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With upgraded storage platform, Dell-backed Vast Data targets AI workloads
Vast Data Inc., an infrastructure startup funded by Dell Technologies Inc. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc., today unveiled a new version of its storage platform that promises to enable faster processing speeds for machine learning models. New York-based Vast Data is challenging the conventions of how enterprises manage their information. Normally, a storage system has the dual ...
Google’s VideoBERT algorithm predicts the future one cooking video at a time
Google LLC today debuted VideoBERT, an artificial intelligence that can watch part of a video and extrapolate what will happen in the next few seconds like a human. Equipping a computer with the ability to understand and draw correct conclusions from a visual scene requires an incredibly sophisticated algorithm. For Google’s researchers, however, the challenge ...
California Senate passes bill to classify Uber, Lyft drivers as employees
California state senators today approved a bill that will reclassify Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. drivers from independent contractors to employees, potentially raising operating costs significantly for the ride-hailing giants. Assembly Bill 5 passed 29-11 in a development that likely paves the way for it to become law in the foreseeable future. The legislation ...
Q-CTRL nabs $15M round to make quantum computers more reliable
Q-CTRL Pty. Ltd., an Australian startup trying to build the software foundations for large-scale quantum computers, today announced that it has secured a $15 million round of funding. Square Peg Capital led the investment with participation from Sequoia Capital, Main Sequence Ventures and Horizons Ventures. Q-CTRL will use the cash to set up a Los Angeles office in an expansion effort that ...
Google advances cross-platform software development with Flutter, Dart updates
Google LLC’s presence in the developer community can be felt far beyond the Android ecosystem. The search giant is responsible for TensorFlow, numerous cybersecurity tools and Flutter, the popular open-sourcing framework for building apps that work on multiple platforms. Google today launched a new version of Flutter along with an update to the Dart programming ...
50 attorneys general join forces for antitrust investigation into Google
Google LLC’s legal and government relations teams will have a busy 2020 by the look of things. Today, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton held a press conference on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court to announce he’ll be leading a multistate antitrust investigation into the search giant. The probe is backed by attorneys general from 47 other states ...
Apple revises App Store search algorithm that unfairly boosted its own apps
Apple Inc. has adjusted the App Store’s search algorithm after a New York Times investigation found that the company’s own apps were often ranked higher than more popular competitors. The Times published its findings today alongside an interview with two senior Apple executives who went on record about the issue. The executives, senior vice presidents ...
Google Cloud gets rootkit-resistant Kubernetes nodes, better SAP support
Google LLC today added a set of specialized instance options to its cloud platform that will cater to enterprises with Kubernetes workloads and large installations of software from SAP SE. The first addition is Shielded GKE Nodes, a mode that can be enabled on regular instances to make them more secure. It’s based on an ...
With upcoming chips, Qualcomm will expand 5G access beyond flagship phones
Wireless carriers are rushing to retool their infrastructure for 5G and the technology is already live in some major cities. Currently, however, only flagship phones such as the $1,299 edition of the Samsung Galaxy S10 can take advantage of the speeds offered by next-generation mobile networks. Qualcomm Inc. intends to change that. The company, one ...
Facebook facing multistate antitrust probe over social media dominance
New York State Attorney Letitia James will lead a multistate investigation of Facebook Inc. to determine if the company has abused its dominance in the social media market. James’ office announced the probe in a brief press release this morning. Though at an early stage, the investigation is already shaping up to be a broad ...