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5 days ago · As early as 1960, Sony Co-Founder, Masaru Ibuka, envisioned AI as the future of electronics. Ibuka predicted that the capabilities of AI would be dependent on accumulated data but that AI would have the ability to improve our day-to-day lives — while also allowing us to identify and solve problems as a society.
5 days ago · The early 1990s were difficult years for Sony. The Japanese economy entered a decadelong recession, and both Ibuka and Morita suffered strokes (in 1992 and 1993, respectively). Morita officially retired in 1994 and died in 1999. With its founders no longer at the controls, Sony declared its first loss, more than $200 million, in 1993.
4 days ago · In 1958, Akio Morita (1921-1999) and Masaru Ibuka (1908-1997) renamed their company from Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corporation) to the Sony Corporation. At the time, the slang term "sonny-boy" implied a smart young man, a "whiz-kid," which is how they saw themselves and their company.
2 days ago · Sony was founded in 1946 by Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita as Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corporation. In January 1958 the name was changed to Sony, from the Latin 'sonus' for sound. 'Kaz' Hirai, born in Tokyo, Japan, joined the company in 1984.
2 days ago · Sony co-founder Akio Morita founded Sony Corporation of America in 1960. When did Sony enter the US? In 1958 Morita and Ibuka changed their company’s name to Sony Kabushiki Kaisha, and in 1960 an office was established in New York City, the beginning of Sony Corporation of America.
3 days ago · Ivan Pavlov won the 1905 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine. Albert Einstein won the 1921 Nobel Prize in physics. Ernest Hemingway won the 1954 Nobel Prize in literature. Martin Luther King Jr ...
1 day ago · Crunchyroll is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned by Sony Group Corporation. The service primarily distributes films and television series produced by East Asian media, including Japanese anime, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with a Japanese branch located in Shibuya, Tokyo.
