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Google LLC today debuted three new Chromebooks optimized to be used with cloud-based video game streaming services. Chromebooks are laptops that run on Google’s ChromeOS operating system. Initially released in 2011, the operating system is based on Linux and shares many interface …
Amazon will invest €1B+ to deploy more electric delivery vehicles in Europe
Amazon.com Inc. today announced that it will spend more than 1 billion euros, or about $1 billion, over the next five years to expand its use of electric delivery vehicles in Europe. The investment is part of an effort by the company …
IDC: Personal computer shipments declined 15% in the third quarter
Worldwide sales of personal computers declined 15% year-over-year in the third quarter, research firm International Data Corp. has found. IDC detailed its findings in the latest edition of its Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker, a quarterly market research report. Preliminary results …
US places new restrictions on chip technology sales to China
The U.S. today introduced new rules that will restrict the sale of chips and chip production equipment to China. Some of the rules will go into effect today, Protocol reported. Others will be rolled out over the coming weeks. The first set …
Biden signs executive order to implement EU-US data privacy agreement
President Joe Biden today signed an executive order that directs the U.S. government to implement a data privacy agreement signed with the European Union earlier this year. Many tech companies store the information of EU users in U.S.-based data centers. Until a …
Hackers steal $570M in cryptocurrency from Binance’s BNB Chain
Hackers have stolen cryptocurrency worth about $570 million from BNB Chain, a blockchain created by cryptocurrency company Binance Holdings Ltd. Binance operates a popular cryptocurrency exchange that ranks as the world’s largest by trading volume. In 2019, the company launched a blockchain …
Microsoft open-sources AI algorithms for optimizing farm operations
Microsoft Corp. today open-sourced FarmVibes.AI, a collection of artificial intelligence models that farm operators can use to perform tasks such as planting crops more efficiently. FarmVibes.AI is one of several technologies that Microsoft has developed as part of an initiative dubbed Project …
Altana raises $100M for its AI-powered supply chain platform
Supply chain startup Altana Technologies Inc. today announced that it has raised a $100 million funding round led by Activate Capital. The Series B round also included contributions from more than a half-dozen other investors. The group included Prologis Ventures, Reefknot Investments, …
Managed cybersecurity startup Arctic Wolf raises $401M in fresh financing
Arctic Wolf Networks Inc., a major provider of managed cybersecurity services, today announced that it has raised $401 million from investors through a convertible notes offering. A convertible note is a type of loan popular among startups. Usually, such loans are structured …
DeepMind details new AI system for developing algorithms
Alphabet Inc.’s DeepMind unit today detailed AlphaTensor, an artificial intelligence system capable of discovering new algorithms that can be used to solve mathematical problems. DeepMind researchers have used AlphaTensor to develop a new way of performing matrix multiplications. A matrix multiplication is …