PR Newswire: GE Appliances and Google Sign Multi-Year Deal to Build Next-Gen Smart Home Appliances (PRESS RELEASE). “The two companies will work together to develop the next generation of smart appliances with Google Cloud Vision AI. And GEA will benefit from Google Cloud’s seamless integration with other Google platforms and technologies such as Android and Google Assistant.”
Vice: General Electric Workers Launch Protest, Demand to Make Ventilators. “On Monday, General Electric factory workers launched two separate protests demanding that the company convert its jet engine factories to make ventilators. At GE’s Lynn, Massachusetts aviation facility, workers held a silent protest, standing six feet apart. Union members at the company’s Boston headquarters also marched six feet apart, calling on the company to use its factories to help the country close its ventilator shortage amid the coronavirus pandemic.”
Wow! General Electric is going all-in on IFTTT. “GE added three more IFTTT channels Thursday, saying it is now the only appliance maker in the world to support the connected-home service across its entire product line, which consists of dishwashers, clothes washers and dryers, cooking appliances, and a water heater.”
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