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A little over 18 years after its initial release, iTunes is now reportedly nearing the end of its run. According to anonymous sources cited by 9To5Mac today, Apple Inc. is preparing to split up the Mac version of the iconic media store into …
Google debuts new cloud networking tools to court enterprises
Google LLC today introduced two new networking tools for its cloud platform that aim to simplify the management of infrastructure-as-a-service environments, as well as make it easier to link them with a company’s on-premises data centers. The first addition announced at the Google Cloud …
Flex Logix debuts self-adapting Infer X1 chip for running AI at the edge
Flex Logix Technologies Inc., a semiconductor startup that counts Harvard University and DARPA among its customers, today debuted a new artificial intelligence chip for edge devices. The Infer X1 is built to power industrial robots, network gateways and other systems that run …
Atlassian revamps Opsgenie and Confluence to make teams more productive
Atlassian Corp. Plc. today introduced an array of new features for Opsgenie and Confluence, two tools at the heart of its product lineup, in a bid to help users collaborate more effectively with one another. Opsgenie, the first offering the company has updated, is …
Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 730 and 665 chips offer double AI performance
Qualcomm Inc. today unveiled two new chips for midrange smartphones that promise to bring a significant boost in app performance, as well as potentially widen the adoption of on-device artificial intelligence. Both products are systems-on-a-chip that incorporate multiple processing modules. The more …
With new integrations, Slack embeds Office 365 into the team chat experience
Slack Technologies Inc. is making a big push for the 120 million-plus business users who do their work in Office 365. This morning, the company launched an extensive collection of integrations for Microsoft Corp.’s productivity suite that will let teams collaborate on …
Ready for takeoff: Alphabet’s Wing starts commercial drone deliveries in Australia
Alphabet Inc. is launching a drone delivery service in the Australian capital of Canberra that will allow residents to order food, coffee and medicine through an app. The company’s Wing subsidiary, which runs the project, announced the move today after receiving the …
Deepening Google partnership, Dropbox launches native G Suite integration
Dropbox Inc. officially launched the much-touted G Suite integration today at Google LLC’s Cloud Next conference, a connection it has been working on in collaboration with the search giant for the past year. The companies struck a partnership last March to link …
TPG Growth leads $70M round into network security startup Expanse
A group of prominent investors is betting that San Francisco-based Expanse Inc. can establish itself as a major player in the cybersecurity market. The startup, formerly known as Qadium, today announced that it has raised a $70 million funding round led by private …
Microsoft launches first previews of its Chromium-based Edge browser
Microsoft Corp. today previewed the next major iteration of its Edge browser, which will be based on the same engine as Google LLC’s Chrome. Microsoft first revealed the effort to rebuild Edge in December, saying the initiative will see the browser decoupled from Windows …