Sentences with phrase «as tech companies take»

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Chinese tech giants are now outright acquiring or taking majority shares in overseas companies, such as Ctrip's (China's leading online travel agency and number two market leader in the world, second only to Priceline) acquisition of the UK's leading travel search site Skyscanner, Tencent's 93 % investment in U.S. - based gaming company Riot Games and 84 % investment in Finland - based gaming company Supercell, and Alibaba's 83 % stake in Southeast Asia's online shopping site Lazada.

Amazon and its dominance in e-commerce have come under heightened scrutiny in recent weeks, as President Donald Trump continues to take on the tech company and its billionaire CEO and Washington Post-owner Jeff Bezos.

Among them are tech companies such as Waymo, which took over Google's self - driving project last year, as well as traditional automakers such as Toyota and BMW.

In fact, one of the judges of her competition happened to own a tech company who took Winner on as her mentor, employing her after she was released from prison.

Rather than poach a leading researcher and their students, as many tech companies do, Element AI has taken a «visiting researcher» approach, allowing university researchers to work at the company and even publish their research as long as it does not include proprietary information from clients.

You don't invest in tech companies in general -; should we take that as a sign of a start - up bubble?

The online protests highlighted how the biggest tech companies, such as Facebook and Google, have taken a back seat in the debate.

But the online protests also highlighted how the biggest tech companies, such as Facebook and Google, have taken a back seat in the debate about protecting net neutrality, rules that prohibit internet service providers such as AT&T and Comcast from blocking or slowing sites or for charging people or companies for faster speeds of particular sites.

A shareholder vote on Michael Dell's proposal to take the tech company private could be delayed if the deal is seen as being voted down, according to sources.

H - 1B visas allow companies to temporarily employ foreign workers in specialized occupations, which was a practice that was of particular use to tech companies as the digital boom began to take off.

«If the U.S. does take protectionist measures, then other countries are likely to take justifiable retaliatory actions against U.S. companies that have an advantage... in fields such as finance and high - tech, leading to a tit - for - tat trade war that benefits no one,» it said.

About 30 % of «Black Friday» visits to stores actually took place before midnight on Thursday, as more retailers opened their doors earlier, compared to 18 % last year, according to data from shopkick, a retail tech company.

But as Facebook has taken it on the chin over the way it has handled the personal information of its users, the leaders of other tech companies have demonstrated that even in publicity - hungry Silicon Valley, it is entirely possible for billionaire executives and their sprawling empires to keep a low profile.

We've seen huge disruptions from startups in the Real Estate Tech space in recent years as companies rush to take advantage of the somewhat lagging IT penetration in this sector.

But why would Lyft, a company that was well positioned to serve as an agnostic on - demand platform for a series of automakers and tech companies, decide to take on the cost and burden of building out its own tech?

Tech companies are suddenly under more pressure than ever to take their roles as data gatekeepers more seriously, and Facebook appears to be weeding out potential vulnerabilities.

TechCrunch's take on Cribs might not have the same legendary status as MTV's version of the show (and you'll probably never see Mariah Carey make an appearance on it), but it's still interesting to see the inner workings of some of the tech industry's hottest companies.

«If the driver is disengaged, I've seen one study that suggests that it can take as long as 7 seconds for him to become aware of the environment he's operating in,» says Walter Sullivan, a human - machine interface expert at Elektrobit, a Finnish engineering company specializing in wireless and automotive tech.

Plenty of safety tech Tesla CEO Elon Musk emphasized that the company took intensive steps to make the Model X as tough as possible in frontal and side crashes.

One of my classmates took well over a year to find his first job, but once he did it was a very lucrative gig as corporate counsel for a very hot tech company.

The move is an interesting one as at present law firm incubators have tended to focus on helping lawyers and legal tech start - ups engage with each other for mutual benefit, bringing companies directly into the mix and at this early stage, takes things one step further.

It doesn't take as much money to get a tech company up and going as it has in the past.

