June 05, 2024 McDonald’s loses EU trademark battle with Irish rival Supermac’s The General Court’s ruling will allow Supermac’s to expand to the rest of the EU. BY Associated Press McDonald’s lost a European Union trademark dispute over the Big Mac name after a top European Union court sided Wednesday with Irish fast food rival Supermac’s … Continue reading McDonald’s loses EU trademark battle with Irish rival Supermac’s
May 10, 2024 Zeekr IPO: Stock price for China-based Tesla rival will be closely watched in NYSE debut today The initial public offering comes as Elon Musk’s EV company is facing increased competition from China automakers such as BYD. Here’s what to know. BY Michael Grothaus Today another electrical vehicle maker is going public in the … Continue reading Zeekr IPO: Stock price for China-based Tesla rival will be closely watched in NYSE debut today
Audio giant Rode acquires rival Mackie to expand its focus on creators Both companies were major players in the home recording boom of the 1990s and early 2000s. Lawrence Bonk Tue, Dec 5, 2023 Freedman Group Audio device leader Rode just acquired rival company Mackie, creating something of a pro audio and streaming powerhouse. … Continue reading Audio giant Rode acquires rival Mackie to expand its focus on creators
China’s biggest search engine is to set launch a ChatGPT rival in March Steve Dent @stevetdent Chinese search giant Baidu aims to introduce a ChatGPT-like AI service that gives users conversational results, Bloomberg has reported. It’ll be based on the company’s Ernie system, a large-scale machine-learning model trained over several years that “excels … Continue reading Baidu unveils ERNIE Bot, its ChatGPT rival
Neuralink’s brain-computer interface demo shows a monkey playing Pong Without a joystick. R. Lawler @Rjcc Neuralink Elon Musk’s last update on Neuralink — his company that is working on technology that will connect the human brain directly to a computer — featured a pig with one of its chips implanted in its brain. Now … Continue reading Elon Musk is reportedly considering investment in Neuralink’s rival brain chip company
