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Tech giants back $20M investment into meeting bot startup Voicera
Voicera (Rizio Inc.), a Menlo Park, California-based startup using artificial intelligence to make business meetings more productive, today announced that it has raised $20 million in funding from a who’s who of technology companies. The investment saw the participation of Alphabet Inc., Microsoft Corp., Salesforce.com Inc., Cisco Systems Inc. and Workday Inc. along with several ...
IBM unveils an experimental analytics service for understanding the physical world
In analytics projects that seek to answer complex real-world questions such as how to reduce a farm’s water usage, researchers must typically collect data from multiple sources over an extended period of time. IBM Corp. today unveiled an experimental new service aimed at making it easier to put the different pieces together. The offering, which is ...
With powerful new chip, Google aims to usher in the quantum computing era
The tech industry’s push to develop large-scale quantum computers with the capability to outperform current hardware is advancing by leaps and bounds. The latest development comes courtesy of Google LLC, which on Monday unveiled a quantum processor with 72 qubits (pictured) that ranks as the largest of its kind to date by a sizable margin. The runner-up ...
Uber has started using self-driving trucks to make commercial shipments
Uber Technologies Inc.’s autonomous driving plans are not limited to developing robotaxis. The company is also working to apply the technology to freight shipping, an effort that it announced today has reached an important milestone. Uber is now using self-driving trucks to transport cargo for commercial customers in Arizona. The vehicles, which have been hauling merchandise for a ...
SolarWinds aims to modernize network administrators’ toolbox
SolarWinds Inc. today pulled back the curtains on Traceroute NG, a new product that it’s positioning as an alternative to one of the most tried-and-tested tools in network administrators’ arsenal. The original Traceroute is an open-source diagnostics utility that traces its roots to 1987, four years before the release of the world’s first web browser. The software is ...
Google to sell Zagat, a restaurant review service it bought for $151M
Two months after insiders first revealed that Google LLC is trying to offload its Zagat restaurant review service, the move is now official. The search giant has agreed to sell the business to another restaurant review provider that operates under the brand The Infatuation. The financial terms were not disclosed in the release that announced the ...
Report: Amazon looks to offer its own version of a checking account
Amazon.com Inc. is negotiating with leading banks to develop a financial service that would offer features similar to a checking account for online shoppers. According to a Wall Street Journal report published this morning, anonymous sources named JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Capital One Financial Corp. among the institutions involved in the talks. They said the ...
Intel backs $13.5M round into data resilience startup Imanis Data
Imanis Data Inc., a startup that uses machine learning to help companies protect their business information, today announced that it has landed a $13.5 million funding round backed by big names such as Intel Capital and Canaan Partners. The startup announced its new funding today in conjunction with the appointment of former Adobe Systems Inc. and Apple ...
Microsoft bolsters Azure cloud’s computer vision and search capabilities
Artificial intelligence has emerged as a key competitive focus in the cloud market. Microsoft Corp.’s latest update to its Azure platform aims to up the ante on this front against rival providers. The company on Thursday launched a public preview of Custom Vision, a service that lets developers train models for processing specific kinds of images. ...
Toyota to launch a new $2.8B self-driving car company
Competition in the nascent but crowded autonomous-driving market is on track to heat up even more. Toyota Motor Corp., the world’s second largest automaker by vehicle shipments, on Thursday night revealed plans to form a new company dedicated to developing autonomous driving technology. The group is set to launch this month and will be headquartered in ...