The Shanghai lab, meant to help with domestic development of the Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, closed earlier this year, according to people who work in the Zhangjiang AI Island area. Opened in May 2019, Microsoft’s IoT & AI Insider Lab was touted as a flagship collaboration between the global tech giant and Zhangjiang, the innovation hub of Shanghai’s Pudong district, where numerous domestic and international semiconductor and AI companies have set up shop. The lab covered roughly 2,800 square meters (30,000 square feet).
Wildfires, Evacuations, and Smoke Hit Europe and North America
270,000 people have been displaced by wildfires in France and Spain. A wildfire even forced evacuations in Scotland. And wildfires “have now scorched four million acres of land in the U.S.,” as tens of millions Read more…
