Maria Deutscher, Author at SiliconANGLE

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IBM offloads parts of software portfolio to partner HCL for $1.8B

By Maria Deutscher Dec 7, 2018

IBM Corp. is offloading some of the most time-tested components of its enterprise software portfolio to partner HCL Technologies Ltd. in a deal worth $1.8 billion. The transaction, which the companies announced Thursday night,…

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Amazon starts crowdsourcing Alexa answers from consumers

By Maria Deutscher Dec 6, 2018

Amazon.com Inc. claims to have added more than a billion data points to Alexa in the past year alone, but for all the company’s technical resources, there are limits to how much information can…

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Embracing Chromium, Microsoft pledges to bring its Edge browser to the Mac

By Maria Deutscher Dec 6, 2018

Confirming the rumors that it’s rebuilding its Edge browser on Chromium, Microsoft Corp. today shed some light on the big-picture plan behind the move. Chromium is an open-source project run by Google LLC that…

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Beating Uber to the punch, Lyft files for initial stock offering

By Maria Deutscher Dec 6, 2018

Lyft Inc. has filed for an initial public offering, gaining an early advantage over rival Uber Technologies Inc. in their unofficial race to hit the stock market. The ride-hailing provider announced the move today…

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LightStep picks up $41M for its container-friendly monitoring platform

By Maria Deutscher Dec 5, 2018

LightStep Inc., an application monitoring startup founded by two former Google LLC engineers, today announced that it has raised a $41 million funding round to fuel its growth. Uber Technologies Inc. backer Altimeter Capital…

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Waymo finally launches its commercial self-driving taxi service

By Maria Deutscher Dec 5, 2018

A year and a half after its autonomous Chrysler Pacifica minivans started picking up test riders in Arizona, Waymo LLC is today making the vehicles available through a ride-hailing service. Waymo One won’t compete…

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Qualcomm debuts new flagship Snapdragon chip, ultrasonic fingerprint sensor

By Maria Deutscher Dec 5, 2018

Qualcomm Inc., whose Snapdragon chip series powers most of the world’s high-end Android devices, has unveiled a new iteration of the processor and a novel fingerprint sensor that works with sound waves. The company debuted the…

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Tibco acquires master data management provider Orchestra Networks

By Maria Deutscher Dec 4, 2018

Tibco Software Inc. today announced that it has acquired Orchestra Networks SA, a data management provider focused on helping enterprises get their vast, and often fragmented, information troves under control. The acquisition is the latest…

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Reports: Microsoft will launch a new browser based on Google code

By Maria Deutscher Dec 4, 2018

Microsoft Corp. is reportedly developing a replacement for its Edge browser that will incorporate elements from Chromium, the open-source engine on which Chrome is based. The Chromium code base is maintained by a group of Google…

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DeepMind builds an AI that can predict how proteins fold

By Maria Deutscher Dec 3, 2018

Alphabet Inc.’s DeepMind artificial intelligence division has racked up another scientific achievement. The group this morning revealed that it has built an AI system capable of taking on what is considered to be one…

Maria Deutscher

IBM offloads parts of software portfolio to partner HCL for $1.8B

Amazon starts crowdsourcing Alexa answers from consumers

Embracing Chromium, Microsoft pledges to bring its Edge browser to the Mac

Beating Uber to the punch, Lyft files for initial stock offering

LightStep picks up $41M for its container-friendly monitoring platform

Waymo finally launches its commercial self-driving taxi service

Qualcomm debuts new flagship Snapdragon chip, ultrasonic fingerprint sensor

Tibco acquires master data management provider Orchestra Networks

Reports: Microsoft will launch a new browser based on Google code

DeepMind builds an AI that can predict how proteins fold

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