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Dell’s and Google’s new Chromebook Enterprise laptops pack a built-in security chip
Dell Technologies Inc. and Google LLC today unveiled a jointly developed laptop line that delivers the search giant’s Chrome OS operating system in a form tailored for security-conscious organizations. The series, named Chromebook Enterprise, features two models on launch. The first is a traditional 14-inch clamshell laptop dubbed the Latitude 5400, while the other, the ...
More IPOs coming: Ping Identity and Datadog file to go public
Three years after being acquired by Vista Equity Partners LLC for $600 million, Ping Identity Corp. is heading to the stock market at what may be a significantly higher valuation, while another enterprise software firm, Datadog Inc., joined the initial public offering party as well. Ping, which sells software that helps enterprises manage user access to their ...
New HPE supercomputer will help NASA send humans back to the moon
NASA will use a new supercomputer built by Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. to support its goal of returning humans to the moon by 2024. The system, named “Aitken” after celebrated astronomer Robert Grant Aitken, was detailed by HPE on Thursday. It’s based on the company’s SGI 8600 supercomputer module and has a peak performance of 3.69 petaflops. ...
Facebook opens up about the AI powering its Oculus virtual reality headsets
For virtual reality headsets, perspective is key. When the user shifts their gaze or moves around, the headset needs to realign the scene in front of their eyes to account for the new viewing angle. The transition must furthermore happen at lightning speed to avoid breaking the illusion. Facebook Inc. has managed to pull all ...
Apple’s next iPhones said to sport triple-lens AI camera, math coprocessor
Apple Inc.’s hardware engineers have had a busy past year, judging by the latest leak about its 2019 product launch roadmap. Bloomberg reported today that the company is preparing to introduce three new iPhones, an equal number of upgraded iPad models, a supersized MacBook Pro and more. The iPhones will likely lead the lineup. Apple ...
Amazon inaugurates biggest global campus in India with plans for 15,000 workers
Amazon.com Inc. today inaugurated a sprawling corporate hub in the Indian city of Hyderabad that’s expected to house some 15,000 employees. The towering complex (pictured) is the company’s biggest outpost globally, overtaking even the skyscrapers that make up its Seattle headquarters. The hub will expand Amazon’s already sizable presence in India, where it employs about ...
To aid AI research, Waymo releases massive sensor dataset from its self-driving cars
Waymo LLC, Alphabet Inc.’s self-driving car subsidiary, hopes to advance the state of artificial intelligence by providing researchers with new data for their projects. The group today released a massive corpus of sensory information collected by its autonomous vehicles. The repository includes 1,000 video segments recorded under a variety of driving conditions in both day and ...
Intel adds more processors for laptops with Comet Lake series
Intel Corp. today added eight new chips to its portfolio with the introduction of Comet Lake, a central processing unit family for lightweight and power-efficient notebooks. Comet Lake is based on the 14-nanometer Skylake architecture Intel launched back in 2015. The series is making its debut several weeks after the chipmaker unveiled Ice Lake, another ...
Capacity, formerly Jane.ai, reels in $13.2M round for its AI productivity platform
In a large company that has its data spread out over multiple systems, finding the specific piece of information a worker needs for a meeting or assignment can be akin to looking for a needle in a haystack. Capacity Inc. is using artificial intelligence to speed up the task. The St. Louis, Missouri-based startup today ...
PerimeterX acquires fellow security startup PageSeal to expand product lineup
PerimeterX Inc., a cybersecurity provider backed by $77 million in funding, has dipped into its venture capital war chest to acquire fellow startup PageSeal Ltd. The company announced the deal today without disclosing financial details. PerimeterX, which sells tools for securing websites and mobile apps, is relaunching PageSeal’s software as a cloud service called PerimeterX ...