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Standard Power details plan for data centers powered by miniaturized nuclear reactors
Standard Power, a New York-based provider of colocation and data center construction services, plans to use miniaturized nuclear reactors to power some of its facilities. The company detailed the plan on Friday. It intends to source the reactors from NuScale Power Corp., a publicly traded nuclear energy company. NuScale is not the only company developing ...
Google debuts AI search features for the healthcare and life sciences sectors
Google LLC is rolling out a new version of its Vertex AI Search service optimized for healthcare and life sciences organizations. The company detailed the offering this morning at HLTH 2023, a healthcare technology conference taking place in Las Vegas. Vertex AI Search first debuted earlier this year under the name Gen App Builder. It ...
Report: MGM Resorts refused to pay hackers following ransomware attack
MGM Resorts International Inc. reportedly refused to pay a ransom that hackers demanded following a cyberattack against its properties last month. The Wall Street Journal reported the decision late Thursday. The same day, MGM Resorts submitted a regulatory filing that revealed new details about the breach. The company disclosed that the hackers stole some customers’ ...
OpenAI – and Microsoft – reportedly could each develop custom AI chips
OpenAI LP has reportedly been exploring the idea of developing custom artificial intelligence chips since last year. Reuters reported the initiative late Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. It’s believed the chipmaking effort is a response to the fact that the Nvidia Corp. graphics cards OpenAI uses to power its AI models are currently ...
Gradient raises $10M for its AI customization and inference platform
Startup Gradient has raised $10 million in seed funding to grow the adoption of its cloud platform, which developers can use to host customized versions of open-source language models. TechCrunch reported the investment today in the company. Wing VC led the round while Mango Capital, Tokyo Black, The New Normal Fund, Secure Octane and Global ...
Robotic metalworking startup Machina Labs closes $32M round backed by Nvidia
Machina Labs Inc., a startup using robots equipped with artificial intelligence to manufacture metal products, today announced that it has raised $32 million in funding. The Series B investment was jointly led by Nvidia Corp.’s NVentures investment arm and Innovation Endeavors. A number of unnamed existing and new backers participated as well. Since launching in ...
UK launches investigation into public cloud market with focus on hyperscalers
The U.K.’s antitrust regulator will investigate the public cloud market to determine if leading industry players may be engaging in anticompetitive practices. The Competition and Markets Authority, or CMA, announced the probe today. The move comes shortly after Ofcom, a U.K. regulator responsible for overseeing the local telecommunications and broadcast sectors, completed a study of ...
Docker debuts new tools for developing container applications
Docker Inc. today introduced two new offerings, Docker Build and Docker Debug, that promise to help software teams develop container applications faster. The offerings are currently in public beta. They made their debut at the company’s annual DockerCon conference alongside a new version of its existing Docker Scout cybersecurity tool. Originally introduced in February, the tool ...
Qualtrics lets go 780 workers to simplify its organizational structure
Qualtrics International Inc. today announced that it’s laying off about 780 employees, or 14% of its workforce, in a bid to simplify its organizational structure. The restructuring comes a few months after the former SAP SE unit was acquired by two investment firms in a $12.8 billion deal. Qualtrics develops a so-called experience management platform, ...
Zendesk debuts new AI features for its customer service platform
Zendesk Inc. today debuted new generative artificial intelligence features that aim to make help desk teams more productive. The features are rolling out for the company’s flagship customer service platform, which is used by about 100,000 organizations worldwide. The platform enables help desk representatives to process support requests through a centralized interface. It also provides ...