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AWS launches Deep Learning Containers and new AI infrastructure options
Fresh off landing a major infrastructure deal with Volkswagen AG, Amazon Web Services Inc. today introduced new features that will give enterprises more flexibility in how they use its cloud platform. The main highlight is a software bundle dubbed AWS Deep Learning Containers. It consists of popular artificial intelligence tools from the open-source ecosystem that ...
Volkswagen taps AWS to build industrial IoT platform for its supply chain
The world’s largest carmaker is standardizing its manufacturing infrastructure on Amazon Web Services Inc.’s cloud. Volkswagen AG and AWS today announced a multiyear deal to build a cloud analytics platform that will process data from all 122 of the German auto giant’s global factories. The Volkswagen Industrial Cloud, as it’s called, will also be linked ...
Google launches AMP for Email to make emails interactive
Google LLC wants to turn the traditional email into something more akin to an interactive web page. The search giant today started rolling out AMP for Email, a technology that enables companies to create messages with embedded widgets such as meeting calendars and product catalogs. It’s based on the Accelerated Mobile Pages framework that Google provides to ...
Building on $1.7B Magento acquisition, Adobe launches Commerce Cloud
Adobe Systems Inc. today moved into the rapidly expanding e-commerce technology market with the launch of Commerce Cloud, a new service that builds on its $1.68 billion acquisition of Magento Inc. last year. Magento developed a popular online retail system that processed $155 billion in annual sales for merchants at the time of the deal. ...
EU passes controversial law to toughen online copyright enforcement
The European Parliament today passed a controversial overhaul of its online copyright laws that supporters say will give content creators more protections, but critics slam it as a threat to internet freedoms. The Copyright Directive was accepted with 348 lawmakers in favor and 274 opposed. The approval follows a preliminary vote in September that saw the parliament ...
Hazelcast gives its in-memory data grid the cloud treatment with new service
Hazelcast Inc., a major provider of in-memory computing solutions, today launched a managed cloud version of its flagship product created specifically to support off-premises workloads. Hazelcast Cloud is based on the company’s Hazelcast IMDG system, the most popular open-source product in the in-memory data grid category. In-memory data grids serve the same basic purpose as ...
Subscription central: Apple debuts new services plus iPhone-linked credit card
Apple Inc.’s big product launch events tend to focus on hardware, but the Show Time presser it held today at its California headquarters took a very different direction. Chief Executive Tim Cook (pictured) stepped onto the stage of a tightly packed auditorium to introduce a series of new subscription services spanning news, TV and gaming, plus ...
With new LiDAR factory up and running, Ouster raises $60M more in funding
Ouster Inc., a maker of LiDAR sensors for self-driving cars and other autonomous machines, today announced that it has raised $60 million in new funding to support its growth efforts. The financing comes at a pivotal time for the San Francisco-based startup. Ouster, one of dozens of players vying for the fast-growing LiDAR market, just ...
Unicorn stampede: All eyes on Lyft, Uber and Pinterest as they charge toward IPOs
The big wave of initial public offerings that the tech industry has been anticipating this year is finally about to start. Uber Technologies Inc., Lyft Inc. and Pinterest Inc. are on track to debut on the stock market over the next few weeks, with their closely watched listings poised to set the tone for the ...
Apple has quietly acquired UK workflow automation startup Stamplay
Continuing a string of recent startup acquisitions, Apple Inc. appears to have quietly picked up a Rome-based developer of business automation software called Stamplay Ltd. The deal, which came to light on Thursday, was worth about 5 million euros, according to Italian media reports. That’s approximately $5.6 million. Apple hasn’t yet issued the customary statement ...