I can talk for another three hours if we go into details of these factors but to make it short, if you would like to condense the above mentioned as key actions tech companies should take when protecting their invention, I would recommend key actions for making information intangible assets, which are documentation, classification, and proper measures to secure confidentiality of information, so as to make information qualified as trade secret and know - how protected by law.

So for me it's a sign of the times that CLOC and other groups, such as ACC Legal Ops, are making massive inroads into departments beyond the super-big and super-sophisticated high - tech companies, and that those every - day departments are lining up to take a lead in developing a new line of better and stronger legal / business solutions for their clients using their in - house smarts (even if they lack as much in - house heft or leverage as the bigs).

Transparency apparently has its limits As terrible as the rat race for renters usually is, middleman tech companies encouraging higher rents by taking a cut of the action make it worsAs terrible as the rat race for renters usually is, middleman tech companies encouraging higher rents by taking a cut of the action make it worsas the rat race for renters usually is, middleman tech companies encouraging higher rents by taking a cut of the action make it worse.

First, the data sets coming in and their ability to turn them into usable news stories, and then the second side which is taking it to market with various endpoints that could include things like this wire service as well as direct integrations with tech companies.

Fewer than half of Americans trust Facebook to obey U.S. privacy laws... The poll, taken Wednesday through Friday, also found that fewer Americans trust Facebook than other tech companies that gather user data, such as Apple Inc, Alphabet Inc's Google, Amazon.com Inc, Microsoft Corp and Yahoo.

Energous is the company behind WattUp, an emerging wireless charging technology that uses radio frequencies to charge devices from up to 15 feet away.Though there's no concrete proof of a relationship between Energous and Apple, a new research report from Louis Basenese of Disruptive Tech Research highlights a large pool of circumstantial evidence pointing towards a potential partnership, so it's worth taking a look at Energous's technology, both in that context and as an example of the wireless charging techniques that are currently being pursued by tech companies.Basenese poTech Research highlights a large pool of circumstantial evidence pointing towards a potential partnership, so it's worth taking a look at Energous's technology, both in that context and as an example of the wireless charging techniques that are currently being pursued by tech companies.Basenese potech companies.Basenese posits

Now, the tech company is back in the spotlight as it has taken another step against cryptocurrency.

«Newegg was an early e-commerce adopter of bitcoin, and that leap of faith the company took in 2014 put Newegg on the map as a bitcoin - friendly place for tech enthusiasts to shop.»

The patent wars engulfing the tech industry have taken a new twist as five cable companies filed a lawsuit to stop Rockstar, a consortium owned by Google (s goog) competitors that bought up 4,000 old patents in 2012 and began suing a wide variety of device makers.

As Mark Zuckerberg gets ready to testify to Congress, amidst calls for both regulating and perhaps even breaking up tech companies, it is time to take a sober look at where we stand with these companies, what the last three weeks have changed and the consequences for investment decisions.

Now a new company known as On.Live has been making waves, and investors and tech enthusiasts are taking note.

Several users who took to the company's Product Forums confirmed as much, with one noting that the Alphabet - owned tech giant rolled out a patch over the weekend that reportedly eliminated all issues -LSB-...]

As company officials said previously, Microsoft is taking a phased approach to the Creators Update rollout and repeated again that only tech - savvy users attempt to proactively download the final Creators Update bits.

All companies within the technology sector must take ownership of helping educate the younger generations; whether it's through early employment careers, graduate recruitment or simply visiting schools with role model spokespeople, to solidify the UK's future as a leading global hub with tech talent being the centre of its success.»

If you're applying for a job at a tech company, you might take a sentence or two to describe your experience as a user or customer, a favorite feature, or a suggestion or insight.

As the founder of a Silicon Valley resume writing company, Amy offered her perspective on what should be showcased in a tech resume and discussed the approach we take at Capstone when crafting tech management resumes.

Described as a «frugal» company in a new Wall Street Journal report, Seattle - based Amazon has been scoping out sites on its HQ2 shortlist since January — taking a particular interest in education and the tech - to - talent pipeline in Philadelphia and the other 19 cities still in contention for its second headquarters.

Some 3rd party tech companies disguised as Brokerages are unfairly taking traffic from other members of CREA by breaking these rules.