Sentences with phrase «largest technology companies announced»

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Speaking to the influx of investment by the world's largest technology companies into the U.K. as Facebook, Google and Apple all recently announced greatly expanded plans for London headquarters and staffing levels, Marshall said the technology sector is more able to cope with the uncertainty wrought by Brexit.

Beyond the actual gas project and LNG sales, China's state - run shipping conglomerate COSCO has also secured a 50 percent stake in the four LNG shipping carriers serving Yamal.90 Chinese engineers and workers have been deployed to the Yamal Peninsula to help construct surrounding infrastructure, which includes a Chinese - produced polar drilling rig.91 Moreover, a Chinese oil and gas rig producer now provides Russia with about 60 percent of its imported oil rig supplies, indicating that China is becoming a dominant player in this sphere.92 Chinese media recently hailed Yamal as an example of China's construction and engineering prowess and a symbol of its transformation into an Arctic player.93 In return for China stepping into support the project, senior officials from Novatek, the main shareholder of the project, announced that the first LNG shipment would symbolically go to China.94 But a British subsidiary of Malaysia's Petronas purchased the first shipment of Yamal LNG and sold it to France's Engie, which then shipped the cargo to its Boston import facility for American use.95 Western sanctions on Novatek, Russia's largest independent national gas producer and a company with close ties to the Kremlin, made Yamal's pivot to China possible, as sanctions forced Russia to find an alternative source of investment and technology.

Nothing illustrates this more clearly than the just - announced $ 107 million financing for R3, the blockchain consortium that includes some of the largest financial services firms and technology companies in the world.

Wearable technology company Fitbit has turned to Alibaba Group's business - to - consumer site Tmall.com to help launch its two newest devices in China, the two companies announced on May 18, a move that coincides with the fast - growing trend in health and fitness in the world's second - largest economy.

Tribune Publishing also announced it received a $ 70.5 million investment from Nant Capital in a deal that makes the California - based technology investment firm the company's second - largest shareholder, edging past the 4.695 million shares owned by Oaktree Capital Management, which has pushed Tribune Publishing to negotiate a sale to Gannett.

Meanwhile, Japan's NTT Data Corp, one of the world's largest technology services companies, and the MaRS announced a partnership in November to help Canadian startups expand into Japan and give NTT access to technology being developed by Canadian startups.

Unilever has announced a partnership with start - up company Ioniqa and the largest global producer of PET resin Indorama Ventures to pioneer a new technology which converts PET waste back into virgin grade material for use in food packaging.

PepsiCo, the world's second - largest food and beverage business, and Senomyx, Inc., a leading company focused on using proprietary technologies to discover and develop novel flavor ingredients for the food, beverage, and ingredient supply industries, announced today that they have entered into a four - year collaborative agreement related to Senomyx's sweet - taste technology.

Drizly, the technology company behind the first and largest e-commerce alcohol app, announced the winners of its first - ever Drizly Blogger Awards.

Last month, a group of over 50 AI scientists, including those from UC Berkeley and the Max Planck Institute, signed an open letter to the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), announcing a boycott against the university due to its recent partnership with South Korea's largest defense company, Hanwha System, to open a Research Center for the Convergence of National Defense and Artificial Intelligence, which will aim to «develop artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to be applied to military weapons, joining the global competition to develop autonomous arms.»

The importance of the technology is already being seen at a number of large companies such as GE who have made enormous strides in industrial 3D printing by opening a facility to produce the 3D printed fuel nozzles for its advanced LEAP jet engines, and Rolls - Royce announcing they will flight - test what it claims to be the largest 3D printed aerospace component to ever power an aircraft.

By announcing these initiatives at SXSW, an arts and technology event, rather than waiting for Comic - Con or the debut of one of Marvel's big crossover movie properties like the Avengers, the company is clearly attempting to stake its claim to a larger chunk of cultural real estate than the niche market accorded to superhero comics in recent times.

This year's edition of Mobile World Congress is going on in Barcelona, Spain, and since it is one of the largest consumer technology shows in the world, several tech companies announce some of their best products for the year.

Navient, the largest student loan servicing company, is aiming to improve customer experience with the launch of Navient Labs, which will test digital ideas and technology based on the feedback from surveys of student loan borrowers, focus groups, and usability testing.In Wednesday's press release announcing the new initiative, Navient said the ideas that come out -LSB-...]

UK - based technology company Blackdot Solutions today announced the integration of their online investigations software Videris with Relativity, kCura's ediscovery software that helps organisations worldwide manage and analyse large volumes of unstructured data.

CLEVELAND, OH - March 21, 2005 - ComparisonMarket, Inc., which owns and operates Insurance.com, the largest online auto insurance agency in the United States, announced today that it has closed on a new round of venture capital to support future growth initiatives, including local expansion of the Solon - based company «s call center, information technology and marketing staffs and the launch of a national cable television advertising campaign to promote Insurance.com «s services.

(Reuters)-- Apple is expected to announce plans next week to make its Siri voice assistant work with a larger variety of apps, as the technology company looks to counter the runaway success of Amazon's competing Alexa service.

Coinme, a venture - backed cryptocurrency financial services and blockchain technology company today announced UpToken (UP), a partnership with the cryptocurrency community to accelerate deployment of the largest crypto ATM network in the world.

Apple Inc is expected to announce plans next week to make its Siri voice assistant work with a larger variety of apps, as the technology company looks to counter the runaway success of Amazon.com Inc's competing Alexa service.

This year's edition of Mobile World Congress is going on in Barcelona, Spain, and since it is one of the largest consumer technology shows in the world, several tech companies announce some of their best products for the year.

It announced yesterday that it reached a settlement with the «scanner troll,» who claims to own the technology for scanning documents to email and has been demanding that companies large and small who use this widely available technology pay up.

Fitbit has announced the Alta HR, bringing heart rate monitoring to last year's slim and stylish Alta fitness tracker.The new device introduces a slimmer and more compact version of the PurePulse technology found on the company's larger devices, such... Read more

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Shortly after his February 2014 ascension, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced the largest round of layoffs in the company's history, in part so the company could focus on new technology and trends, like the Internet of Things.