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Massive Cargo Ships Are Going Autonomous. Here Are The Companies & Trends Driving The Global Maritime Industry Forward.

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Samsung & AWS: In early August, major shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (a subsidiary of Samsung) announced that it’s using Amazon’s AWS cloud services to build an autonomous shipping platform. From corporates. The platform will enable the self-piloting of container ships.

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Mobile Payments: What’s In It For Me?

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South Korea has 11 mobile payment services such as KakaoPay, Naver Pay and Samsung Pay, and around 28 million cards were loaded onto users’ smartphones in the second quarter. Vodafone is the third-largest mobile operator in the U.K. Operator East Japan Railway Company alone served 17.4 The news from the U.K.

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A Subscription Plan To Beat (And Join) The Lunch Crowd?

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The service is available in several major metropolitan areas, including Boston, New York, Washington, D.C., Biggins explained how she initially encouraged restaurants to join the MealPal platform by conducting a series of tests at a Fresh Market location in Boston. million lunches over the past year. San Francisco and Miami.

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Most Platforms Can’t Scale, Will Fail

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Back in 1870, it took days to get cash from Boston to San Francisco through a combination of railroads and horseback. Why New Mobile and IoT Operating Systems Will Mainly Fizzle. Right now we have two really successful mobile operating systems. And Tizen is the operating system for its new Family Hub Refrigerator.

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Killing The I-Bank: The Disruption Of Investment Banking

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While the rules against prop trading have more recently been loosened, the restriction has still changed how investment banks operate. Even as the regulation pendulum swings back toward more limited oversight, how investment banks operate is fundamentally changing. Michael Bumkeun Cho, portfolio manager at Samsung Asset Management.

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55 US Companies That Became Unicorns In 2018

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New York, Boston, Chicago, and Nashville, among other cities, all played host to newly minted unicorns last year. Company Description: Circle Internet Financial is a Boston-based cryptocurrency company offering a crypto exchange platform, money transfers, and investment services. Circle Internet Financial. Valuation: $3B. ServiceTitan.

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46 Corporations Working On Autonomous Vehicles

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A few of the companies or brands listed below belong to the same parent organization, but are detailed separately if they are operating distinct autonomous development programs. Top initiatives: First company to test self-driving tech on the streets of Singapore, and later in Boston. Aptiv hits the road for testing.

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