Ali Ghodsi, co-founder and CEO of Databricks, speaks at the company’s Spark and AI Summit in San Francisco in April 2019. Databricks UiPath and Databricks became two of the most valuable privately held tech companies in the U.S. on Monday, with massive new funding rounds that give them a combined valuation of more than $60
Month: February 2021
Governor Greg Abbott (R-TX) wants to fight Biden’s clean energy plan, despite being the No. 1 state in the US for wind power. Texas is also a rising star of solar power, not to mention the home of Tesla’s Gigafactory Texas. Yet, Abbott has issued an executive order to “protect” Texas’ energy industry from federal
This image shows Vestas’ V90-3MW wind turbines being used at the Kentish Flats Windfarm in England. John Turp | Moment | Getty Images A turbine production plant owned by energy giant Vestas will now be powered using an environmentally-friendly source of gas, according to a new deal announced on Monday. A biogas facility off
Andy Jassy, chief executive officer of web services at Amazon.com Inc., listens during the Amazon Web Services Summit in San Francisco on April 19, 2017. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Databricks, a start-up whose software helps companies quickly process large sets of data and get it ready for analysis, said Monday it
6:00 AM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — At one point late in the regular season, Travis Kelce and Tyreek Hill were competing not only for the Kansas City Chiefs‘ lead in receiving yards, but for the NFL receiving title as well. Their competition remained friendly, as always, because each benefits from having the other around.
US actor Dustin Diamond, best known for his role as Screech in hit show Saved By The Bell, has died from cancer at the age of 44, his representative has said. A statement from his represenative Roger Paul said: “We are saddened to confirm of Dustin Diamond’s passing on Monday, February 1st, 2021 due to
It is “absolutely vital” that people in areas of England where the South African variant of coronavirus has been identified minimise all social contact, the health secretary has said. Speaking at the Downing Street news conference, Matt Hancock said the emergence of the COVID-19 variant was a “stark reminder the fight against this virus is
Joe Biden has criticised the military coup in Myanmar, calling it a “direct assault on the country’s transition to democracy and the rule of law”. The US president said: “The international community should come together in one voice to press the military to immediately relinquish the power they have seized, release the activists and officials
9:00 AM ET The saga between Ryan Garcia and Manny Pacquiao continues to unfold. Garcia has said he wants the fight — a real fight — against the boxing legend, but now his promoter says it’s no longer in the cards. Garcia may have also lost his bout with Gervonta Davis is the process. Has
England may not return to regional coronavirus restrictions when the current lockdown is eased, the prime minister has suggested. “It may be that a national approach, going down the tiers in a national way, might be better this time round, given that the disease is behaving much more nationally,” Boris Johnson said. Live COVID updates
February 1st, 2021 by Tina Casey The hits just keep on coming for fossil energy stakeholders, and the worst is yet to come as new low-cost perovskite solar cell technology bubbles up through the R&D pipeline. Helping things along is the US Department of Energy. The agency has spent years plotting the nation’s course back
Journalist Shwe Mon was in Naypyidaw, Myanmar’s capital, for the opening of parliament but woke up to a military coup. They have spoken to Sky’s Southeast Asia correspondent Siobhan Robbins about their experience and the mood on the streets after a number of top politicians were detained including Aung San Suu Kyi – the leader
Snowstorms are set to batter the northeast coast of the US this week with two states already declaring emergencies. A “nor’easter” – or storm that blows from the Atlantic Ocean along the northeast coast – will bring heavy snow and strong winds over the next few days, the US National Weather Service said. On Monday
I know, I know. It looks like another one of those funny electric velomobiles or e-bike/pedal-car hybrids. But the LEF is neither. Instead, it’s a micro EV without even a hint of pedals. Riders (or I guess, drivers?) simply pop the fighter jet-style canopy, hop into the upright seat and engage the throttle to take
A vehicle passes an Exxon Mobil Corp. gas station in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., on Wednesday, April 29, 2020. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images The CEOs of Chevron and ExxonMobil last year discussed the possibility of merging the two companies, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday, citing unnamed people familiar with the talks. The
Silver has become the latest target of a small-time trading frenzy that last week targeted US retailer Gamestop – as the boss of the London Stock Exchange group admitted that the trend was a worry. The price of the precious metal rose 11% to its highest level since Feburary 2013 at more than $30 an