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Google’s first fully custom Pixel smartphone chip delayed until 2025
Google LLC has reportedly delayed the launch of its first fully custom Pixel smartphone chip until 2025, according to a report today in The Information. The company was originally planning to replace the modified Samsung Exynos chips it uses in its current generation of Pixel smartphones in 2024. The plan was to use a chip designed ...
SUSE shares slump on wider loss and stalling revenue growth
Shares of the enterprise software firm SUSE SA fell 12% today as it reported a wider after-tax loss for its fiscal second quarter. The Germany-based company reported a basic loss from continuing operations of 20 cents per share, similar to its loss in the same period one year earlier. The company’s net loss for the ...
Deepdub GO uses generative AI platform to dub any video content professionally
Language localization startup Deepdub Ltd. today announced the launch of a new, generative artificial intelligence-powered dubbing tool that anyone can use to dub video content into 65 different languages. The new tool is called Deepdub GO, and it uses generative AI technology similar to that which powers OpenAI LP’s famous ChatGPT, albeit for a very ...
TrustCloud automates governance, risk and compliance with AI-powered custom frameworks
Trust assurance company TrustCloud Corp. is bringing artificial intelligence into the world of compliance automation. Today, it announced the availability of a new, AI-powered offering called Custom Frameworks, together with new evidence-collection integrations and an expanded application programming interface. According to the company, the new capabilities will enable customers to enhance their security posture in a ...
IBM shutters Cloud for Education service just two years after launch
IBM Corp. has quietly retired its Cloud for Education offering, a service that was launched just a couple of years ago. The service was intended to provide compute infrastructure and services for academic and research lab workloads. Cloud for Education, which made its debut back in 2021, was geared toward educational institutions. The launch came at ...
Kinnu, creator of a generative AI-powered learning app, raises $6.5M in funding
Kinnu Ltd., an education technology startup using generative artificial intelligence to create content for adult learners, has raised $6.5 million in a new funding round announced today. The round was led by LocalGlobe and Cavalry Ventures and saw participation from Spark Capital and Jigsaw, plus angel investors, including Google Ventures’ Tom Hulme and Snyk Inc. ...
Quantagonia raises €4.3M to bridge classical and quantum computers
Quantum computing software startup Quantagonia GmbH said today it has completed its seed funding round, which combined with an earlier pre-seed round brings its total amount raised to €4.3 million (around $4.68 million). Today’s round was led by Tensor Ventures and saw the participation of three European deep tech venture capital firms, plus a state ...
Report: EU expected to launch new antitrust investigation into Microsoft
Microsoft Corp. could find itself the target of a new antitrust investigation in Europe after talks with regulators aimed at averting such a move broke down, Reuters reported Monday. The investigation stems from a 2020 complaint by the Salesforce Inc.-owned messaging app Slack, relating to Microsoft’s 2017 decision to bundle its Teams collaboration application with Office 365, ...
Court filing shows Microsoft Azure generated lower-than-expected $34B in revenue in 2022
Documents filed by antitrust regulators in a U.S. court this week have finally shed some light on one of the cloud computing industry’s biggest secrets: the true size of Microsoft Corp.’s Azure cloud business unit. A report today from The Information revealed that internal documents were briefly posted by federal antitrust regulators on a court ...
US and Netherlands to slap China with new ban on exporting chipmaking equipment
China looks set to suffer another blow in its ongoing trade war with the U.S. amid reports that it will be slapped with further restrictions on the sale of computer chipmaking equipment. Reuters reported today that officials in the U.S. and in the Netherlands are working together to prevent China from getting its hands on ...