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Dragon 2.0
Yesterday, Microsoft announced a $16 billion acquisition of language-processing firm Nuance Communications, the latest in a string of big-ticket deals closed by CEO Satya Nadella, who spearheaded the purchases of LinkedIn and Github, among others.
Boom, then Bust?
February 20, 2021, 8:22 AM·36 min read
Well, the S&P may not have done much this week, but there were clear signs and signals that the conditions fueling the current bubble(s) are going to continue and that the bubble(s) themselves are still bubbling away.
Elon Musk, in some ways the man of the bubble (I do hope that comment doesn’t disqualify me from some space tourism), got to the point.
Billionaire Elon Musk defended Tesla Inc.’s $1.5 billion Bitcoin investment on Twitter, calling the cryptocurrency a “less dumb” version of cash.
“When fiat currency has negative real interest, only a fool wouldn’t look elsewhere,” Musk said in a reference to the sub-zero returns on cash caused by negative-yielding debt. The comments pushed Bitcoin to a record on Friday, with prices climbing above $53,000.
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The sweet spot of commercialization
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In today’s hypercompetitive environment, research products commercialization are too important to be left to chance. The opportunity cost are too great to risk for research and development that is not demand-driven, cost effective and unfit for commercialization as advised by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research.
Prof J reiterated the call for a comprehensive and cohesive strategy that outline the process of producing and commercializing products while Prof K. contextualized commercialization to transferring findings into solution to a particular problem.
The deputy Director-General of CSIR, Prof Paul Bosu launched special campaign dubbed ‘CSIR Chairman’s Trophy” for achievement and recognition in commercialization this year and touted the award as motivational.