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Datadog’s first-quarter revenue tops analyst expectations
Shares of observability provider Datadog Inc. climbed more than 14% in trading today after the company reported higher-than-expected first-quarter sales. Datadog generated $481.7 million in revenue during the three months ended March 31, which amounts to a 33% year-over-year increase. The company surpassed the Zacks consensus estimate by 2.8%. Since going public in 2019, Datadog has ...
ServiceNow and Hugging Face release open-source AI model for generating code
ServiceNow Inc. and Hugging Face Inc. today introduced StarCoder, an open-source artificial intelligence model model that can generate code in multiple programming languages. The companies claim that StarCoder is the most advanced model of its kind in the open-source ecosystem. It was developed through a research project that ServiceNow and Hugging Face launched last year. The ...
White House launches new AI initiatives as UK begins review of foundation models
The White House today announced a series of initiatives designed to encourage the creation of safe artificial intelligence software, as well as mitigate the risks posed by the technology. The development comes as generative AI is increasingly emerging as a focus for policymakers. On Wednesday, Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan called for AI to ...
AMD introduces AI-optimized Ryzen 7040U processor series for laptops
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. today introduced a new line of laptop processors, the Ryzen 7040U series, that promises to outperform the M2 chip in Apple Inc.’s latest MacBooks. The Ryzen 7040U series features four central processing units on launch. All four chips are designed to power ultrabooks, or lightweight laptops with a long battery life. ...
FinOps Foundation debuts new specification to ease cloud cost management
The FinOps Foundation today announced FOCUS, an open-source initiative designed to help companies more easily track their cloud costs. The goal of the initiative is to develop a standard specification for organizing cloud spending and usage data. In the future, FOCUS will also provide a number of related data management capabilities. Microsoft Corp. and Google ...
Google rolls out passkey support to user accounts
Google LLC will enable users to sign into its services using passkeys, a new type of login credential that is designed to be more secure than traditional passwords. Google introduced the feature this morning. The search giant has already begun rolling out passkey support to consumer accounts and said it will bring the feature to ...
Honeycomb introduces generative AI query tool for its observability platform
Startup Honeycomb today debuted a new artificial intelligence tool that promises to help developers more easily troubleshoot application errors. Dubbed Query Assistant, the tool is powered by generative AI software from OpenAI LP. Query Assistant will become available as part of Honeycomb’s namesake observability platform. The tool will complement a number of existing machine learning ...
Oracle introduces new analytics features for its Autonomous Data Warehouse
Oracle Corp. early today debuted a new version of its Autonomous Data Warehouse platform that promises to simplify enterprise analytics projects, as well as reduce costs. Companies use the Autonomous Data Warehouse to analyze their business information for useful insights. According to Oracle, the platform lends itself to tasks such as tracking subsidiaries’ financial performance ...
Uber shares jump on expectation-topping earnings
The value of Uber Technologies Inc.’s stock jumped more than 11% today after the company posted first-quarter results that topped analyst expectations. Uber generated revenues of $8.82 billion during the three months ended March 31. That’s 29% higher than the company’s year-ago sales and slightly above the Refinitiv consensus analyst estimate, which projected $8.72 billion. “We ...
Commvault tops fourth-quarter earnings expectations
Updated with interview: Commvault Systems Inc. today reported better-than-expected financial results for its fiscal fourth quarter ended March 31. The company, which provides data protection and management software, attributed the results partly to strong demand for its Metallic product. Metallic is a software-as-a-service backup and recovery platform. The platform surpassed $100 million in annualized recurring ...