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Facebook bolsters Messenger’s off-platform capabilities to court businesses
Facebook Inc.’s strategy for widening the use of its platform among businesses isn’t limited to the services and content found directly on the social network. The company is also targeting organizations’ external websites, a push that its latest update to Messenger Platform aims to advance. Messenger Platform is a development toolkit that Facebook has created to help brands ...
Microsoft supercharges its quantum simulator, adds Mac and Linux support
Microsoft Corp. and other top tech firms are currently working to develop quantum computers that they hope will one day outperform even the most powerful conventional machines, at least on certain challenging computing jobs. Harnessing all this processing power will require an entirely new development approach, a priority that the software giant is already addressing ...
Google’s DeepMind launches new AI project to predict kidney injuries
DeepMind is joining forces with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to develop artificial intelligence technology that can help doctors predict when the condition of their patients may suddenly begin to deteriorate. The project, which was announced on Thursday, will initially focus on facilitating faster detection of acute kidney injury. This is one of the conditions most ...
Google Assistant goes global and gets new ‘routines’ and device-specific features
Ahead of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next week, Google LLC today unveiled a series of major enhancements for its virtual assistant aimed at enabling users to automate more parts of their digital lives. The most notable addition is the introduction of what the company calls routines. These are workflows consisting of multiple actions ...
Intel partners with Microsoft, top PC makers to start building 5G laptops
Leading carriers will soon begin rolling out new telecommunications infrastructure that’s set to boost wireless connectivity dramatically this year and next. Intel Corp. is launching a new push to ensure that consumers can take advantage of the increased speeds. The chipmaker today revealed that it’s forging partnerships with Microsoft Corp., Dell Technologies Inc., HP Inc. ...
Feature Labs, a startup with MIT roots, launches to accelerate AI projects
Feature Labs Inc., a startup founded in 2015 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s computer science department, today hit the scene with $1.5 million from investors to change how organizations build artificial intelligence models. The company is focusing its attention on the labor-intensive element of AI projects known as feature development. The process involves identifying ...
Qualcomm debuts ‘internet of things’ chip for drones and AI-powered devices
Qualcomm Technologies Inc. this morning pulled back the curtains on the Snapdragon 820E, a new chip designed to power the drones and other increasingly sophisticated devices that make up the “internet of things.” At the heart of the system is a central processing unit based on the popular 64-bit ARMv8 architecture from British semiconductor designer ...
Revving up self-driving car push, Intel leads $50M round into public transit app Moovit
Moovit Ltd., the Israeli startup behind a hugely popular public transit app with 120 million users worldwide, today announced that it has landed a $50 million investment led by Intel Corp.’s venture capital arm. More than a half-dozen existing backers contributed as well. Among the participants were Sequoia Capital, BMW iVentures and Ashton Kutcher’s Sound Ventures. Moovit’s massive ...
Qualcomm makes new $44B offer for NXP amid Broadcom’s hostile takeover push
Qualcomm Technologies Inc. this morning announced a hefty $44 billion acquisition offer for NXP Semiconductors N.V., a fellow chip maker based in the Netherlands that it has been trying to buy for more than a year. The price tag amounts to a 16 percent increase over the company’s original bid of $38 billion, excluding debt. ...
With IPO on the table, Rubrik hires Atlassian’s former CFO
Last May, Rubrik Inc. Chief Executive Officer Bipul Sinha said during an interview that he expects to take the company public “probably in two or three years.” Today, the data protection startup announced a hire that may represent an initial step toward a stock market debut. Rubrik this morning revealed that it has appointed veteran finance executive ...