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GameStop (GME) apparently no longer sees itself as a retailer under the dual leadership of new chairman Ryan Cohen and CEO Matt Furlong, but rather as a tech company perhaps some day worthy of being in the same discussion as an Apple (AAPL), Microsoft (MSFT), and Google (GOOG, GOOGL).  “GameStop has two long-term goals: delighting customers and delivering value for stockholders. We are evolving from a video game retailer to a technology company that connects customers with games,… Source link

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Adventurous Muscovites may soon be able to travel around parts of Moscow in driverless taxis as Russian tech giant Yandex plans to start testing the autonomous vehicles in the city this year, the company said on Wednesday. Yandex, which operates a raft of services from online search to food delivery, has been testing self-driving technology for more than three years in Russia, Israel and the United States. Robotaxis will available through the company’s Yandex.Go… Source link

A view shows a fragment of a Hyundai Sonata automobile during an event, organized by Yandex company to present the new generation of its self-driving car developed in cooperation with Hyundai, in Moscow, Russia May 27, 2020. Picture taken May 27, 2020. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov MOSCOW, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Adventurous Muscovites may soon be able to travel around parts of Moscow in driverless taxis as Russian tech giant Yandex (YNDX.O) plans to start testing the autonomous vehicles in the city… Source link

With help from Leah Nylen and John Hendel Editor’s Note: Morning Tech is a free version of POLITICO Pro Technology’s morning newsletter, which is delivered to our subscribers each morning at 6 a.m. The POLITICO Pro platform combines the news you need with tools you can use to take action on the day’s biggest stories. Act on the news with POLITICO Pro. — Ready for round 2? The Justice Department is preparing yet another suit against Google, and it could happen before DOJ antitrust… Source link

Cathie Wood is pouring millions into these China tech stocks — time to follow? It’s been a whiplash 2021 for Chinese tech stocks. The Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index, which tracks 98 of the biggest Chinese companies listed in the U.S., hit a record high of 20,688 on Feb. 12. But the index has been walloped since then on concerns that China’s tech sector could soon be facing greater scrutiny and tighter regulations at the hands of the Chinese government. Cathie Wood, founder of Ark… Source link

Today in restaurant and grocery tech news, FreshDirect adds 250 SKUs of parent company Ahold Delhaize’s private label brands, and Russian food delivery company Yandex purchases a stake in Uber in a $1 billion deal. Plus, Nat Trienens, founder and CEO of digital ordering solutions provider Koala, discusses the delta variant’s effect on restaurant ordering habits. FreshDirect Woos Shoppers with Major Private Label Expansion, Lower Prices In a move to attract cost-conscious consumers with… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Chinese technology shares climbed on Monday after recording their best weekly advance since January as bargain hunters continued to load up on the beaten-down sector. The Hang Seng Tech Index rallied 1.1%, led by live streaming giant Kuaishou Technology and Alibaba Health Information Technology Ltd. Food delivery company Meituan erased earlier losses and rose 1.5% ahead of its results, which showed second-quarter revenue beating estimates while losses continued. The rally came… Source link

Posted: Aug 29, 2021 12:46 PM CDT by Alabama News Network Staff You’ve probably looked at your house on Google Earth or Google Street view. Maybe you’vevirtually walked down your street to see the neighborhood. Initially, you might have thought it was pretty cool. But to someone looking to break into houses, those images give the bad guys a lot of information to help them decide which house to… Source link

Yandex.Market wants to grow its fashion category from one percent to 20 percent of total GMV. Shutterstock Although Yandex backed out of a deal to buy fashion e-tailer KupiVip in July, the tech giant hasn’t given up on the fashion segment, announcing earlier this week at its Yandex Fashion Day conference that its own Yandex.Market platform would be doubling down on fashion category… Source link

The company logo is displayed at the Samsung news conference at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas January 7, 2013. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/File Photo Aug 25 (Reuters) – Google will tap Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) to supply the 5G modem for its next flagship Pixel smart phone, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, signaling the first win for the Korean firm in a U.S. market dominated by Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O). Earlier this month, Google disclosed that it has… Source link