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What's Hot 🔥
World Mobile Congress (WMC) '24 📲
Formula 1 Data and Analysis 🏎
BoC Upcoming Rate Announcement 🏦
Happy Leap Year Birthday 🎂
Thursday, February 29, 2024
What's Hot 🔥
Apple’s electric car project is dead
Rumors about Apple’s secretive car project, nicknamed Project Titan, first emerged in 2015. Apple hired a number of key leaders to work on the project, including Tesla’s former Autopilot software director and the former CEO of the embattled EV startup Canoo. (Source: theverge.com)
France had no prior knowledge of Microsoft's Mistral AI deal, official says
On Wednesday afternoon, Mistral CEO Arthur Mensch said the company remained committed to its mission as an independent European company. "We have a reselling agreement with Microsoft, that we’re very excited about," he wrote on social media platform X. "Alongside similar partnerships, it will accelerate our growth." (Source: reuters.com)
Wendy’s hints at possible ‘surge pricing’ in the future then backtracks
In the Feb. 27 statement, Wendy’s added, “Any features we may test in the future would be designed to benefit our customers and restaurant crew members. Digital menuboards could allow us to change the menu offerings at different times of day and offer discounts and value offers to our customers more easily, particularly in the slower times of day.” (Source: thehill.com)
Mobile World Congress '24, Feb 26-29, Barcelona 📲
This is not just a mobile device event. Everyone is here because it's about hardware, software and AI. Here's everything announced so far, including Nothing Phone (2a), 4FYN winner. (Source: techcrunch.com)
F1 Technology & Data Analysis: How data is transforming race performance 🏎
From telemetry to real-time data acquisition and machine learning, the role of data in F1 cannot be overstated. Explore how Catapult’s solutions, including Racewatch and the Circuit Manager, are integral to this transformation. (Source:catapult.com)
What to Expect From Next Week's BoC Interest Rate Announcement 🏦
In a recent report, Oxford Economics researchers said they believe the 5 per cent key rate will be held until the middle of 2024, when the BoC will trigger a cycle that lowers the rate.
Statistics Canada's latest Consumer Price Index shows that the CPI rose 2.9 per cent on a year-over-year basis in January. With this in mind, industry experts are almost sure another rate hold is coming. (Source: blogto.com)
The Science of Leap Year 🎂
What do the years 2020, 2024, 2028, 2032, 2036, 2040, and 2044 have in common? They’re Presidential election years in U.S., the summer Olympics are scheduled to occur, and they’re Leap Years, when February gets an extra day and is 29 days long.
But why? The reasoning behind it is a little complicated. For example, most people believe that leap year occurs once every four years, but that’s not always the case. (Source: airandspace.si.edu)
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