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IBM-backed consortium opens up 16 supercomputers for coronavirus research
A consortium of tech companies, government bodies and universities is making 330 petaflops of supercomputer capacity available to researchers studying the coronavirus. IBM Corp., a member of the group, unveiled the initiative on Sunday. Researchers can request computing resources via an online applications portal. The COVID-19 High Performance Computing Consortium is launching with support from the White ...
AT&T scraps $4B stock buyback plan as carriers adjust to internet traffic demands
AT&T Inc. has scrapped a plan to buy back $4 billion worth of shares in order to free up financial resources for coping with the coronavirus pandemic and its economic impact. The carrier disclosed the move in a regulatory filing spotted by CNBC today. On March 3, AT&T revealed that it had teamed up with Morgan Stanley ...
AWS launches $20M diagnostics program to support coronavirus research
Amazon Web Services Inc. today announced a $20 million program to support organizations that are working on new, better ways of diagnosing the coronavirus. The COVID-19 testing methods currently in use can require waiting a day or more to see if a patient is positive. Under the new program, AWS will support accredited research institutions ...
Microsoft Teams gains 12M users in a week as Slack picks up 7,000 new customers
Microsoft Corp. and Slack Technologies Inc. today divulged growth figures for their team collaboration services that provide a new indicator of just how fast teleworking is rising amid the coronavirus pandemic. In the past seven days, Microsoft Teams has gained no fewer than 12 million active daily users. The service now counts 44 million active users ...
Storj Labs launches a decentralized object storage platform for enterprises
Storj Labs Inc. today launched a decentralized object storage platform for the enterprise market that it says offers up to 50% lower pricing than Amazon Web Services Inc.’s category-leading S3 service. Storj is headed by Chief Executive Officer Ben Golub (pictured), who led software container pioneer Docker Inc. before joining the startup in 2018. Tardigrade, ...
Netflix, YouTube, Amazon cut streaming bit rates in Europe as internet usage surges
Updated: Netflix Inc. has cut traffic to customers in Europe after the European Union asked it Wednesday to downgrade high-definition video streams to standard quality in some cases, a measure officials hope will ease the strain on carrier networks facing surging internet traffic. Thierry Breton, the EU commissioner for the bloc’s internal market, had brought ...
Insight Partners leads $100M round for user feedback startup UserTesting
UserTesting Inc., a startup that helps companies such as IBM Corp. gather user feedback about their digital products, has closed $100 million in fresh funding. Announced this morning, the investment was led by Insight Partners with participation from returning backers Accel, OpenView Venture Partners and Greenspring. UserTesting has raised more than $185 million in funding ...
Coronavirus update: Facebook to roll out information center for its 2.5B users
Facebook Inc. is adding a new section to its social network and to WhatsApp that will provide users with verified information about the coronavirus. Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg announced the update in a virtual press conference today. “The broad consensus is that the biggest role that we can help play is encouraging people ...
Apple unveils faster, lidar-equipped iPad Pro, updated MacBook Air and Mac mini
Apple Inc. today refreshed part of its device lineup by introducing a faster iPad Pro model with a lidar-assisted camera, an upgraded MacBook Air and storage improvements for the Mac mini. The news follows the company announcing plans to turn the Worldwide Developers Conference it was set to hold in June into an online-only event. The latest iteration of the ...
Intel’s new neuromorphic Pohoiki Springs system sports 100M artificial neurons
Intel Corp. today shared details about Pohoiki Springs, a neuromorphic computing system that provides 100 million artificial neurons for performing processing tasks. Neuromorphic hardware attempts to mimic the way the human brain processes information to speed up computations. The technology is still experimental, but Intel and other players in the field hope that brain-inspired systems will ...