Devindra: We are here what is this, the beginning of night one of CES officially? Devindra: guess we have already suffered through basically day minus one. Devindra: One thing I want our listeners to understand is that we have already seen a lot of things we kind of know where the CES is headed. And, I think this is a cursed show Cherlynn. How do you feel about that? Yeah, I think I mean, Devindra, I'll let you speak to your situation, but we've had team members who have fallen deathly ill. We have also, like, people who have completely had to miss their flights, international flights. It's been quite Engadget team, but we have a really, really good team of people. Everyone's got great attitudes and, like, our spirits are high. You want to just get the stuff going.

Dell Technologies Chairman and CEO Michael Dell said within a few years "machine intelligent systems" will be the primary consumer of the world's IT computing power, adding that today the kind of performance those future systems need only exists in a lab. "I would predict, in a few years, the majority of IT capacity is going to be in service of machine intelligent systems," he said during a talk on Tuesday about Dell's new line of PowerEdge servers. "That's the only way you can make sense of the amount of data that is going to be created. What that means is that we should be thinking about and working right now on how we build our systems, first for machine intelligence, then for the other applications and uses out there." Dell said his company has such devices that can run 100-million IOPS, the input output of operations that measure a computer's performance, but those devices are not yet on the market.

To stay competitive and relevant in their industries, enterprises increasingly need to become AI-driven. AI is a new key to improving business processes, making better decisions, monetizing data, increasing security and more. The growing importance of AI in the enterprise is a point that industry observers now emphasize. Just consider this view from the global consulting firm Deloitte: "As AI technologies standardize across industries, becoming an AI-fueled organization will likely be table stakes for survival. And that means rethinking the way humans and machines interact within working environments."1

Whenever the idea of starting a business pops up, people shiver and tend to back out owing to the paucity of funds. However, what if we tell you that biggies like Steve Jobs, Michael Dell, Bill Gates and Bob Evans walked that path already, they took a leap of faith. These tech moguls kickstarted from grass root level, and today their success knows no bounds. What's more interesting and a common factor among all of them is that they have remained active contributors to the ecosystem. Most of us are acquainted with the exploits of Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, starting Apple Computer in a garage.

For someone who never hesitates to extol the virtues of an AI-powered world, Michael Dell is cautious when it comes to putting his own life in the hands of autonomous technology. Asked if he would ride in a pilotless plane or have brain surgery carried out by a robot, the billionaire tech magnate shows a refreshing reticence for someone in an industry in which bosses are measured on their propensity to take risks. "I wouldn't want to be the first one," he says with a wry smile. "We already have systems where technology is making those functions more successful, safer and better, but it will be a gradual process. The data shows people are not ready to completely trust autonomous cars.

Forbes' November 2013 cover on how Michael Dell won the war to take his company private. "Dell Can't Lose," read the cover of Forbes Magazine on November 18, 2013 as we chronicled how personal computer billionaire Michael Dell relented against Carl Icahn to take his company private in what was dubbed "the nastiest tech buyout ever." If anything the cover was a tad understated. It's now clear Mr. Dell stands to make a fortune from Dell's privatization, turnaround, and inevitable return to public stock markets. So much so, here's an update on what it meant to be the victor: While Carl Icahn made a small profit challenging Dell for greenmail before ultimately ceding defeat, Michael Dell has accrued a paper fortune from the deal that is alone greater than the net worth of his onetime foe, Icahn.

An investment firm affiliated with personal computer impresario Michael Dell is helping former New York Yankees all-star Derek Jeter fulfill his dream of owning a Major League Baseball team, FOX Business has learned. MSD Partners – named after the founder and chief executive of Dell Technologies--has agreed to extend $175 million in financing to Jeter in his attempt to purchase the Miami Marlins baseball team, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter. The financing is in the form of preferred stock, which will allow MSD to earn as much as 10 percent dividend if Jeter's bid to buy the team is successful, these people add. Jeter heads one of a handful of bidding teams interested in purchasing the Miami Marlins; his bid of around $1.3 billion was said to be short of the necessary cash to purchase the team. But in recent weeks Jeter's investment banker, former Morgan Stanley executive Gregory Fleming, has been cobbling together commitments from various investors in an attempt to purchase the team, these people say.

For the umpteenth time, Dell Technologies has reiterated that PCs are important to the company, and it won't quit the market. PCs are the engine that keep enterprises chugging, he said. Instead, Dell spent time educating attendees about the new Dell Technologies and its products. It's been less than a year since the US$67 billion Dell-EMC merger was finalized, and a lot of focus was on answering burning questions about the company's future. Dell did say the company would offer the PC-as-a-service worldwide by the end of the year, with more details about the program to be shared on Tuesday.

Where can you find an unbiased, personal finance app that serves purely in your interests? An app that analyzes your bank accounts, your recurring subscriptions and your spending habits to figure out how to save you money? Clarity Money is cofounded by Adam Dell, Michael Dell's brother, and backed by some heavy hitters including the Soros Fund, Maveron Partners and Bessemer Venture Capital. Once you download the app and link your bank accounts, Clarity Money promises to analyze your accounts and make suggestions to save you money. It uses data science and machine learning to negotiate bills, create a savings account, find lower interest rate credit cards and/or personal loans, transfer money between accounts, and deliver actionable insights based on your spending patterns, credit score and credit cards.

The Netflix logo is shown in this illustration photograph. Editor's Note: This is the third in a series of excerpts we are publishing from sociologist Jerry Davis's new book, "The Vanishing American Corporation: Navigating the Hazards of a New Economy." For more on the topic, watch last week's Making Sen e report below. Suppose you wanted to start an enterprise without leaving your couch. Imagine a hypothetical product: the iPhone Remote Drone Assassin App.