5 best news of October

Total and Google have developed technology to assess the use of the solar energy in homes

French oil and gas company Total and Google Cloud developed technology based on artificial intelligence to assess the potential use of the solar energy in homes. This is stated in the message of the Total.

“Total and Google Cloud pooled their expertise to jointly develop innovative tools of the Solar Mapper, which aims to accelerate the deployment of the solar panels for individuals by providing an accurate and prompt assessment of the potential for the use of the solar energy in their homes,” – it is told in the message.

Solar Mapper uses new algorithms artificial intelligence which provide the best results compared to existing solutions by improving the quality of data obtained from satellite images, improve the accuracy of estimates of solar capacity and expanding the geographical coverage of the instrument.

 

 

Americans bought the Ukrainian IT-company

Ukrainian IT company the Archer Software has announced an agreement with the American company Cprime. This was reported on the company’s website. The amount of the deal is not disclosed, but the publication Ain says, “According to experts, 100% of the company could be valued at 5-8 million dollars.”

But the transaction amount may vary in both directions, based on the internal situation in the business and the terms of the agreement agreed by the parties, – it is told in the message.

Cprime is the American company that has been part of the Alten Group since 2014, which is engaged in IT development, network technologies and IT consulting, and the total staff of its companies – 37,200 employees, with the turnover of 2.6 billion euros.

 

 

Lamborghini has set the car sales record

In September 2020, the Italian company Lamborghini sold 738 cars worldwide. This is a new record for the company, according to its website.

At the same time, in the third quarter of 2020, 2,083 Lamborghini cars were sold worldwide.

In the spring of this year Lamborghini was forced to close all its plants for two months due to the coronavirus pandemic.

After the resumption of the production, the company was able to reorganize the process and released three new models. It is about Huracan RWD Spyder, Sian Roadster hypercar and Essenza SCV12 track sports car.

 

 

Microsoft topped the ranking of the most responsible employers

Created by Bill Gates, Microsoft third time topped the annual ranking of the 100 most responsible US corporations. This was announced by Forbes on Wednesday, October 14.

Also in the top five of the updated list, in addition to Microsoft, included only technological giants – NVIDIA, Apple, Intel Alphabet.

“Forbes compiled the rating together with the non-profit organization Just Capital. The rating was formed after studying data on the 928 largest public corporations in the United States from the Russell1000 index,” – it is said in the article.

It is specified that in addition to open corporate reports and research, in compiling the rating used survey data of 110 thousand Americans, who told the authors of the study which aspects of corporate relationships they consider to be the most important.

The top ten rankings look like this:

  • Microsoft
  • NVIDIA
  • Apple
  • Intel
  • Alphabet
  • JPMorgan Chase
  • Salesforce.com
  • AT & T
  • Cisco Systems
  • Adobe

The Just100 rating is published for the fourth time. In 2017 the first place took the company Intel, after which Microsoft became the first for three years in a row.

 

 

NASA has signed the contract with Nokia to launch 4G on the Moon

NASA has provided to Nokia with $ 14.1 million to deploy 4G (LTE) network on the moon. The US space agency noted that telecommunications networks of this standard will be able to provide more reliable than radio signals, communication on the Earth’s satellite, where it is planned to build the Moon base by 2028.

NASA suggests that the 4G cellular standard will replace the radio standards on the Moon and provide more reliable long-distance communication than the radio communication. Later, monthly 4G can be upgraded to the 5G standard, as well as terrestrial. NASA plans to build the lunar base by 2028 and has allocated $ 370 million to deploy the advanced technology that will be needed to operate the base on the moon. More than 12 innovative companies will receive the funds, among the technologies ordered by the space agency – in addition to the LTE-communication, remote production of the electricity, cryogenic freezing, robotic developments, technologies for the safe landing on the moon and others.