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(Bloomberg) — Grocery delivery giant Instacart Inc. has hired another Facebook Inc. veteran as it shakes up its executive ranks and adds more women to its C-suite ahead of a highly anticipated initial public offering. Carolyn Everson, 49, will serve as president and oversee a wide range of Instacart’s operations including retail, advertising, business development, human resources, legal and partnerships, the company said in a statement. She will begin her new role on Sept. 7. Everson, who… Source link

Where does your enterprise stand on the AI adoption curve? Take our AI survey to find out. In May during its Google I/O 2021 developer conference, Google demoed multitask unified model (MUM), a system trained on 75 languages at once that can simultaneously understand different forms of information including text, images, and videos.  Today, Google revealed that it’s using MUM to identify variations in the names of COVID-19 vaccines across multiple languages, which the company… Source link

The logo of Google is seen on a building at la Defense business and financial district in Courbevoie near Paris, France, September 1, 2020. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo June 17 (Reuters) – Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD.O) and Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google Cloud on Thursday said Google will offer cloud computing services based on AMD’s newest data center chip, a move likely to intensify AMD’s push to grab market share from rival Intel Corp (INTC.O). Cloud computing providers such as… Source link

GameStop (GME) reported fiscal first-quarter results that reflected improved sales and narrowing losses, even as many investors continue to fixate on the company’s “meme stock” clout over business performance. The company also announced two Amazon veterans would be joining the company as chief executive officer and chief financial officer. Shares traded 5% lower during the after hours session before paring some losses. Here were the main results from GameStop’s report compared to consensus… Source link

Hologic has tapped Google Cloud to help elevate its digital pathology platforms for diagnosing cervical cancer with new artificial intelligence and machine learning programs. The medtech’s Genius cytology system digitally stacks 2D images of a patient’s cells to provide additional visual depth to glass Pap test slides and uses AI to select the scans that may be the most relevant to the pathologist’s task of spotting precancerous lesions and signs of cervical… Source link

TipRanks 2 Stocks Flashing Signs of Strong Insider Buying Tracking insiders’ stock purchases can make a viable investment strategy. Corporate insiders – the company officers and board members – are naturally positioned to be in the know, to know how company policies and performance will impact stock prices. They can use that knowledge to inform their own stock purchases – but not unfairly. By law, they must disclose publicly their own stock holdings, and the general public can learn… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Bumble, a dating app on which women make the first move, is working with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Citigroup Inc. on its planned initial public offering, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The company, backed by private equity firm Blackstone Group Inc., could list as early as the first quarter of 2021, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the information is private. Morgan Stanley is also advising on the listing, the people said. Bumble… Source link

When YouTube was planning the rollout of its rival to TikTok in India earlier this month, employees turned to a valuable source of market research: how people in the country were using TikTok and its competitors on Android, the mobile operating system controlled by YouTube parent company Google. The research was part of an unreported Google effort, internally called Android Lockbox, that has for years tapped what the company has referred to as “sensitive” data… Source link