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Microsoft to invest $5B in the ‘internet of things’ over the next four years
With Gartner Inc. expecting the number of internet-connected objects to pass 20 billion by 2020, Microsoft Corp. sees a big opportunity. The technology giant today announced plans to invest $5 billion into initiatives focused on the “internet of things” over the next four years. The push represents a major expansion of Microsoft’s activities in this area. Jason ...
Report: Apple is developing touchless controls and curved screens for future iPhones
The iPhones that Apple Inc. will bring to market in the next few years may be much different than today’s models. According to a Bloomberg report this morning, the company is developing two new technologies for its smartphone that could significantly change the user experience. The first is support for touchless control, which the sources who ...
Rubrik debuts Polaris, a cloud-based platform for keeping track of enterprise data
Data protection unicorn Rubrik Inc. today expanded its product portfolio with a new cloud-based platform designed to help organizations better manage the information scattered throughout their networks. Dubbed Polaris, the offering is pitched as a “single system of record across all business information.” It aims to address a data management challenge that Rubrik attributes to ...
6 River Systems raises $25M for its collaborative warehouse robot
In the era of Amazon.com Inc. and same-day delivery, traditional retailers must adopt new technologies to provide the level of service that shoppers have come to expect. This competitive necessity is creating new opportunities for players such as robotics startup 6 River Systems Inc., which today announced that it has closed a $25 million Series ...
Intel will sell its Wind River software business to private equity firm TPG
Intel Corp. is slimming down in an effort to free up resources for its core focus areas. A press release sent out today revealed that the chipmaker has inked a deal to sell Wind River Systems, a subsidiary focused on developing software for embedded systems, to TPG Capital LP. The financial terms of the acquisition ...
Mozilla debuts Firefox Reality for VR and AR web browsing
The Mozilla Foundation is hoping to take on a central role in how virtual and augmented reality users consume web content. The nonprofit this morning introduced a new release of Firefox specifically designed to work with headsets such as the HTC Vive Focus. Firefox Reality, as the experimental browser is called, takes the form of a ...
Intel unveils a powerful six-core Core i9 processor for high-end laptops
Intel Corp. pulled back the curtains today on a host of new processors for high-end laptops that are based on its latest-generation Coffee Lake chip architecture. Headlining the lineup at an event in Beijing today is the Core i9-8950HK. Intel said the chip, which comes “unlocked” to allow for overclocking or running it at a higher speed ...
After taking 10.3% stake in Commvault, activist hedge fund Elliott proposes sweeping changes
Shares of Commvault Systems Inc. jumped 10 percent today following a disclosure by Elliott Management Corp. that it has taken a 10.3 percent stake in the data protection giant. In conjunction with the announcement, the activist hedge fund released a public letter calling for a set of sweeping organizational and leadership changes. Elliott Management has a ...
Textio aims to improve recruiting with new AI offer writing optimizer
Textio Inc. wants artificial intelligence to play a bigger role in how companies find new employees. To that end, the Bloomberg LP-backed startup today introduced a service called Textio Hire that uses AI to fine-tune the text of the job offers that recruiters send out as part of their head-hunting campaigns. The product is designed ...
Google extends TensorFlow AI software with new developer features and use cases
Google LLC today introduced several major improvements to TensorFlow that significantly extend the machine learning development framework’s capabilities. The first pair of enhancements aim to grow the number of areas where the platform can be applied. Google has added a library for processing genomics file formats, which should help expand the use of TensorFlow in cutting-edge medical projects ...