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Google LLC today added a new instance series to its cloud platform that runs on seven-nanometer server processors from Advanced Micro Devices Inc.’s Epyc Rome line. The instances, branded as the N2D series, are the most powerful general-purpose virtual machines Google has …
Qualcomm’s new 5-nanometer X60 modem chip will power next-gen 5G phones
Qualcomm Inc. has a new 5G modem chip for smartphones that’s the first in the industry to feature a more efficient five-nanometer architecture and promises up to double the connection speeds in some cases. Dubbed the X60, the modem was unveiled this …
As more enterprises adopt AI, AWS’ ML Solutions Lab passes 175 customers
Amazon Web Services Inc. today provided a rare glimpse into the growth of its artificial intelligence business by sharing some figures for the ML Solutions Lab, the in-house AI consultancy it set up in 2017. Michelle Lee, the vice president who leads …
Jeff Bezos launches $10B Bezos Earth Fund to fight climate change
Amazon.com Inc. founder and Chief Executive Jeff Bezos today announced on social media that he’s setting up a $10 billion philanthropic fund to support climate action. The Bezos Earth Fund will be personally financed by Bezos (pictured), the world’s richest man with …
PullRequest acquires Moonlight to boost its AI bug hunting engine
PullRequest Inc., a code review startup backed by Google LLC and Y Combinator, today said it has acquired fellow startup Moonlight Work Inc. to advance its plans of making software development more automated using artificial intelligence. Austin, Texas-based PullRequest operates a “code …
Tesla prices secondary stock offering, set to raise as much as $2.3B
Tesla Inc. today disclosed the pricing for its planned secondary stock offering, telling the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in a filing that it will sell 2.65 million shares at $767 apiece. That would work out to a cash haul of about $2.03 …
Arista acquires multicloud software-defined network provider Big Switch Networks
Arista Networks Inc. has acquired Big Switch Networks Inc., an early player in the software-defined networking market that raised more than $120 million from investors such as Khosla Ventures. The terms of the deal, which Arista announced on Thursday afternoon, were not …
Google’s $2.6B Looker acquisition closes after winning UK approval
Google LLC’s acquisition of Looker Data Sciences Inc. has officially closed, a little over eight months after it announced it would acquire the data visualization provider for $2.6 billion. The search giant originally told investors it expected the deal to complete before …
Court pauses Microsoft’s JEDI Pentagon cloud contract work in response to Amazon suit
A Federal Court of Appeals judge today temporarily blocked the Pentagon’s $10 billion cloud computing contract that was awarded to Microsoft Corp. last year. The Joint Enterprise Defense Initiative or JEDI contract had been expected to be awarded to Amazon Web Services …
Broadcom’s world first Wi-Fi 6E chip promises much faster wireless speeds for phones
As carriers rush to upgrade their infrastructure to 5G, another part of the mobile networking landscape is undergoing a major technological shift as well. An emerging standard for indoor mobile connections dubbed Wi-Fi 6E is promising to double internet speeds and halve …