Credit: OneWeb Satellites The satellite operator OneWeb, partly owned by the British government, announced Friday that it had raised $ 400 million in new money, mostly from Japan’s SoftBank. In addition to SoftBank, OneWeb will receive funds from the US satellite operator Hughes Network Systems, he said in a statement. Hughes Network Systems said in […]

The 2021 edition of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the best-known annual trade fair for consumer electronics and startups, kicked off on Monday, after a year marked by the explosion of technologies in the daily life of the made of the pandemic and containment measures. ” If we believed in conspiracy theories, we could imagine […]

The pandemic has worsened the isolation of the elderly, reviving interest in companion robots, but manufacturers are trying to moderate the expectations of their audiences in search of humanoids with ever more interactive animated wheels and soft toys. ” The pandemic has been an accelerator for us, it is almost our raison d’être today! “, […]

Intel announced on Wednesday the departure of its CEO, Bob Swan, just two weeks after the capital activist Dan Loeb, who is calling for a split from the maker of technological chips. Mr. Swan, 60, promoted to CEO in January 2019, will hand over the reins on February 15 to Pat Gelsinger, boss of the […]

Just under 10 million downloads at the time of this writing. A figure which for the French market alone would be a success for many applications but when we talk about TousAntiCovid it is necessarily disappointing when we see what is at stake. There are two ways of looking at the subject. The first is […]

Twitter founder and boss Jack Dorsey believes the decision to ban Donald Trump from the platform was “the right one” but nonetheless a “failure” and ” sets a precedent “ which seems “dangerous” to him in relation to the power held by large companies. “I don’t feel any pride that we had to ban @realDonaldTrump”, […]

Investment in young technology companies in Europe reached a new record in 2020 despite the pandemic, in a market still dominated by London, a study by the promotion body of the British capital revealed Thursday. In total, tech start-ups raised $ 43.1 billion last year, a quarter of which in the British capital, according to […]

Airbnb has canceled all reservations planned in Washington next week, an unprecedented measure that shows the concern of large digital platforms, determined not to facilitate possible excesses and violence during the inauguration of future US President Joe Biden. ” Airbnb will cancel reservations in Washington and its suburbs during nomination week ”, said the specialist […]

The Covid-19 pandemic has turned everyday life upside down and forced companies to review their ambitions. In transport, it has slowed the advance of carpooling and carsharing, pushing car manufacturers to rethink their strategy. This shift is benefiting the electric car, which is currently on display at the annual Las Vegas Tech Show (CES) devoted […]

After a trying year 2020 at all levels, the time has come to take stock. If Brazil is one of the countries most affected in the world by the Covid-19 pandemic, its technological ecosystem has, however, done better than resist. Xavier Leclerc, our correspondent based in Rio de Janeiro, gives us key figures to better […]