By Thomas Lee When OpenAI debuted its ChatGPT bot earlier this year, the startup attracted enormous attention and launched a wave of interest in artificial intelligence. But Google,which has long led the way in rolling out new technologies to support its search business, was caught flat-footed.Now, as the tech giant celebrates its 25th anniversary amid […]
By Lucia Maffei The company formerly known as Raytheon is selling its Dulles, Virginia-based cybersecurity business for approximately $1.3 billion. RTX Corp. (NYSE: RTX) said in its earnings report Tuesday it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell the cybersecurity, intelligence and services business within its Raytheon segment. The sale price is subject to regulatory […]
By Lucia Maffei A startup based in Littleton is attracting the attention of one of the U.S. government’s investors to solve a problem that’s both unsexy and inevitable: the increased heat generation and water and electricity consumption in data centers supporting rapidly rising technologies such as advanced AI. The startup is JetCool Technologies Inc., an MIT […]
By Greg Ryan Locus Robotics formally broke ground Wednesday on a nearly 200,000-square-foot headquarters in Wilmington, the town where the robot maker is now based. The new facility, at 100 Fordham Road, will replace its current home at 301 Ballardville St. in Wilmington and house the company’s executives and engineering, manufacturing and operations personnel. Locus’ European […]
By Natalie Lung and Crystal Chui Big Tech earnings this week will offer investors a dose of reality following this year’s impressive gains in the sector that were powered by hype over artificial intelligence. Analysts are expecting tech profits to register the biggest drop since 2009, with businesses curbing spending on software, cloud and advertising services as they’re pinched […]
By Boston Real Estate Times – January 23, 2023 CANTON, MA – BJ’s Wholesale Club (NYSE:BJ) has moved into its new 190,000 SF corporate headquarters located on Campus Drive in Marlborough, MA. The move maximizes BJ’s corporate space to house team members and meet with vendors and partners while implementing new technology and modern amenities […]
While there is no single answer, one strategy to reduce the racial wealth gap is to motivate more Black people to found technology companies in targeted market sectors. Jeff Bussgang, a partner at Flybridge Capital Partners and professor at Harvard Business School, stresses the importance of innovation waves — emerging industries that tend to attract […]
GI Partners has acquired Blackstone Science Square, a fully leased lab building in Cambridge, MA on behalf of its Essential Tech + Science Fund. According to GI Partners, Blackstone Science Square offered it the opportunity to acquire a stabilized, highly functional lab building situated in one of the country’s largest life sciences markets. The 77,000-square-foot property […]
Devan West via MCADCafe Ideal for producing tough, durable and long-lasting 3D printed parts, these polyurethane resins are the latest innovative materials available for Formlabs’ SLA printers Somerville, MA – May 17, 2022 – Formlabs, the leading 3D printing company, today announced PU Rigid 650 Resin and PU Rigid 1000 Resin at RAPID + TCT 2022, North America’s […]
by Maile McCann / via modernretail.co Apparel brands and retailers are investing in high-tech fitting rooms in their brick-and-mortar stores. 2021 was the year of the virtual fitting room: Walmart, Shopify, Amazon and Snap all invested in augmented or virtual reality tech to help customers visualize what clothes might look like on, as the pandemic kept them […]
