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Microsoft brings its Defender ATP anti-malware service for Windows to the Mac
Microsoft Corp. is bringing the security capabilities that it offers to enterprises on Windows to the Mac. The company today released a new iteration of Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection that runs natively on the three most recent versions of macOS. Microsoft has also rebranded the service on the occasion to reflect its broadened focus, with the offering set ...
Skymind reels in $11.5M for its deep learning platform
Skymind Inc., a deep learning startup with big-name users such as NASA and Ford Motor Co., today announced it has raised $11.5 million in funding to expand internationally. The financing came from a group of investors that included ServiceNow Inc. and Sumitomo Corp., one of the largest industrial companies in Japan. San Francisco-based venture capital ...
EU slaps Google with $1.7B antitrust fine for restricting rival search ads
The European Union today fined Google LLC 1.49 billion euros, or about $1.7 billion, after finding that the company created competitive obstacles for rivals in the online advertising market. Most of Google’s ad revenue comes from its own search engine, but it also serves up promotions on other properties. Online publishers and other website operators ...
Google debuts Stadia, a cloud gaming service powered by custom AMD chips
Google LLC today pulled back the curtains on Stadia, a new cloud service that will use specially designed chips to let consumers play desktop video games on any device. Historically, the complex three-dimensional games that rule the market have required fairly powerful hardware to run. Many popular titles only work on computers with desktop-grade central ...
Salesforce adds new AI and collaboration features to automate customer service
Salesforce.com Inc.’s Service Cloud grew 50 percent faster than its flagship customer relationship management platform in 2018, ending the year with revenue of more than $2.8 billion. Today, the company introduced a set of new artificial intelligence features in a bid to further boost this demand. The update expands upon Service Cloud’s customer care and ...
Apple upgrades iMac and iMac Pro, promising up to 240% more performance
A day after introducing upgraded versions of the iPad Air and iPad mini, Apple Inc. today refreshed yet another product line that it hasn’t updated in a while. The company is launching five new configurations of its popular iMac all-in-one desktop computer that range from $1,099 to $2,299. They come in the same form factors ...
US government taps Intel to build its first ‘exascale’ supercomputer
The U.S. Department of Energy has tapped Intel Corp. to build a massive new supercomputer that will surpass the capabilities of even the most powerful systems currently in existence. The chipmaker said today that the planned system, dubbed Aurora, will provide an entire exaflop of performance when it comes online in 2021. An exaflop equals ...
Apple debuts faster, more visually capable iPad Air and iPad mini
After omitting the iPad Air and iPad mini from its last few product refresh cycles, Apple Inc. today debuted new versions of the tablets that feature major upgrades across the board. The iPad Air (pictured, left) is making its return two years after the release of the previous model. The tablet, which sits below the top-end iPad Pro ...
Stanford launches ambitious new AI institute co-led by former Google exec
Stanford University is launching an interdisciplinary research institute backed by a who’s who of the tech industry to explore how artificial intelligence will affect society, as well as discover new applications for the technology. The Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, or HAI for short, was formally inaugurated today. It’s led by philosophy professor John ...
With new encryption management tool, Slack seeks to court large enterprises
Slack Technologies Inc. is expanding its cybersecurity capabilities in a bid to win more enterprise customers. The team chat provider today launched Slack EKM, a new tool that will enable companies to encrypt employee correspondence using their own cryptographic keys. Slack already encrypts the data that goes through its messaging platform, but large organizations often ...