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Wind River launches analytics service for monitoring 5G networks
Wind River Systems Inc., a major embedded software supplier whose technology is used in systems such as NASA spacecraft, today launched a service to help carriers ensure that their 5G networks are running smoothly. Wind River operated as an Intel Corp. subsidiary until it was sold in 2018. The company sells a widely used operating system ...
Google’s $2.1B Fitbit deal expected to face EU antitrust probe next week
Google LLC’s plan to buy smartwatch maker Fitbit Inc. has drawn the attention of European Union regulators, which Reuters reported today are expected to open an antitrust investigation into the deal. Sources told the news agency that the probe will be launched next week. Google last year inked a $2.1 billion agreement to acquire publicly traded Fitbit, which was estimated to ...
Google details fourth-generation TPUs with big AI speed boost
Google LLC today shared early details about a new iteration of its TPU chip for running artificial intelligence workloads that more than doubles the performance of the previous generation. Google’s TPU, or Tensor Processor Unit, is an application-specific integrated circuit designed with AI in mind. The new TPU model that the search giant detailed today ...
Juniper intros AI troubleshooting tools to automate more network operations
Juniper Networks Inc. today introduced new artificial intelligence tools that can automatically find issues in a company’s network to reduce connectivity issues for employees. The headline item is Mist WAN Assurance. It’s an AI-infused service for troubleshooting problems in the wide-area network that powers a company’s long-distance connections, such as connections between remote workers’ homes ...
Google is upgrading its Flutter framework to enable better web applications
Google LLC today provided a technical update on its popular Flutter development tool, sharing details on how it’s upgrading the software to enable new, more sophisticated web applications. Flutter is an open-source framework that makes it easier to build user interfaces for applications. It’s used by about 500,000 engineers worldwide and plays a notable role ...
Intel, MIT and Georgia Tech move ‘solid step’ closer to teaching AI how to code
Intel Corp., MIT and the Georgia Institute of Technology today detailed an artificial intelligence code analysis system that is being hailed as a “solid step” toward teaching computers how to program. Intel is also looking to turn the system into a coding assistance tool for developers. Last year, the chipmaker set up a new group ...
AWS bolsters AI services lineup with general availability of Fraud Detector
Amazon Web Services Inc. today announced the general availability of Fraud Detector, a service that enables organizations to build customized machine learning models for catching fraudulent activity such as scam transactions. The service uses the same technology AWS parent Amazon.com Inc. employs to fight fraudulent activity on its e-commerce marketplace. According to the cloud giant, ...
Conexiom raises $40M from Iconiq Capital to automate enterprise transactions
Conexiom, a Canadian software-as-a-service provider focused on making companies’ sales processes more efficient, today said that it has landed $40 million in funding from Iconiq Capital. Iconiq Capital makes investments on behalf of a client roster that includes Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman and other prominent tech figures. It’s backing ...
Commvault shatters earnings estimates as cloud strategy pays off
Shares of Commvault Systems Inc. rose more than 7% today after the data protection provider posted solid quarterly financial results that beat Wall Street’s expectations by a wide margin. Tinton Falls, New Jersey-based Commvault provides software that helps organizations back up their records and protect them from risks such as hardware failures. Chief Executive Officer Sanjay Mirchandani (pictured) told SiliconANGLE ...
Google announces Grace Hopper subsea internet cable to link the U.S. and Europe
Google LLC today announced plans for a new subsea internet cable that will enable data to cross the Atlantic faster and advance the search giant’s cloud expansion roadmap. The cable is to be named after computer pioneer Grace Hopper. Bikash Koley, the vice president of global networking at Google, hailed the project as a “significant upgrade” ...