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Baidu Inc. is preparing to turn the competition over artificial intelligence talent in Silicon Valley up another notch, despite the recent loss of its chief scientist and machine learning guru Andrew Ng. The Chinese search giant on Friday announced plans to open …
Robotics startup Ripcord raises $9.5M to digitize the world’s documents
Although the only printers that make headlines in the tech world these days are the kind used to fabricate 3D objects, many companies still rely heavily on paper as part of their day-to-day operations. Ripcord Inc. believes that the key to bringing …
Tech IPO thaw accelerates as data wrangler Alteryx goes public, shares rise 11 percent
In another positive sign for enterprise technology initial public offerings, the analytics industry’s first IPO of the year can be marked down as a success as its shares rose almost 11 percent in their first trading day. Alteryx Inc., the Irvine, California-based data …
Intel launches a dedicated AI group and research lab
As rival chip makers work to target workloads using artificial intelligence, Intel Corp. is upping the ante by unifying its own efforts under a dedicated business group announced today. The division will be led by Naveen Rao, a veteran of the semiconductor industry …
Andreessen Horowitz leads $18M funding of API startup Mashape
Andreessen Horowitz, one of Silicon Valley’s most influential venture firms, is betting that a startup called Mashape Inc. can stand out among the numerous providers promising to help developers better manage their application programming interfaces. The fund underscored its support today with an $18 …
Machine learning-driven analytics startup DataRobot raises $54M
Just over a year after securing $33 million in funding from a group of top investors, DataRobot Inc. is back at the venture capital trough. The machine learning startup today announced that it has secured a hefty $54 million round of financing …
LinkedIn launches personalized news feeds with ‘Trending Storylines’
Although it doesn’t rely as heavily on advertising revenue as the world’s other top social networks, LinkedIn Corp. is still putting a lot of energy into encouraging users to consume more content. The latest fruit of the Microsoft Corp. subsidiary’s efforts is …
Antivirus-breaking exploit found in Windows security mechanism
Practically all of the leading antivirus programs that Windows users rely on to protect their devices can be turned against them, according to Cybellum Networks Ltd. The threat stems from a newly discovered zero-day flaw, one that was previously undiscovered, in Microsoft …
With $9M in funding, Mythic pitches a new kind of AI for connected devices
Several industry groups are dedicated to making the Internet of Things more secure, yet hardly a week seems to go by without a large-scale hacking attack involving connected devices. Mythic Inc. argues that a new approach is required to tackle the problem. …
New GitLab release promises better collaboration and visibility
In the fight over the hearts and minds of developers, code hosting providers must release new features on a regular basis if they want to keep up with the competition. GitLab Inc. upped the ante today by rolling out a major update …