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Amazon.com Inc. this morning launched Key In-Car, a novel package delivery option that it hopes will make online shopping even more convenient than it is now. The service allows eligible Amazon Prime members throughout 37 U.S. cities to have items dropped off …
Splunk rolls out new AI features for preempting operational failures
Splunk Inc. today introduced a set of new artificial intelligence features for its widely used data analytics products that aim to help companies better identify issues with their technology infrastructure, as well as preempt future outages. The first offering that the company …
With new open-source Gimbal project, Heptio aims to ease Kubernetes adoption
Accel-backed infrastructure automation startup Heptio Inc. today released Gimbal, an open-source load balancer designed to remove a major obstacle standing in the way of enterprises looking to adopt Kubernetes. Kubernetes, which was developed by Heptio’s two co-founders during their time at Google …
Report: Amazon is secretly developing a home robot that could launch in 2019
Today, users can have Alexa make purchases on Amazon.com, read out the latest weather report and perform a variety of other actions online. Soon, the virtual assistant may gain the ability to do chores around the house, too. Bloomberg reported this morning …
Researchers’ low-power video streaming breakthrough could boost the IoT
University of Washington researchers have developed a method of transmitting video using up to 10,000 times less power than existing techniques that could enable the development of much more capable connected devices. To demonstrate the breakthrough, the team built a prototype implementation (pictured) …
AMD ups the ante against Intel with next-generation Ryzen desktop chips
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. today unveiled a new generation of desktop chips that up the ante against market leader Intel Corp. not only in performance but also in design. The four central processing units that AMD is introducing belong to the Ryzen …
Amazon rolls out Alexa Blueprints to let users personalize their smart speakers
Amazon.com Inc. is looking to widen its lead in the smart-speaker market with a new service that will let consumers personalize the capabilities of their Alexa devices. The move comes as companies such as Google LLC and Apple Inc. continue to try …
Qualcomm to lay off a reported 1,500 workers in $1B cost-cutting push
Qualcomm Inc. has launched a significant round of layoffs in a bid to fulfill a January pledge to reduce its annual expenses by $1 billion. The company confirmed the move late Wednesday, without sharing any specific figures, after Bloomberg reported that the …
IBM brings two key open-source developer tools together in its latest cloud service
IBM Corp. today unveiled an experimental new service that brings together two of the most important open-source technologies in the world of cloud application development. The Cloud Foundry Enterprise Environment is based on the platform-as-a-service project of the same name. Cloud Foundry, …
Snap rolls out new augmented reality advertising tool for brands
Snap Inc. today started rolling out a new tool that will enable brands to harness its app’s augmented reality capabilities to target their audiences more directly. The offering, Shoppable AR, is built on Snapchat’s popular Lens feature. The capability lets users overlay augmented …