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In a court filing newly unsealed today, Amazon.com Inc. provided more details on its charge that “improper pressure” from President Donald Trump was behind the Defense Department’s decision to pass it over for the lucrative JEDI cloud computing contract and choose rival …
Report: Samsung’s Galaxy S11 will sport powerful 108-megapixel camera
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.’s next flagship smartphone will bring the biggest camera upgrade in the history of the Galaxy S family, Bloomberg reported today. The South Korean electronics giant is said to be readying a new rear camera for the upcoming Galaxy …
Qualcomm brings out world’s first 5G mixed-reality chip, new laptop processors
Qualcomm Inc. has followed up the unveiling of its new flagship smartphone processor by pulling back the curtains on the XR2, a chip for augmented and virtual reality headsets hailed as the first of its kind in the world to support 5G. The …
NFL teams up with AWS to simulate and predict player injuries using AI
Amazon Web Services Inc. said today the National Football League will use its cloud platform to model contributing factors to player injuries and explore ways of reducing health risks using machine learning. The partnership, announced at AWS’ annual re:Invent conference today in Las Vegas, …
AWS launches ML Embark program to help enterprises adopt machine learning
For enterprises, the path to adopting artificial intelligence involves more than just development tools and algorithms. A company looking to deploy AI must first and foremost train its engineers in using the technology, a task that Amazon Web Services Inc. hopes to …
Report: FTC antitrust officials are investigating Amazon’s AWS cloud business
Officials with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission are reportedly investigating whether Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud computing business, Amazon Web Services Inc., has violated antitrust laws. Bloomberg broke the news Wednesday evening, citing unnamed sources who weren’t authorized to talk with the press about …
Qualcomm unleashes new generation of 5G-enabled Snapdragon chips
After giving the industry a sneak peak at its product roadmap on Tuesday, Qualcomm Inc. today officially unveiled the Snapdragon 865, Snapdragon 765 and Snapdragon 756G, the chips that will power next year’s 5G-enabled Android devices. The Snapdragon 865 is the company’s …
Kustomer picks up $60M at $500M+ valuation for its customer service CRM
Marking its third funding round of the year, Kustomer Inc. today announced that it has picked up $60 million in additional capital from Coatue, Tiger Global Management and Battery Ventures. New York-based Kustomer has built a customer service platform that allows companies …
BP shifts 900 workloads to AWS as Novartis, FINRA spin up new cloud data projects
BP plc will shift 900 core workloads to Amazon Web Services Inc. as part of an agreement revealed today, while Novartis AG and FINRA are spinning up massive new data projects on the provider’s public cloud. The three deals were all announced …
AI takes center stage: AWS debuts SageMaker Studio, CodeGuru, Kendra and more
Kicking re:Invent into high gear, Amazon Web Services Inc. today unveiled a massive array of artificial intelligence solutions spanning more than a half-dozen product categories, from code debugging to cybersecurity and contact center automation. And that’s on top of a formidable lineup …