Technology Roundup – Apple’s ‘The Banker’ coming to theaters, CarGurus acquires Autolist

科技新闻精选——苹果《银行家》上映,CarGurus收购了Autolist
Published on: January 16, 2020
Author: Amy Liu

Apple’s ‘The Banker’ coming to theaters

  • Apple (AAPL +0.9%) will release its original film The Banker to theaters on March 6. The film will launch on Apple TV+ on March 20.
  • The film was originally scheduled for a January release but was pulled for review after family members of a man featured in the film came forward with abuse allegations.
  • Apple TV+ statement: “We wanted to take the time to understand the situation at hand — and after reviewing the information available to us, including documentation of the filmmakers’ research, we’ve decided to make this important and enlightening film available to viewers.”

CarGurus acquires Autolist

  • CarGurus (NASDAQ:CARG) has acquired San Francisco-based auto shopping platform Autolist.
  • Terms weren’t disclosed. It plans to operate Autolist as a stand-alone brand and website.
  • It intends to use the deal to stretch out its lead in the space: CarGurus says it has more than three times the consumer traffic of its nearest competitor.
  • Autolist has more than 1.3M unique monthly visitors on its website, and nearly 400,000 unique monthly visitors to its iOS/Android apps.

AMD hires Intel vet to manage server unit

  • AMD (NASDAQ:AMD) hires Daniel McNamara as SVP and GM of the Server Business Unit.
  • McNamara most recently served as the president and GM of Intel’s Network and Custom Logic Group.

Leidos receives $110M U.S. Army contract

  • Leidos (NYSE:LDOS) announces receiving the Common Driver Trainer Virtual Product Line contract from the U.S. Army.
  • The company will provide tactical refresh and concurrency hardware/software upgrade capabilities to the Army’s CDT systems.
  • Leidos will also provide the Marine Corps with a full replacement of the existing operator driver simulations.
  • The single-award contract has a five-year base period, two one-year options, and a ceiling value of $110M.

Vonage teams up on conversational AI

  • Vonage (NASDAQ:VG) is partnering with Artificial Solutions to work on conversational AI.
  • The two have introduced a new connector integrating the Teneo platform into Vonage’s APIs. That will allow for easier deployment of conversational AI applications by Teneo customers.
  • That will make it easier to manage multiple channels (such as WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Viber, Voice or SMS) from a single platform, they say.

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