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You.com debuts multimodal AI chatbot for search
Search startup You.com has debuted an artificial intelligence chatbot that can provide natural language answers to user queries, as well as surface related items such as code snippets and graphs. TechCrunch reported the launch of the chatbot today. Palo Alto, California-based You.com is a venture-backed startup that competes with Google LLC and Microsoft Corp.’s Bing ...
Google to roll out pricing updates across cloud portfolio
Google LLC today detailed a series of pricing updates that will roll out in the coming months to its public cloud platform and the Google Workspace productivity suite. In conjunction, the company will upgrade BigQuery with an enhanced auto-scaling feature. BigQuery is Google’s cloud-based data warehouse. According to the company, both the BigQuery enhancement and ...
GitHub launches Copilot for Business into general availability with AI upgrades
Microsoft Corp.’s GitHub unit today made Copilot for Business, its artificial intelligence code generation service, generally available. The service is based on a tool called Copilot that GitHub first previewed in 2021. Both offerings are designed to increase developer productivity by automatically generating software code. But whereas Copilot is geared toward individuals, the newly launched ...
GlobalFoundries stock jumps after better-than-expected quarterly results
Shares of chip manufacturer GlobalFoundries Inc. gained more than 6.6% in trading today after the company posted better-than-expected financial results for the fourth quarter. Malta, New York-based GlobalFoundries generated revenues of $2.1 billion in the quarter ended Dec. 31. That represents a 14% increase from the same time a year ago. Its sales topped the ...
Cloud growth fuels strong quarterly results at Teradata
Shares of Teradata Corp. jumped more than 15% today after the company reported better-than-expected financial results for the fourth quarter. San Diego-based Teradata is a major provider of data management software. Its flagship offering is Vantage, an analytics platform that companies can use to scan their business data for useful insights. Vantage supports a wide ...
Check Point Software tops fourth-quarter earnings expectations
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. generated higher net income and revenue in the fourth quarter than analysts had projected thanks to strong demand for its cybersecurity software. The company reported financial results today. Israel-based Check Point is a major player in the cybersecurity market, with more than 100,000 customers, including a fifth of the Global ...
Twilio lets go 17% of employees in latest workforce reduction
Twilio Inc. today announced that it will let go 17% of its employees in an effort to lower costs. The layoffs come four months after an earlier round of job cuts that saw the company reduce its headcount by 11%. The move left Twilio with about 8,176 staffers, it disclosed in November. That suggests the ...
Microsoft reportedly makes job cuts across metaverse, Surface and Xbox units
Microsoft Corp. has reportedly cut jobs at the business units responsible for developing its Surface device lineup, Xbox video game console and metaverse products. Bloomberg reported the development today, citing sources familiar with the matter. The layoffs are said to have been made on Thursday. Like other major tech companies, Microsoft is reducing its headcount ...
Vehicle data provider Otonomo to merge into Urgently
Otonomo Technologies Ltd., a publicly traded provider of vehicle data, will merge with privately held startup Urgently Inc. in an all-stock transaction. The merger was announced on Thursday. Otonomo shareholders are set to receive an approximately 33% stake in the combined company. Urgently’s investors, which include Jaguar Land Rover Ltd. and other major automakers, will ...
China’s JD.com announces plans for ChatGPT rival
JD.com Inc., the largest online retailer in China, has announced plans to introduce an artificial intelligence chatbot with similar features as OpenAI LLC’s ChatGPT. CNBC reported the development today. JD.com’s chatbot will reportedly be known as ChatJD and is described as an “industrial version” of ChatGPT. It’s expected to place a particular emphasis on use ...