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...Baidu said it had “successfully” transitioned from being an information services company to becoming a leading AI company, adding: “Strategic shifts like these take courage, vision, and most importantly,...
...The following year, Xiao also won a previously undisclosed investment from SoftBank’s Vision Fund. SoftBank declined to comment....
...If the bike boom is truly finished, though, the question is whether a bigger one might be induced by regulation, the energy crisis and Emmanuel Macron’s vision of “collective sobriety”....
...To sound smart, some car manufacturing executives have defaulted to calling their product “an iPhone on wheels”....
...“While the global auto industry was literally spinning its wheels creating the same dull product, Elon created an industry....
...I mean, I think people's comfort level would be quite reduced should someone have perhaps not properly serviced their flying car and drops a wheel on your head....
...Write to the FintechFT team at imani.moise@ft.com and sid.v@ft.com....
...The “i Vision Circular” even replaces the colourful BMW logo with an engraving to cut the use of plastic....
...We’ll just keep the wheels going and . . . keep making music until we can’t do it any more.”...
...His vision was to transform the long-distance telecoms company into a cable giant....
...The Cascadia is set to be equipped with the Waymo Driver — a combination of vision sensors, software and computer systems, according to a press release....
...Cars are supposed to become “smartphones on wheels,” with massive computing power and autonomous technology, but if these systems are not up to scratch or can be hacked it could spell disaster....
...SoftBank founder predicts WeWork V for Victory Masayoshi Son admitted today he had turned a “blind eye” to governance lapses at WeWork but promised a “sharp V-shaped recovery” for the shared offices provider...
...In a friendly exchange, Mr Diess said that he and Mr Musk “share a vision”, but added that “German industry is really now strongly investing and we will keep you alert”....
...john.gapper@ft.com Letter in response to this column: Proof that two wheels are better than none / From Mike Frost, Bristol, UK...
...A version of this article was first published by the Nikkei Asian Review on September 27, 2019. ©2019 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...Khosrowshahi is at the steering wheel after a crisis that resulted in the ouster of the company’s founder, Travis Kalanick....
...A version of this article was first published by the Nikkei Asian Review on August 9 2019. ©2019 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...But it’s a vision that demands scale....
...Mattel, known for its Barbie and Hot Wheels brands, said Ms Georgiadis is leaving to pursue “a new opportunity in the technology sector”....
...The company had to fire one driver who was spotted playing air guitar at the wheel....
...Mattel shares jumped late on Friday after a report that larger rival Hasbro has made a takeover offer for the toymaker behind Hot Wheels and Barbie dolls....
...The ratings agency on Friday lowered its rating on Mattel from BBB- to BB, pushing it into junk territory....
...Instead, they represent a return to the particular skills or vision necessary to make a specialized product....
...A version of this article was first published by the Nikkei Asian Review on February 9 2018. ©2018 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
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