, you will usually get an answer that focuses on a technology company. Names like Waymo, the autonomous vehicle division of Alphabet (Nasdaq: GOOG) or Wall Street darling Tesla (Nasdaq: TSLA). Yet to me, […]
Even as technology invades other areas of industry, there has been one notable laggard in adopting new technologies – the energy industry. Even the mining industry is using robots to automate many of the functions at mines, but autonomous robots are still a rarity in the oil and gas industry (more on that later). So […]
Just last week I told you about the new version of its watch by Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), which offers a bunch of health features, such as an EKG. The watch though is just the tip of the proverbial iceberg when it comes to how technology is changing medicine. One area that really has me excited […]
Last week, Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) unveiled a trio of new phones that followed in line with its corporate strategy. That is, get buyers to pay higher prices for the phones while hopefully gobbling up more services (such as entertainment) as growth in the global smartphone market slows to a crawl. The iPhone Xs (starting at […]
Video games have certainly come a long way from the table tennis-inspired game Pong that was introduced in 1972. Today, people are actually being paid a lot of money to play computer games. Welcome to the world of e-sports where millions of fans worldwide watch professional gamers in action. There are about 300 million people […]
Typically, when growth in the video game industry is discussed, it’s all about mobile gaming growth. After all, playing games on smartphones and tablets has been where most of the action has been in recent years, at least in terms of investing. While casual gamers may still be driving plenty of business in mobile gaming, […]
The great migration from dial-up and landlines to broadband and wireless was supposed to be a boon for companies like today’s feature. But amid declining subscribers, revenue, earnings, and cash, plus a sky-high debt-load, the dividend is dead and its future looks bleak.
Even though the mania has cooled a bit, the technology behind Bitcoin – blockchain – is still a very hot sector on Wall Street. And blockchain has come a long way from its very earliest days when it was a facilitator of drug deals using Bitcoin on the dark web. The market for blockchain-related products […]
The video gaming industry is extremely competitive, but can also be immensely profitable if a developer hits big on a certain game or franchise. Success stories in video games range from relatively simple mobile apps to massive projects with huge development costs. Much like a movie, production costs for video games are mostly upfront. A […]
