Maria Deutscher
Latest from Maria Deutscher
Ampere says its new 80-core server processor is twice as fast as Intel silicon
Ampere Computing Inc., the chip startup led by former Intel Corp. President Renee James, today unveiled a 80-core server processor that it describes as more than twice as fast as the competition. The Ampere Altra is designed for use in cloud data centers and systems that run at the edge of the network. It features ...
Kubeflow hits 1.0 as AI on Kubernetes gains momentum
The first stable release of Kubeflow, the Google LLC-backed toolkit for running artificial intelligence workloads on Kubernetes, officially became available today. Kubeflow was open sourced in 2017 by a group of Google engineers and several peers from other tech companies. It’s a toolkit that enables organizations to deploy AI workloads on infrastructure powered by Kubernetes, ...
Enterprise software giant BMC to buy longtime rival Compuware
BMC Software Inc. today announced plans to acquire Compuware Corp., a leading maker of mainframe software with which it has been competing for decades. The terms of the deal were not disclosed because both companies are privately held. BMC is owned by investment firm KKR & Co. Inc. and it’s buying Compuware from Thoma Bravo ...
Underwater AI: Alphabet’s X lab launches new moonshot to protect the ocean
Google LLC parent Alphabet Inc. is getting into fish farming. Alphabet’s X division, which oversees the company’s emerging research projects, today unveiled a new initiative that aims to harness artificial intelligence to develop more environmentally friendly fish farming methods. The initiative is operating under the name Tidal and has been in incubation for the past ...
Microsoft is retooling Cortana for the enterprise on Windows 10
Microsoft Corp. today announced plans to roll out a major update to Cortana that will replace the voice assistant’s consumer-oriented features with email, calendar and productivity capabilities aimed at the enterprise. The new Cortana will arrive on Windows 10 this spring. The assistant, which is currently integrated into the Windows 10 taskbar, is being spun out ...
Cisco plans round of layoffs amid revenue pressures
Cisco Systems Inc. is reportedly trimming its workforce amid the pressure on its business from changing enterprise spending patterns and macro factors such as the coronavirus outbreak, which contributed to a more than 2% decline in the company’s stock today. The planned layoffs were first reported by the Wall Street Journal on Thursday evening. The ...
Facebook scraps F8 developer conference over coronavirus concerns
Facebook Inc. will not be holding its annual F8 developer conference this year on account of the global coronavirus outbreak, the social network said today. “This was a tough call to make — F8 is an incredibly important event for Facebook and it’s one of our favorite ways to celebrate all of you from around ...
Google: Our data centers are now twice as energy-efficient as a typical enterprise facility
Google LLC has revealed that, thanks to innovations such as its Tensor Processing Unit artificial intelligence chips, its data centers are twice as energy-efficient as the typical enterprise data center. Urs Hölzle, the head of engineering for Google Cloud, shared the milestone in a blog post today. The announcement was timed to coincide with a ...
DoorDash files to go public after hitting $13B valuation in November
Food delivery unicorn DoorDash Inc. said today that it has submitted paperwork to go public, just months after raising funding at reported $13 billion valuation. DoorDash’s S-1 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is confidential for the time being. The company didn’t provide any details on its initial public offering or when it ...
Google boosts Open Images dataset with ‘localized narratives’ to advance AI
Google LLC today rolled out a new version of Open Images, its photo dataset for artificial intelligence research, that adds millions of additional data points and a feature dubbed “localized narratives” intended to aid academic projects. First released in 2016, Open Images contains 9 million photos annotated with descriptive labels. Such datasets play an important role ...